Many settings are wondering how they are going to afford the upcoming 5 per cent increase to the National Living Wage, let alone keep pay differentials to reward senior staff. So what are the options?...
The 'very best thing to be in the whole world' is a celebrity, according to a poll of 2,500 children aged under ten reported in the Independent. Good looks and being rich were rated second and third....
The campaign for a national nanny register gathered pace last week, with the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children firmly committing itself to lobby for such a measure (see News,...
ICT is playing an increasingly important role in early years. Professor John Siraj-Blatchford explains.
The Department for Education and Employment has been warned that nursery schools across the UK are facing closure. The problem has been highlighted by a series of conferences for nursery school...
The group 38 Degrees is urging people to write to their MP to support an amendment to the Academies Bill to ensure that schools seeking academy status will have to consult the local community.
From next month it's all change for the Childcare Approval Scheme in England. The scheme is coming under the voluntary part of the new Ofsted Childcare Register, to which applications will have to be...
Communication is the key to a good relationship with your employer - but there isn't always time for it in the mutual rush between workplaces. The Nanny Diary offers a written check-in for both nanny...
Leading expert Kay Mathieson will be providing advice on this hot topic in a one-hour seminar on Friday 5 February.
Take an hour at Nursery World North on 5 May to hear about inspection priorities and progress from Ofsted's Gill Jones.