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The benefits to a child of spending time with a childminder are outlined by Foundation Stage regional advisor Jane Cole in our series on the Celebrating Young Children project When Hannah's mother,...
What with the overhaul of the sector's qualifications structure, the extension of the free entitlement and further work on the single funding formula, nursery managers are braced for a year in which...
I'm writing to share a recent experience with other readers. I'm 29 and gained an NNEB diploma 11 years ago. In 2004 I started to work for a large organisation that cares for and educates children and...
Giving the lowdown on the UK’s biggest nursery groups, Catherine Gaunt presents this year’s table, looks at their Ofsted performance and assesses the state of the market
If the Government wants to play Santa Claus to the UK's working parents, it could start with the incentives to expand employer-supported childcare that chancellor Gordon Brown alluded to in his...
Better communication with staff, increased support for nursery managers and improved customer service are part of the Nord Anglia nursery chain's bid to banish problems which dogged the group last...
Private and voluntary sector providers are often quoted as calling for a 'level playing field' with state-funded childcare. This week there's good news and bad news - some bits of the field appear to...
Make plans over time for one of the most important areas of a setting's provision with this advice from <B>Jane Drake</B>
Early years settings are paying ever greater attention to the quality of provision for children under three, and practice has come a long way since the introduction of the Birth to Three Matters...
Make your good practice better with a step-by-step plan outlined by Laura Henry and Beth Harris that can be owned by the whole staff team and guided by the aim of improving outcomes for children.