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The number of children being home educated is rising, and the Government wants to give councils more power to monitor them. Meredith Jones Russell reports
Adopting a key person approach requires careful preparation and organisation by the staff team in any setting, as well as reviewing practice once they have started using it, writes Anne O'Connor.
There is growing unease in the private nursery sector about their lack of involvement in the development of children's centres. Some providers are finding that local authority-funded centres are...
The Sure Start Unit offers acomprehensive guide to qualifications for working in early years, childcare and playwork. See www.surestart.gov.uk/_doc/ index.cfm?document=1181 or call 0845 602 2260 and...
Small nanny agencies across Scotland are being forced out of the market because of the 'high fees and added bureaucracy' associated with the Care Commission's registration process. Since 1 April 2003...
Thinking back to my own childhood, my strongest memories of a fascination with colour come from my much beloved paint box. Words like Burnt Umber, Yellow Ochre, Crimson and Ultramarine were not only...
Eight in ten Sure Start children's centres in the most deprived areas of the country are outstanding or good, the latest statistics for Ofsted inspections show.
<P> The Scottish Pre-school Play Association has responded to the pressures of change by giving its corporate image a makeover with a jaunty new logo and the motto 'Learning through Play'. </P>
Lynn Brydon is business and finance support officer at Sure Start Strategic Partnership Tyne & Wear (www.northtyneside.gov.uk)