What price universal childcare? As publication of the Government's ten-year plan looms, various lobbying organisations have been coming up with some firm figures for the funding needed to make the...
Hot on the heels of Bright Horizons Family Solutions' acquisition of Kinderquest, Busy Bees has snapped up the Lancashire-based Kindercare Childcare Centres group (see News, page 4), taking it to...
Baroness Blackstone, Minister of State for the Arts, launched 'Quality Training, Quality Play', the new National Strategy for Playwork Education, Training and Qualifications 2002-2005 last month (for...
The extension of the nursery education grant for three- and four-year-olds, from 33 to 38 weeks a year from 1 April, should, on the face of it, be good news for non-maintained providers. But examine...
Schools across the country are up in arms about shortfalls in their budget allocations which, they say, mean that it will be impossible for them to implement the Workload Reduction Agreement, with...
I felt I had to write to congratulate Nursery World on the eight-page pull-out 'A world view' (4 September). Dr Helen Penn's feature provided fascinating reading that resulted in a few surprises - ...
In association with Flair and Mail Order Express, we are able to offer four fantastic sets of Melissa and Doug developmental toys in a prize draw. Many of you will already be fans of Melissa and Doug...
Who better than a nanny to write an expert's childcare book? Miss Poppy, aka Elaine Addison, has more than 18 years of experience as a nanny in Britain and America, and her clientele has included...
Cold weather is here, but babies are still on the go. Sunshine Kids offers three flexible baby feeding aids. Warm 'n' Go can heat up milk bottles and food by being plugged into a car's cigarette...
Margaret Hodge has returned to the early years sector to find that the issue of low pay for childcare staff is still very much live and kicking. She was tackled about the problems during her speech to...