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Quote of the week

23 May 2002

'Whatever the underlying cause - poverty, lack of parental interest, failure to take truancy seriously - this remains a shocking story. Considering how widespread truancy is, we could be seeing...

Research into care services

23 May 2002

Research into care services in Europe, including childcare, is bringing the Thomas Coram Research Unit into partnership with colleagues from five other countries. The project, which involves researchers from Denmark,...

Safety in the home

23 May 2002

Safety in the home is the focus of three projects in Northern Ireland that have secured cash from the Department of Trade and Industry's Modernisation Fund. The projects aim to...

The number of three-year-olds

23 May 2002

The number of three-year-olds attending maintained schools or in free places in the private, voluntary and independent sectors in England rose by just over 67,000 from 352,100 in January 2001...

The BBC's Children in Need appeal

23 May 2002

Can we fix it? The BBC's Children in Need appeal can. A grant of more than £16,000 has been awarded to a playscheme in Garlogie, Aberdeenshire, to pay for extra...

Ofsted's takeover record defended

23 May 2002

Ofsted's performance on taking over registration and inspections was defended at the National Day Nurseries Association's (NDNA) annual conference in Warwick last week. Maggie Smith, director of early years at...

Confusion dogs police checks

23 May 2002

The confusion over criminal records checks for nursery staff in Scotland is so widespread that even some officers working for the new Scottish Commission for the Regulation of Care did...

Low take-up for nursery sight tests

23 May 2002

Thousands of pre-school children are not receiving vital screening for eye defects and diseases, according to a survey by Glasgow Caledonian University's Department of Vision Sciences. The survey, prepared for...

Care Commission

23 May 2002

Care Commission staff, local authority workers, development and support staff, trainers and heads of childcare services will be turning out in force at a series of seminars on the new...

The Education

23 May 2002

The Education, Culture and Sport Committee of the Scottish Parliament has launched a wide-ranging inquiry into the purposes of Scottish education. The inquiry will run parallel to the Scottish Executive's...

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