Parents struggling to get their children into preschool will soon be able to access more than $430 million in fee relief, while more than 9000 additional children will have access to preschool, as part of the NSW state budget.
Crippled by a shortage of qualified workers, the childcare sector is calling for help from overseas – but is being hampered by an English test so difficult two in three native speakers fail it. Take the test to see how you’d score.
Relief is on the way for Aussie parents with changes planned to childcare fees and paid parental leave. See how they affect you.
In what will come as a relief for parents scrambling to make alternative plans, early childhood educators have cancelled their plans to stop work next week.
Not sure which childcare centre to pick for your child? Here is a list of the top performers in the inner west and why they are excelling in their field.
Young Aussie kids are losing basic skills. But experts say it’s not too late to help them get back on track.
Australia’s 16,552 child care services have been rated on quality and value. See list of best and worst in NSW.
Demand for daycare has surged as ‘no jab, no job’ rules strain childcare staff levels. See the full list of NSW suburbs who are the most impacted.
Families with young children will keep access to free preschool next year under a $150 million state budget initiative after it proved popular during the Covid-19 pandemic.
The exodus of temporary visa holders and their young families due to the COVID-19 pandemic has seen whole classes wiped from timetables at Sydney schools.
The Catholic Church will spend $173 million on new facilities and upgrades for 36 of its schools. Check out the full list and what the money will be used for.
Thousands of children are suffering trauma and illness at daycare centres as the rate of serious incidents in NSW soars.
This is the new plan to shake up Australia’s childcare curriculum so toddlers are trained early before they enter their hi-tech future.
Longer holidays and cash bonuses are being offered to childcare workers as desperate daycare operators battle staff shortages across nearly 900 centres.
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