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Sunbeams Day Nursery has embedded loose-parts play into provision across all its settings, transforming practice and inspiring children. Nicole Weinstein reports
Social enterprise could solve the problem of sustainable childcare provision, according to the charity 4Children. Its new manifesto, 'Creating new solutions', argues that while start-up funding for...
There are calls for the Department for Education to make its early years qualifications list simpler, as confusion mounts within the sector over which qualifications are 'full and relevant' with many...
by Jennie Lindon (Hodder Arnold, 21.99, ISBN 978-0340983980)
I feel compelled to write in response to the letter 'Nannies are not childminders' (9 May). The National Childcare Strategy has put a great deal of emphasis on giving childminders the professional...
I have just read Nicola Clark's essay on childcare for the future ('Something to say', 22 October). She talks about family groups, home settings, play, taking children to parks and the zoo, qualified...
* Teddy bears are being enlisted in a summer campaign to raise money for children's healthcare. The charity Action for Sick Children, which celebrates its 40th anniversary this year, has teamed up...
In November, Ofsted published a report exploring the roles and responsibilities of nursery groups in England. It focuses on understanding how multiple providers – those that own two or more settings –...
More than 80,000 in VAT has been recouped by two childcare charities after a landmark High Court ruling in February prompted a U-turn by Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs. HMRC had claimed that...
Partnership on display The four Pre-school Learning Centres run by Great Aycliffe Town Council work closely with parents and the community. The annual Great Aycliffe Show is an opportunity for...