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Ask any nursery or pre-school manager what they dislike about their job and it's the bureaucracy and paperwork that usually top the list. Everybody accepts that a certain amount is necessary to...
Practitioners from a range of childcare and early years education settings had an unprecedented chance last week to question children's minister Margaret Hodge about Government policy at a round table...
The weather may be getting hotter, but the crisis over delays with criminal record checks is reaching boiling point (see News, page 4). It is appalling that with the current recruitment shortages in...
New ways of monitoring children's progress at Key Stage 1 in England have been put up for consultation by the Department for Education and Skills. Under a pilot project involving 5,000 schools,...
So, you think you can deal with any unlikely eventuality in your setting? See how well you do in this quiz by Mairi Maciver 1 A staff member resigns and requests a reference. She isn't happy with it...
A nursery nurse has started an online petition on the Prime Ministers official website demanding a national pay structure for all nursery nurses and teaching assistants.
The new national occupational standards for classroom assistants (see News, page 4) are welcome for several reasons. The standards, and the forthcoming NVQs/SVQs that will follow, will be a big step...
The UK Government stubbornly insists on league tables as a means of driving up educational attainment, standards of health care and so on, despite widespread opposition. It may not be so keen,...
There is bound to be consternation among day nurseries in England as it becomes apparent that Ofsted is now taking a different line on staff working with children before background checks are...
You could support your skills at managing children's illnesses with the Baby Echos ear thermometer. This handy instrument takes a child's temperatures and tells you on the digital display with a...