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New fathers are expected to be offered six months' unpaid paternity leave in the forthcoming Work and Families Bill. A spokeswoman for the Department for Trade and Industry said the Bill was expected within the next two weeks. Fathers currently receive two weeks' paid paternity leave at a minimum payment of 106 per week.

Heads 'unprepared' for community role

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Wednesday, October 12, 2005

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Headteachers must be equipped for a public community role if they are to effectively lead extended schools, according to a senior researcher at the thinktank Demos. John Craig, who has carried out extensive research into the extended schools programme, was responding to the first detailed evaluation of it by researchers from the universities of Manchester and Newcastle.

Precious Moments

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Monday, September 19, 2016

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Busy Bees Childcare is introducing the iConnect app so parents don’t miss out on milestones.

Safe funding for early years is welcomed

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Wednesday, October 12, 2005

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Early years organisation NIPPA has welcomed the Labour Party's commitment to ring-fence funds for the early years sector in Northern Ireland as a 'timely, landmark decision'. The secretary of state for Northern Ireland and Wales, Peter Hain, delivered a series of commitments to improve children's life chances in his speech at the Labour Party Conference in Brighton.

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Wednesday, October 12, 2005

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Building work has begun on a new private nursery in Billericay, Essex. Dizzy Ducks Day Nursery, in the grounds of Buttsbury County Infant School, will offer 30 places for children nought to five years and is due to open in November. For information see www.dizzyducks.co.uk.