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The Charity Commission could elaborate on its third principle on child protection ('Charities warned on child protection', News, 3 October) to state that any interrogation of children will be carried...
* An Essex University study that found children under five whose mothers worked did worse academically in later life than those whose mothers stayed at home is contributing to a 'culture of guilt',...
Further to the news story (7 March) and the letters regarding the payment of the childcare tax credit element of Working Families Tax Credit (21 March), I think that the WFTC should be distributed by...
As a nursery owner and manager I am worried about the high profile that classroom assistants will receive along with their higher salary (News, 16 May). It is so hard to recruit and train staff and...
Private and voluntary sector nurseries are more vulnerable to closure in the current economic climate now that the Early Years Single Funding Formula has been delayed by a year, the National Day...
The Transport and General Workers' Union has secured a 13.3 per cent payrise for workers at a Glasgow after-school club, bringing their pay up to more than 5 an hour. The pay award will increase basic...
We have one Barney Farm (Asco, 79.95) to give away to Nursery Topics readers. Send your name and address on the back of a postcard or envelope, marked 'Barney Farm', to the address on page 3. The...
I am somewhat concerned by the comments made by Ben Black of Tinies nanny agency regarding Kelly Lawrence, the nanny imprisoned for abusing two 14-month-old toddlers in her care, as 'a decent nanny...
Eleven childrens centres in Essex are under threat of closure and others could see their opening hours drastically reduced, under plans out for consultation.
People unsure about whether to become a childminder now have the assistance of a manual to help them decide. The manual, Is childminding the right job for me?, has been produced by the National...