Attending a nursery with highly qualified staff or an outstanding Ofsted rating has a limited benefit for children’s educational achievement, according to new research by lead authors at the University
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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