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Further to the news story 'Nurseries may quit education grant' (5 February), the issue of funding made me leave the early years sector after 15 years of working in various playgroups to work as an NVQ...
Leeds City Council is planning to launch a two-year pilot programme to give graduates coming fresh to the early years and childcare sector a practical route to EYP Status.
There was great disappointment among private and voluntary sector nurseries when the coalition Government pressed ahead with the Code of Practice on the free entitlement rather than suspend it as the...
Chris Boyett (left) initially started a company selling softplay equipment with a partner in1996, but has been running Active Learning single handedly, under its current name for the past five years....
You may have booked the venue and be looking forward to your staff Christmas party, but have you considered all the potential pitfalls? Jacqui Mann provides a guide to ensuring that the festivities...
The Government says that childminders are key to the success of its National Childcare Strategy, but just how easy is it to start up? Patricia Slatcher reports Registering as a childminder will be...
I read with interest Patricia Slatcher's excellent feature 'First choice' (26 July). I felt it was a clear, concise guide for college leavers to help them make informed choices about their careers....
It's hard to switch on the television or open a newspaper at the moment without hearing or seeing the reality of difficult funding decisions being faced by local authorities. As both a Minister and a...
One of the most time-consuming, and frequently irritating, tasks undertaken by teachers and managers is collecting money from children for lunches, outings, fund raisers and the like. Now TH Jordan...
Private childcare providers face confusion over whether they need to register with Disclosure Scotland, the new police checks organisation, to access criminal records information about potential...