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The new national occupational standards for classroom assistants (see News, page 4) are welcome for several reasons. The standards, and the forthcoming NVQs/SVQs that will follow, will be a big step...
'The children who walk the road to Holy Cross are groomed, consciously or not, for news bulletins and paraded for the cameras. See their misery. Study the terror that the spitters, the screamers, the...
In his new book, Peter Moss argues why England must move away from its current early years model of provision based on the ‘marketisation and privatisation of childhood’
In the face of much concern about some aspects of the draft Early Years Foundation Stage, welcome news came this week that the Department for Education and Skills is proposing to put back the...
The Government is still undecided about relaxing ratios, and the Chancellor's Autumn Budget wasn't full of festive cheer either
'What sort of country are we that pays the people who look after our children at this most delicate and important stage 7,000 a year? We must as a Government do something to raise the level of...
by Margaret McAllister and Holly Sterling (Frances Lincoln)
Grants of up to 1m are being offered by the Big Lottery Fund for large-scale projects in Wales that will benefit disadvantaged children and young people. Between six and 15 projects will be funded...
The current climate is not proving too comfortable for the private nursery sector. A recent survey has shown occupancy in nurseries continuing to fall, with dangerously low levels in some parts of the...