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Breakfast clubs offer working parents a 鈥渓ifeline鈥

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Jan 18, 2017
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Research suggests that a third would give up work without support of breakfast clubs
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More than a quarter of parents believe that they or their partner would be forced out of work without the support of a...Read more

Confusion continues over children鈥檚 centre consultation

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Jan 10, 2017
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DfE policy still unclear after life chances strategy dropped last year
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The Department for Education (DfE) has refused to confirm whether a planned consultation on the future of children鈥檚 centres will go...Read more

Government announces beneficiaries of 拢50m childcare scheme

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Jan 10, 2017
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Education Secretary announces grant scheme to fund childcare places
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The Government has revealed details of the winning bids for its 拢50 million capital funding scheme, designed to support the 30-hour...Read more

Apprenticeship success factors

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Jan 9, 2017
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Ellie Lloyd, an apprentice with the Pre-school Learning Alliance, recently won NMT magazine鈥檚 Nursery Apprentice Award 2016. In this article, Velda Bartholomew, Operational Training Manager at the Alliance, reflects on the key factors which...Read more

Focus on ethnic groups to boost mobility, early years told

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Jan 9, 2017
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The Social Mobility Commission highlights inequality in new report
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Early years practitioners have been encouraged to focus on the needs of ethnic minority groups in a bid to fight social inequality....Read more

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