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A nursery threatened with closure has resolved a complex lease dispute with the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) and will operate as a private nursery from August (News, 5 May). Nursery manager...
Early years experts have criticised the Government's move to publish a list of approved phonics schemes. The DfES is planning to introduce a quality assurance scheme to evaluate commercial and other...
The Learning and Skills Council (LSC) is cutting training funds to a Wiltshire nursery following a damning report from the Adult Learning Inspectorate (ALI) (see News, 21 November). Westgate Nursery...
At the conference in London on encouraging helpful parental practices to replace smacking (News, 17 October), I was thoroughly entertained by children from Carr Manor High School in Leeds. Their...
I think a registration fee is an acceptable thing to pay to place your child on the nursery register of your choice, as it is a safeguard for the families involved and the nursery (News, 23 May). It...
Parents on low incomes with pre-school-age children will be able to claim up to 9,600 a year towards their childcare costs as part of the Government's aim to make registered childcare affordable to...
By Anne Nelson, director, Early Education The news item 'Single status cuts pay for nursery staff' (6 October) should raise concerns from all early years professionals. This is an all-too-common...
The Scottish Executive has put up for consultation its ambitious plans for Scotland's early years workforce, with new management qualifications, higher numbers of graduate-level staff and a single...
Over the past ten days, the Government has issued three major documents, all of which are likely to cause controversy and unease across the sector. First up came the action plan for implementing the...
Emergency plans were put into swift action in central London nurseries last week following terrorist attacks in the city. The Kidsunlimited nursery chain, which has six nurseries in the affected area,...