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With the national daycare standards about to come into force from September, the Government might have been hoping that the furore over qualifications and training for early years workers had died...
Margaret Hodge's appointment as minister for children continued to attract a barrage of criticism last week from the press and opposition MPs (see News, page 4). One unfortunate consequence of the...
After many years of lobbying by childcare organisations, the Government's proposals to extend tax breaks for employer-supported childcare look set to make significant advances (see News, page 4). Tax...
Teaching assistant, non-teaching assistant, classroom assistant, nursery nurse, early years practitioner... The number of job titles given to support staff in primary schools is only outdone by the...
It's always great to have renowned early years consultant Marion Dowling contributing to Nursery World, and we believe you'll find her eight-page guide, 'All about children's thinking', a stimulating...
Scotland's proposals to ban all physical punishment of children under three and to prevent any children from suffering blows to the head, shaking and the use of implements are a considerable step...
As soon as any kind of assessment is formalised into a league table, it will be seized upon and interpreted in a misguided manner. Just look at what has happened with SATs. So it is with the 2005...
Unease is growing over some of the proposals in the Childcare Bill, with early years and childcare professionals raising their voices at several recent events (see News, page 4). There has been such a...
With regard to Shelly Newstead's comments in 'Analysis: Holiday childcare will become harder to find' (19 August), we would like to clarify that SkillsActive has a contractual obligation from the...
There's a distinct end-of-term feeling about this week, with some very important Government initiatives hurrying into the open before everybody heads off on holiday. The long-delayed Youth Green Paper...