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A recent international study found that UK pre-school provision is among the best in the world (Starting Well, The Economist Intelligence Unit 2012), says Nancy Stewart
The criticisms of NVQs by Teddies managing director Carole Edmond will chime with many in the UK childcare and early years education sector (see News, page 4).
There's money out there that nurseries could get their hands on with a service that helps them track it down. Karen Faux reports.
I am delighted to be writing this as the new president of the National Childminding Association (NCMA). I have worked with the organisation during its 30-year history and have seen first hand how the...
Early years settings are overwhelmingly against Government plans to change ratios, with just 2 per cent of the opinion that the rule change would enable them to lower fees for parents, according to a...
Labour has not been short of commitment or ideas in its attempt to improve the opportunities for parents, but it has failed to effectively reform a key piece of a regressive system that continues to...
Making sure standards don’t slip and morale remains high amid change in a setting is a vital leadership skill. By Katy Morton
How are nurseries identifying the training they need, and - more to the point - affording it? Karen Faux finds out.
Call me pedantic, but it does upset me when I see incorrect small-world play scenes, as in the recent eight-page 'All About' pull-out (Nursery World, 4 May). A photograph shows children playing with...
For ambitious settings, an Ofsted grade just isn't enough. In a bid for external recognition, some are spending several years and thousands of pounds on awards. Annette Rawstrone finds out why.