Hot on the heels of Bright Horizons Family Solutions' acquisition of Kinderquest, Busy Bees has snapped up the Lancashire-based Kindercare Childcare Centres group (see News, page 4), taking it to...
Schools across the country are up in arms about shortfalls in their budget allocations which, they say, mean that it will be impossible for them to implement the Workload Reduction Agreement, with...
I felt I had to write to congratulate Nursery World on the eight-page pull-out 'A world view' (4 September). Dr Helen Penn's feature provided fascinating reading that resulted in a few surprises - ...
The British public is broadly in favour of men working in childcare but has some reservations, according to a MORI poll of 2,000 adults commissioned by the Daycare Trust. Seventy-seven per cent of the...
In the first of a new series on planning for the Foundation Stage, <B> Jane Drake </B> focuses on the book area to show how practitioners can think ahead in the long, medium and short term for...
The Final Report issues a challenge to both the Government and the sector itself, says Helen Moylett.
In association with Flair and Mail Order Express, we are able to offer four fantastic sets of Melissa and Doug developmental toys in a prize draw. Many of you will already be fans of Melissa and Doug...
Who better than a nanny to write an expert's childcare book? Miss Poppy, aka Elaine Addison, has more than 18 years of experience as a nanny in Britain and America, and her clientele has included...
Cold weather is here, but babies are still on the go. Sunshine Kids offers three flexible baby feeding aids. Warm 'n' Go can heat up milk bottles and food by being plugged into a car's cigarette...
Margaret Hodge has returned to the early years sector to find that the issue of low pay for childcare staff is still very much live and kicking. She was tackled about the problems during her speech to...