In a new series on the workforce strategy, Charlotte Goddard looks at plans to revise entry level early years qualifications
Early years organisations believe if the minimum wage was increased to £15 per hour, as per the TUC's call, it would be 'impossible' for childcare settings to remain open.
Providers frequently tell us about barriers to delivering an extended flexible offer and that there is no demand for it. Pathfinder settings demonstrated how providing flexibility could generate a...
2 November. Arts extra Held once a month on Saturday mornings to 5 July 2003, this season of Arts Extra sessions by the Arts Development Unit at West Yorkshire Playhouse will provide practical ideas...
In the battle for votes at the next election, universal childcare will not be easy to deliver.
With the number of baby places in nurseries rapidly expanding, more and more staff are having to deal with the age-old problem of disposing of or laundering huge piles of nappies. Agreed, it's not the...
Have oodles of fun keeping children busy with an art kit from Bostik full of pipe cleaners, beads, felt shapes, pom poms, straws and Blu-Tack, plus an instruction leaflet suggesting lots of things to...
Children with additional needs are supported at one setting in south London in a dedicated nurture space, explains Luke Page, head of Triangle Nursery School
Nearly 100,000 more three-year-olds in England were taking up funded places in the private and voluntary sector in January 2003 than a year before, according to statistics published by the Department...