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Nurseries will continue to be exempt from business rates, but there was no new funding earmarked for the early years or schools in the Chancellor’s budget.
* BSI Business Information has published a book to help small businesses get to grips with the Data Protection Act 1998. The Data Protection Pocket Guide: Essential Facts at Your Fingertips gives...
Dr Richard House argues that the decision of the teaching unions to speak out against recent Government moves could prove a turning point for the early years sector.
A new Level 3 transitional qualification available from next spring will enable early years practitioners and playworkers to move between sectors. SkillsActive Playwork Unit and the National Day...
The latest issue of Nursery World is packed with invaluable content and expert advice on subjects vital to the early years sector, including the revised Development Matters, CPD, developing your own...
The introduction of child tagging technology in nurseries has been criticised as a 'gimmick' that is fuelling parental paranoia. Tagging systems similar in design to the electronic tags used in...
I would like to put a few points straight about the news story, 'Words fail minders at AGM' (27 November). Little did you know the headline was correct, but in another way. A debate held on the...
We should remember past mistakes in early years policy when trying to move forward or our youngest children will be in inappropriate environments, say Karen Wickett and Dr Verity Campbell Barr,...
I write in response to Lisa Steele-Bevan's letter ('Impractical training', 10 November) in respect of newly qualified staff. I have been involved in childcare NVQs for approximately eight years and...