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It seems that 2005 is going out with a bang rather than a whimper, with the news that Lesley Staggs is leaving her post as national director of the Foundation Stage (see News, page 4). The sound of...
Organising a topic on My home may appear deceptively simple but, as this issue of Nursery Topics will show, it is a project that needs a lot of planning and is a subject that has to be dealt with...
Schools in Worcestershire are being asked to take part in a one-year pilot scheme to extend the free early years entitlement to 15 hours from September. The local authority is suggesting that schools...
Could it be that the worst is over for the private nursery sector, in terms of their fears for their survival? Certainly, several speakers at last week's Laing and Buisson conference thought that...
What a week it's been for news in the early years education and care sector, with the launch of the final Early Years Foundation Stage materials, a damning report into the low success rates for early...
Celebrity culture will have attracted many readers to the headlines in national newspapers this month about Zoe Ball's nanny being killed tragically after a car crash. It turned out that the 'nanny',...
It's hard to remember when a Government appointment was met with quite such an enthusiastic welcome. The news that Lesley Staggs has become the first-ever national director of the Foundation Stage is...
Providing the 15 hours and responding to the changing needs of parents has, as this column has shown, required much effort by settings to transform their business, workforce, and sometimes premises....
At last the ten-year strategy for childcare has been unveiled by Chancellor Gordon Brown (see News, page 4). The 90-odd pages of Choice for parents, the best start for children contain much of...