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This month sees the news we've all been waiting for, and it's good - nannies' earnings continue to rise. Let's hope that this year nobody who isn't a nanny expresses shock at the news, as if home...
The troublesome introduction of the new code of practice on the nursery education grant seems to have reached a messy deadlock, with private and voluntary providers continuing to protest, the...
In this true story, an experienced nanny tells Helen Kewley about how a false accusation blackened her reputation with employment agencies 'I couldn't believe what had just happened to me. As I sat in...
Karen Hart explains how Standard 5 asks practitioners to evidence and meet the specific needs of individual children
Any study that finds negative effects for children in daycare is going to be greeted by hysteria on several fronts. The results will be brandished by organisations and individuals, mostly on the...
Amid the debate about the national evaluation of Sure Start and the review of the teaching of reading, which will lead to a focus on phonics as the primary method for very young children, it would be...
A debate in the House of Lords last week flagged up the shortage of speech and language therapists in children's services (see News, page 6). It is not that there are too few people - according to...
After years of campaigning by school support staff and their unions, education secretary Alan Johnson has essentially put the stamp of approval on the creation of a national pay structure (see News,...
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...
The role of employers in supporting and providing for their staff's childcare needs will be a major issue in the next few years. Last week's conference by the London Development Agency, Bright...