First glimpse of new website being launched for Social Care Wales
The new test website for Social Care Wales has been launched ahead of the new organisation starting work on 3 April 2017. Social Care Wales will bring together the Care
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Tag: Early Years
More than half of local authorities unsure over provision of extended childcare
More than half of councils are unsure if they will have enough childcare available when plans to double the free hours available to pre-schoolers comes into force, a survey suggests.
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Government urged to stop ‘nannying’ parents and drop universal free childcare
The state must stop it’s so-called “nannying” of British parents and do away with universal free childcare, a new report has urged. Families most in need of help are not
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Report: Study of Early Education and Development – Good Practice reports
A tailored curriculum and a skilled and self-reflective workforce are key to good practice in early years settings, reveals a new report published today by NatCen Social Research. The report
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Care Inspectorate launch literacy and language resource for early years workforce
Encouraging children to develop language skills, read, and enjoy books at an early age is vital – and the earlier the better. That’s the message from Scotland’s nursery inspectors as
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New qualifications and investigations into early childhood announced in Wales
In late 2016, new plans for the Welsh healthcare landscape were announced by Qualification Wales and The National Assembly for Wales’ Children, Young People and Education Committee. These detailed the
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Scots think-tank brands free nursery education system ‘unacceptable and unfair’
A think-tank has renewed calls for an end to “birthday discrimination” in entitlement to free nursery education. Reform Scotland said the current system for government-funded pre-school provision was “unacceptable and
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Tories call for activity programmes in nurseries to help cut health inequalities
The Scottish Conservatives are calling for activity programmes in nurseries to help cut health inequality across Scotland and save the NHS money. Party leader Ruth Davidson and health spokesman Brian
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Childcare scheme aims to create almost 9,000 places for three and four-year-olds
Thousands of new childcare places for young children are to be created under a £50 million scheme, ministers have announced. The move will help to deliver a Government pledge to
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Scottish Government reveal 11 sites chosen to trial flexible childcare options
New sites for the Scottish Government’s pilot projects on different models of childcare have been announced as part of its bid to double free provision. All three and four-year-olds in
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