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At the weekend, Tony Blair pledged to improve the quality of school meal ingredients, kitchen facilities and training for dinner ladies. But The Sunday Times and the Daily Mail were quick to accuse...
I feel the need to respond to the story 'Teachers rally to save nursery jobs' (News, 2 February). Why do I feel despondent once again?Can we never move on in the early years? As head of a nursery...
The former nursery nurses from Newcastle who have just been awarded substantial libel damages have been living through what must be every childcare worker's worst nightmare - to be branded a child...
Ofsted's consultation on its plans for revamping childcare inspections was rather brief, given the importance of the changes, but there was a great deal of agreement that the main proposals were on...
I was disturbed to see the news story regarding a six-month-old baby who was standing up and ready for walking, featured on GMTV and in various newspapers (Mediawatch, 8 March). Crawling is a crucial...
Ofsted's new report into children's experiences of education at age six in England, Denmark and Finland is bound to stir up the debate about school starting age once more (see News, page 4). Sure...
New arrangements by Ofsted for the inspection, assessment and review of services for children and young people are now available to see at www.ofsted.gov.uk/childrenandyoungpeople. The first local...
The fate of the body responsible for negotiating the pay and conditions of nursery nurses and teaching assistants remains unclear after the Department for Education confirmed it was one of the quangos...
I read with interest the feature on school-based teacher training ('Class act, 27 November). I wonder if you have covered the Registered Teacher Programme in this series? I am currently undertaking...