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As Nursery World went to press for our last issue, I wrote that we were still waiting to hear who would be the minister for childcare and early years.
More than four in 10 nurseries, pre-schools and childminders in England have had to fully and/or partially close at least once since 1 June due to Coronavirus self-isolation rules, a survey suggests.
The number of three-year-olds attending maintained schools or in free places in the private, voluntary and independent sectors in England rose by just over 67,000 from 352,100 in January 2001 to...
* Also in Cambridgeshire, a mother of two has been found guilty of stealing 42,000 from a playgroup. Carol Williams, 42, admitted taking money over five years while working as book-keeper and...
'Childcare gives children a good start in life. It enables parents to work or train, it supports employers and regenerates local communities, and it underpins policies to tackle social exclusion,...
'One obstacle is stone-age David Blunkett, who left Labour MPs spitting with fury when he said he opposed any further help as it might encourage young girls to have babies.' Polly Toynbee, on why the...
'This is baby farming. Why not hand babies over at birth and have done with them, as our forebears used to do? Why not hang them up by the swaddling bands on a hook in some stranger's hut?' Minette...
'Children start out assuming their parents are perfect, and learn what's right and wrong by example. So don't smack unless you want your child to learn that hitting solves problems. If you'd rather...
'Childcare is seen by the Treasury as primarily an adjunct to the labour market rather than being about child development. It's all about increasing employment opportunities rather than what might be...
'Gaelic should not be allowed to wither and die. There is clearly scope for developing Gaelic-medium education so that young people are immersed as quickly and effectively as possible in the tongue.'...