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28 April 2005
Providers' perceptions of inspections were revealed
last week in an independent survey for Ofsted. Speaking at a Daycare Trust
conference, Dorian Bradley, deputy director of early years at Ofsted, said,...
28 April 2005
Children's charity NCH is calling on the political
parties to pledge to close the gap in achievement between children in care and
other children by 2020. Its report Close the...
28 April 2005
A million children between the ages of five and nine
now own a mobile phone - double the number just two years ago. The figure
currently stands at 1,072,328, which...
28 April 2005
England and Scotland are among the countries having no
national requirements governing how much outdoor space children's services
should provide. An analysis of outdoor space regulations in ten European
countries,...
28 April 2005
'Maracas' and 'yum' are just two of the first words
spoken by babies and reported to Talk To Your Baby, the early language campaign
of the National Literacy Trust, which...
28 April 2005
School dinners made a reappearance in the news last
week as Cherie Blair joined her husband on the campaign trail. The Daily
Telegraph reported that during a visit to World's...
28 April 2005
Nurseries and early years settings will have to carry
out 'noise risk assessments' to ensure they are not damaging the hearing of
their staff, Europe's health and safety agency said...
28 April 2005
(Photograph) - Gardening guru Alan Titchmarsh strikes a
pose with Gordon the Garden Gnome, for whom he provides the voice in a new
cartoon. Aimed at children from two to...
28 April 2005
The successor to Stephen Burke as the director of the
Daycare Trust was named last week as Susan Crane. Ms Crane, who will go by the
title of chief executive,...
28 April 2005
Early years practitioners are being encouraged to enrol
on higher education courses as part of an expansion programme that could be
taken up nationwide. The pilot scheme, which supports the...