For a long time, the protests about the provision in the national care standards to allow childminders to smack the children in their care and smoke in front of them with parental permission seemed to...
The current climate is not proving too comfortable for the private nursery sector. A recent survey has shown occupancy in nurseries continuing to fall, with dangerously low levels in some parts of the...
Great news for the many early years practitioners who care for the rising number of babies and toddlers in daycare settings, with the launch of Birth to Three Matters: a framework to support children...
Ball skills can help with hand-eye co-ordination and can be introduced in developmentally appropriate ways, says Dr Lala Manners
It seems that 2005 is going out with a bang rather than a whimper, with the news that Lesley Staggs is leaving her post as national director of the Foundation Stage (see News, page 4). The sound of...
Ask any nursery or pre-school manager what they dislike about their job and it's the bureaucracy and paperwork that usually top the list. Everybody accepts that a certain amount is necessary to...
Practitioners from a range of childcare and early years education settings had an unprecedented chance last week to question children's minister Margaret Hodge about Government policy at a round table...
The weather may be getting hotter, but the crisis over delays with criminal record checks is reaching boiling point (see News, page 4). It is appalling that with the current recruitment shortages in...
One of the largest nursery groups in the UK, Children 1st, has acquired Honey Pot Day Nursery in Oakwood, Derby.