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Staff at Technotots nursery in Dundee were 'stunned and delighted' last week when the Scottish Commission for the Regulation of Care did a U-turn and said the nursery did not need the go-ahead from...
Name: Linda Harrison Job title: Manager, Regional Childcare Centre of Vocational Excellence
The Pre-School Learning Alliance is calling for an 'independent monitoring function' to ensure local authorities work in partnership with voluntary and private childcare providers. PLA chief executive...
In this issue of Nursery World, we report on some innovative and worthwhile projects in the early years and childcare sector, which are taking place in a remarkable range of locations across the UK....
School dinners made a reappearance in the news last week as Cherie Blair joined her husband on the campaign trail. The Daily Telegraph reported that during a visit to World's End infant and nursery...
It was so good to see the news story 'High marks for childminders' (5 July). I would like to congratulate all those who are on the four childminding networks. It is great to see that there are...
Reading the 11 January Nursery World, there are two things which prompt me to write in. First, I cannot understand why the lead news story on the new Early Years Foundation Stage framework quotes an...
As the nine to five working day becomes ever less common, the need grows for childcare in what used to be called unsocial hours. Evening work, night shifts, weekend work - parents who have little...
I was reading through Nursery World (17 November) and contradictions were worryingly apparent. There was the 'outrage in the media' about the Birth to Five 'curriculum', the report on quality...