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The troublesome introduction of the new code of practice on the nursery education grant seems to have reached a messy deadlock, with private and voluntary providers continuing to protest, the...
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Staff and children from Manningtree Methodist Church Pre-school moved to new premises at Highfields Primary School in Lawford, Essex, at the start of September with the new name of Busy Bees...
The first private nursery for Erskine, Greater Glasgow, has opened under the name of the Enchanted Forest. Located within the Erskine Hospital estate, the nursery caters for children aged from six...
This week's national policy seminar held by 4Children examined the childcare gains and challenges in the five years since the report by the Childcare Commission, which set out demands for investment...
Some interesting issues are raised by the guidance on developing children's centres which has just been published by the Sure Start unit (see News, page 4). Not least is the expectation that more than...
Children need an enthusiastic mediator if they are to develop a love for books. Opal Dunn explains how to help under-threes build a solid foundation for literacy Parents and carers often feel...
The treatment I have received from colleagues has ranged from being ignored, to conversations stopping as I walked in the room. I have also been handed Unison forms and 'asked' to 'join so that we are...
Birth to Three Matters has provided settings with a welcome framework on which to base good practice but more staff training on caring for the very young is proving essential ACORN CHILDCARE TRAINING