Eight councils in England will receive 拢13m to launch the 30 hours free childcare scheme a year ahead of schedule, the Department for Education has announced.
The government has confirmed that Wigan, Staffordshire, Swindon, Portsmouth,...Read more
Up to 20,000 single parents could miss out on the extended free entitlement offer due to a change in eligibility criteria, according to the charity for single parent families, Gingerbread.
In November, the government announced that parents...Read more
Government plans to extend the three- and four-year-old free entitlement for working families could help to 鈥渘ationalise childcare鈥, a thinktank has claimed.
Time to Care, a report on the Childcare Bill published by Policy...Read more
A recent report by The British Heart Foundation National Centre claims that 91% of two-to-four year olds in the UK are not active enough to be healthy.
UK physical activity guidelines state that children within this age group need at least...Read more
Childminder agencies will be rated as 鈥榚ffective鈥 or 鈥榠neffective鈥 rather than 鈥榦utstanding鈥, 鈥榞ood鈥, 鈥榬equires improvement鈥 or 鈥榠nadequate鈥, 新澳门六合彩官网开奖 has confirmed.
According to the childminding agencies inspection handbook, published in...Read more