Showing items posted in February 2017...

A consultation on improving educational outcomes for children and young people from travelling cultures has been launched by the Scottish Government.

Replacing the Sure Start Maternity Grant (SSMG) with a Best Start Grant (BSG) to include payments for second and subsequent children, and payments when children start nursery and school, is one of the key commitments made in the Scottish Government’s response to the consultation on social security payments in Scotland.

Early Years Scotland members should note that we have added two new sample policies to the 'Members A-Z' document library in the members' area on the website, and revised 20 existing sample policies.

This year the UK government will introduce Tax-Free Childcare, a new UK-wide scheme to help working parents pay for childcare.

Early Years Scotland has now added LinkedIn to our existing social media channels.