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There's a distinct end-of-term feeling about this week, with some very important Government initiatives hurrying into the open before everybody heads off on holiday. The long-delayed Youth Green Paper...
Childcare organisations are united against proposed staff to child ratios planned in the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS). While they welcome the guiding principle of the EYFS in response to the...
I am delighted to be writing this as the new president of the National Childminding Association (NCMA). I have worked with the organisation during its 30-year history and have seen first hand how the...
It may be that by the time you read this, the Department for Education's page on gov.uk will have been updated with full details of the ministers' briefs and exactly where responsibility for...
Music and movement in the nursery This conference by Ranelagh House will discuss the benefits of music and movement for a child's development, with reference to the Early Learning Goals. Delegates...
Childminders have welcomed a joint letter sent out to local authorities last month (10 January) reiterating the guidance on registered childminding and planning permission. The letter was sent from...
* The London Borough of Lewisham's Early Years Development and Childcare Partnership gave out its first Long Service Awards on 11 February. Sue Lee, who has worked in play clubs since 1975, won the...
Nannies and childminders have been rated above nurseries as the highest-quality form of care for babies and toddlers, apart from their own mothers. Introducing the Families, Children and Childcare...
I trained as a nursery nurse back in the 1960s and have worked in all areas of childcare, including a specialist day unit. More recently I have trained and worked as a registered childminder, and that...
According to the Scottish Childminding Association (SCMA), the 1,140 hours policy has ‘failed’ the country's childminding workforce, which has declined by over 26 per cent,