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'As is often claimed - not least by the Tories - the (Labour) party appears to have stolen many of the right's best ideas. Tough on the basics, tough on local authorities, tough on failing schools,...
The First Minister of Wales, Rhodri Morgan, has personally intervened in a row over how some Welsh local authorities are providing the free education entitlement for three- and four-year-olds.
Children's minister Tim Loughton has written to all local authorities in England to ensure that foster carers are not faced with too many restrictions when making everyday decisions about the children...
Ministers in the Scottish government are being asked to clarify policy on partnership places, following claims that local authorities have withdrawn the funding from several private nurseries.
30 - There are two aspects to the question of a lack of outside play facilities. The first is traffic. I recently saw a television documentary which contained footage shot in the 1960s of children...
In February, Nursery World published a questionnaire about nursery food provision in partnership with the children's organic food company Organix. A big thank you to those readers who took the time to...
The Scottish government has placed haggis on a list of restricted foods for nursery schools. New guidelines on nutrition (see News, page 6) recommend that under-fives eat the famous delicacy no more...
Your curate's egg of a report on the National Association of Education Inspectors' conference (News, 12 July) was encouraging in its highlighting of the importance of play in the early years, but...
At last the national standards for daycare have been published - creeping out into the world in the huge shadow of the general election announcement the same day (see News, page 4). A quick glance...
'Training the trainers' has become something of a buzz phrase of late, and it is likely to stay on everyone's lips as the drive to reform the early years workforce steps up. If there aren't enough...