BY Alison Dady (nee Wardley), a registered childminder who is a former Royal nanny On 3 April I sat down to watch the ITV programme 'Who's Looking After Your Child?'. What I saw confirmed a long-held...
A Pre-school Learning Alliance survey shows childcare providers are increasingly fighting to stay open, one year after the policy was introduced.
Smile please! April Jones, director of Computer Kids, looks at digital presentations One really useful piece of technology for the nursery is a digital camera.
Four-year-olds will march on Downing Street in protest at plans for a Reception baseline assessment.
The products most highly recommended by our testers this time round were: * Dinosaur Glove Puppets and
We are a small committee-led playschool with huge problems of staffing and a non-supportive attitude from the committee. Several people have resigned. We have been told that without a chairperson the...
In the 12 months since Nursery Chains was last published, nursery groups have been living with the twin challenges of implementing the Early Years Foundation Stage and the economic crisis.
Ofsted’s planned reforms could be the springboard needed for the inspectorate, Government and sector to work better together