by Chris Rogers | 24 Feb 2014 | Children and Families
Childcare in Wales is to receive a boost with new funding due to be provided to local authorities to help working families. The new Out of School Childcare grant, funded by a £2.3m Welsh Government investment, is designed to help councils set up and run local...
by Chris Rogers | 18 Feb 2014 | Children and Families, Education & Children's Services
In its response a consultation on childcare regulation, the Government has said it plans to scrap the existing 1:8 staff-to-child ratio for children aged five to seven, as well as a requirement for a qualified childcare manager to be present. Instead, the Department...
by Chris Rogers | 13 Feb 2014 | Children and Families, Education & Children's Services
Education minister Liz Truss has announced that all schools will be able to offer out-of-hours childcare. The move means all teachers and support staff will be free to supervise children, meaning schools no longer have to hire specialist staff. Mail...
by Chris Rogers | 7 Feb 2014 | Children and Families, Economy
The Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) have found that there is a lack of evidence to justify additional public spending on childcare. All three main Westminster parties have made commitments to increase funding for childcare, but the think tank warns that “little is...
by Chris Rogers | 4 Feb 2014 | Children and Families, Education & Children's Services
Early years provision is both the first and final frontier of education policy, the first chronologically but the final theoretically as, quite understandably, no Government has felt the State should mandate a defined path that all young children should follow as it...
