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Almost one in five Scottish local authorities will not be increasing their hourly early learning and childcare funding rates for three to five-year-olds once the 1140 hours policy is mandatory from August.

NDNA Scotland put out an FOI to all Scottish local authorities asking what they will be paying childcare providers for the 1140 hour places which must be in place from the autumn...

Today, HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) is reminding working families in the South West that they can use Tax-Free Childcare to help pay for their childcare costs over the summer.

Tax-Free Childcare – a childcare top-up for working parents – can be used to help pay for accredited holiday clubs, childminders or sports activities – giving parents and carers that extra peace of...

More support for local areas to drive up school standards

• £10 million for intensive support in four areas of the country to increase proportion of pupils in Good or Outstanding schools
• Trust Capacity Fund opens for applications to create more strong multi-academy trusts
• New church-led multi academy trusts to help more Catholic and Church of England schools
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