Strategy fails to change take-up
4 June 2008
The Ten-Year Childcare Strategy has failed to make any real impact on the number of parents using registered childcare, research carried out for the DCSF has found.
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Task groups go to work on Early Years Framework
4 June 2008
More details of the next steps towards the Early Years Framework in Scotland have been outlined by children's minister Adam Ingram.
Tax credits might be paid directly to childcarers
4 June 2008
The Government is considering whether the childcare element of tax credits should be paid directly to nurseries and childminders rather than to parents, under proposals to improve the delivery and...
Media watch
29 May 2008
A priest was so outraged at finding Playboy-branded stationary sold in his local Stationary Box shop in York that he began throwing them on the floor, the Daily Mail reported.
First pupil says farewell after 50 years
29 May 2008
A council nursery in Nottingham preparing to shut its doors in July has united its first and last registered pupils for the farewell celebrations.
Out-of-school places at risk
29 May 2008
Nearly 3,000 childcare places and 262 jobs in Northern Ireland are threatened by uncertainties over funding, according to children's agency Playboard.
National Childminding Week ties in with National Year of Reading
29 May 2008
This year's National Childminding Week from 14 to 21 June has as its theme 'reading', to tie in with the National Year of Reading.
First-borns more likely to develop asthma and allergies
29 May 2008
First-born infants and those with mothers who suffer stress in pregnancy are more likely to develop asthma and allergies, according to two studies presented to the American Thoracic Society.
Children are Unbeatable! Alliance sends postcards
29 May 2008
The Children are Unbeatable! Alliance is calling on its supporters to send postcards to MPs during the passage of the Children & Young Persons Bill through the House of Commons.
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