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...
'Making Choices' is designed to help people decide what childcare job is right for them. Linda Prudence went along and discovered playwork, says Anne Wiltsher Linda Prudence, now 36, who lives on the...
A baby's birth weight appears to have a greater influence on future mental ability and educational performance than their upbringing, say researchers at the Medical Research Council (MRC), based in...
Childcare was in the spotlight last week for the second time in a month upon the publication of Ofsted's Early Years report, following hot on the heels of the BBC documentary 'Nurseries Undercover:...
The Government is standing firm on its insistence that private and voluntary sector nurseries must not charge any top-up fees to parents for nursery education grant sessions (see News, page 4)....
Sometimes I consider the subjects in Professional Nanny and wonder if it's all getting a bit too touchy-feely. There's such a lot of emotional content - in this issue, for example, we look at a book...
A range of providers, from established chains to maintained nursery schools, have set up their own training arms. Gabriella Jozwiak investigates the practicalities of taking training in-house.
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.