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A leading childcare and nanny agency says it has seen a 60 per cent increase in the number of families seeking after-school care over the past year.
The Early Years Directorate, a new division of Ofsted,is taking over regulation of nurseries from local authorities. Alison Mercer reports on the changes This autumn will see a radical overhaul of the...
Tralee Perkins (Letters, 13 June) has admonished those of us who dare to complain about our pay levels. While I agree wholeheartedly that childcare is very rewarding work, I must say that those able...
I was extremely disappointed to open the latest edition of Nursery World's Out of School supplement to be told of the 'sheer amount of activities and fun' that I can share with my children in...
'Children have the same rights to acceptable minimum standards of care under the law, regardless of what type of setting they are in. National standards should be truly national.' National Day...
'Parenting support networks, which might include health visitors (and) better pre-school facilities, have a proven record of success in preventing future criminality. The trouble is that these require...
In the second part of our feature on early years careers, Patricia Slatcher talks to the staff of nursery classes and schools as well as day centres in the maintained sector Nursery classes and...
I think it would be a good idea to raise the school starting age to six. As both a parent and a childcare student I have seen how very young children have to conform to the national curriculum, which...
Managing substantial budgets and ensuring that children's services are delivered to the highest standard within a local authority are part of this highly responsible role. Anne Hayes outlines the...