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Nurseries should shop around for healthy eating, says Alan Bentley.
The race is on to get Ofsted's Early Years Directorate up and running. But time is short and the issues and problems that need to be sorted out are many, as our coverage this week shows. The national...
A qualifications shake-up and the latest on inspections were the hot topics, reports Ruth Thomson.
Hot on the heels of Ofsted's annual report into early years provision comes its proposed changes to the sector's inspection process (see News, page 4). These represent a fairly comprehensive revamp of...
Improving the quality of assessment information while reducing the quantity of it will result in better provision, says Dr Julian Grenier
Evidence is mounting that private and voluntary nurseries' participation in the Nursery Education Grant scheme is at crisis point, with a survey from the Federation of Small Businesses (see News, page...
The case of Vanessa George, the Plymouth nursery worker accused of child abuse and making and distributing indecent images of young children, has shocked and horrified the early years sector (see...
While the number of total childcare places has been rising in recent years, the sharp decline in the ranks of childminders has gone almost unnoticed (see News, page 4).
The new national occupational standards for classroom assistants (see News, page 4) are welcome for several reasons. The standards, and the forthcoming NVQs/SVQs that will follow, will be a big step...