While a Market Review of initial teacher education is currently focused on primary and secondary teaching, Dr Aimee Quickfall believes the review has worrying implications for the future of early...
You would expect a piece of research entitled 'The Childcare Survey of Great Britain 2006' to be wide-ranging, rigorous and maybe even an official Government study. Unfortunately, Discovery Home and...
Details of the new birth-to-five framework that emerged in the Childcare Bill last week caused an outcry about 'baby curriculum madness'. The Daily Mail's front-page headline said, 'Toddlers taught to...
Further to Wendy Anderson's letter ('Shame on councils', 5 February), nursery nurses deserve to be recognised for the work they do, but it is not the same job as a nursery teacher. She points out that...
Professional Nanny readers are being offered a special discount price on the new book Spots, Birthmarks and Rashes by our contributor and health visitor June Thompson. This colourfully illustrated...
Glasgow children can enjoy free weekend cinema screenings at the Glasgow Film Theatre and the IMAX cinema at the Glasgow Science Centre from 5 June. The offer, part of a 25,000 initiative funded by...
Kennford Playbox Pre-School in Exeter, Devon, celebrated its 40th anniversary with a community party.
In this month's column the CWDC's Jane Haywood explains how EYPs must be able to distinguish between the factors affecting child development and have the expertise to deliver enjoyable experiences for...
At the end of last year, childcare consultant Laura Henry's series for Nursery World on the new Ofsted daycare inspection regime, based on the five outcomes of Every Child Matters, went down a storm....
Celebrity chef Jamie Oliver said he is 'bored with being polite' about parents who fill their children's lunchboxes with junk food. The Daily Mail quoted Jamie's scathing remarks made at the launch of...