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The call by Alan Bentley, chairman of nursery group Childcare Corporation, for the private nursery sector to form a new trade association to represent its interests may seem to have come out of the...
The Pre-School Learning Alliance is to offer childminders a bespoke membership package from early next year, following the National Childminding Association's bid to attract a wider membership under a...
Beatrice Merrick explains the thinking behind the recent Birth to 5 Matters Spring Festival which focused on key areas of practice including diversity and inclusion, sustainability, children’s rights...
Our panel discusses how settings can ensure staff are always engaged with children – rather than talking to each other – even when outdoors during free play. By Gabriella Jozwiak
If Ofsted were truly independent, as it claims to be, then would it not be criticising an early years policy that is clearly failing children?
To get the most out of staff and ensure their well-being, use ‘positive performance management’, says Debbie Garvey
Like it or not, nurseries are going to have to find ways to work with the changes to staffing ratios and their links to qualification levels. Mary Evans hears what some managers think about it.
In the second part of this series, Pennie Akehurst, former head of the Early Years and Childcare Service at Derbyshire County Council, finds some settings fall short on performance management
What do you do when a parent says they cannot pay the fees? Jackie Nunns offers guidelines to deal with this sensitive issue and make sure your club doesn't go bust Consumer borrowing in the UK...