From April 2013 Ofsted have made changes to the inspection framework for Sure Start Children’s Centres The main changes are in a reduced set of judgements, from 20 to 4, and a change…
Category: Children’s Centres
Parents’ Forum at Granard Children’s Centre in Wandsworth Daycare Trust has been exploring the range of volunteering opportunities and parent participation initiatives being managed by local authorities and Children’s Centres in England. The…
The Daycare Trust and the Family and Parenting Institute are to merge under a new name from next year, the charities have announced. (Image courtesy of Daycare Trust) This is exciting news for…
Children’s Centres and Volunteering is just the start… (Image courtesy of Pleasent Valley Children’s Centre) What better way is there for parents to get involved in their local Children’s Centre than through volunteering…
We have recently enjoyed being commissioned by Hornsey Road Children’s Centre in Islington to supply and fit their new IT suite and display screens. The Team at Family Action were successful in raising…
An interesting report from The Social Market Foundation explores a new way to support the affordability of formal childcare for working parents. It is based on a similar approach to the student loans…
Nothing new in the fact that childcare is hard to afford and the cost remains one of the biggest barriers to accessing high quality early years education. The good news is the extension…
Some startling figures emerging about Children’s Centre closures… In November the government confirmed that 124 Sure Start centres had closed, (Children and Young People Now). In addition, there is…
Childcare policy and the wider role of the community was the focus of the Daycare Trust annual conference in London on 22 November. A subject one would expect to have been well and…