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What children's centres can do By Andrew Ireland, children's services group director at Havering Borough Council
The latest Ofsted results for children's centres suggest that performance is poor in comparison to other types of childcare provision. Gabriella Jozwiak investigates the facts behind the figures.
<P>The Government is to throw an extra 100m at children's centres but, says Sue Finch, it won't be enough for an integrated service </P>
The Government wants to see qualified teachers attached to children's centres, delegates at a major conference in London were told last week. The role teachers will play was one of the issues raised...
Manchester is set to axe universal children's centres services and commission the private and voluntary sector to take over its maintained daycare provision, according to the council's proposed budget...
Future leaders of extended schools and children's centres will be public sector chief executives or experts in learning or pedagogy, replacing the traditional headteacher, says a leadership expert....
A new interactive tool for children's centres has been launched online by the National Childminding Association (NCMA).
Stay and Play is the most commonly run service offered by children's centres in deprived areas, according to new research into the way centres are managed and the type of provision they offer.
Seven children's centres in Stoke-on-Trent have been saved from the axe following local opposition to council proposals to close them.
Local authorities should make better use of resources rather than close down children's centres, the former head of childcare at the London Development Agency has said.