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Editor's view

7 August 2003

Last year's publication of Birth to Three Matters - a framework to support children in their earliest years was a hugely important step towards raising the quality of provision for...

Council fails in planning inquiry

7 August 2003

The issue of planning permission for private day nurseries in residential areas has been brought to the fore after the local government ombudsman criticised Warrington Borough Council for its handling...

Abbey Wood and Thamesmead Childminding Network

7 August 2003

(Photograph) - Local MP John Austin (centre) joined the Abbey Wood and Thamesmead Childminding Network recently when it held a teddy bears' picnic to help promote childminding in south-east London....

Quote of the week

7 August 2003

'It is important to remember that children are little beings, not inanimate objects - not little vessels to be filled to the brim with academic knowledge, but little beings who...

Ofsted to respect anonymity wishes

7 August 2003

The schools inspectorate Ofsted said last week it will omit the addresses of independent schools in England from reports published on its website where there is good reason to do...

Parenting Fund

7 August 2003

The DfES is seeking views on how best to use the Pounds 25m allocated to the new Parenting Fund that was announced as part of the 2002 Spending Review. The...

The number of children receiving pre-school education in Scotland

7 August 2003

The number of children receiving pre-school education in Scotland grew by 6 per cent overall between January 2002 and January 2003, according to statistics published by the Scottish Executive last...

There are 24.1 pupils per teacher in nursery schools

7 August 2003

There are 24.1 pupils per teacher in nursery schools overall in Northern Ireland in the year 2002-03, a drop of 0.3 from 24.4 in 2001-02, Government statistics show. The figures...

Poor families lose out on childcare

7 August 2003

Richer families are taking up a disproportionate number of registered childcare places compared to families on low or moderate incomes, according to a report for the Department for Work and...

Marc Lambert

7 August 2003

(Photograph) - Marc Lambert, chief executive of the Scottish Book Trust, and seven-year-old Sebastian Darroch, of Tollcross Primary, Edinburgh, get down to some serious reading in anticipation of the opening...

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