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The frustration of English nursery owners over long delays in criminal records checks for new employees is evident. The situation in England looks to be not half so bad as that in Scotland, however...
Next month, the Government begins a double advertising and marketing drive about early years education and childcare. On the one hand, it is renewing its efforts to persuade more people, particularly...
It's good news that Ofsted's annual report into childcare and early education has found standards improving as the number of places grows (see News, page 4). There is no room for complacency, however....
The animals and buildings on a farm provide rich pickings for activities across the early years curriculum from Helen Shelbourne Aproject such as 'On the farm' may stem from a single child's...
Free children's after-school clubs have been launched by Glasgow City Council's Community Action Team in the East End of the city this week. All children aged five to 12 are invited to the clubs which...
The Scottish government has placed haggis on a list of restricted foods for nursery schools. New guidelines on nutrition (see News, page 6) recommend that under-fives eat the famous delicacy no more...
At last the national standards for daycare have been published - creeping out into the world in the huge shadow of the general election announcement the same day (see News, page 4). A quick glance...
The news that the education select committee report on the early years has called for all staff to be qualified to at least NVQ3, with leaders at graduate level, within ten years should cheer...
Six months on from the last Nursery Chains and uncertainty in the private sector remains. The UK's nursery groups (see League table, page 21) still feel that Government-funded initiatives are proving...
It is perhaps not surprising that nurseries have won praise from Ofsted and the Food Standards Agency for providing better food education and having higher nutritional standards than primary schools...