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I believe that anti-male policy is preventing men from working in the early years sector. As a male single parent, grandparent and qualified pre-school practitioner, I have been made to endure...
By Margaret Lochrie, chief executive of the Pre-school Learning Alliance In May last year the Pre-school Learning Alliance launched a two-year campaign to put parents and their young children at the...
Minimum salary levels should be set for the early years workforce to raise standards and encourage practitioners to gain higher qualifications, an influential think-thank has recommended.
We hope Nursery World readers will enjoy these two poems submitted by Janet Moyles, professor emeritus and early years consultant, who wrote our Special Report ('Sound effects', 9 February) on the...
Lynn Bryden is business and finance support officer at Sure Start Strategic Partnership Tyne & Wear (www.northtyneside.gov.uk)
Obese children may be outlived by their parents unless they are helped to start making healthy food choices at a young age, a health expert has warned. The warning by Annabel Bentley, BUPA's assistant...
The National Autistic Society (NAS) has revealed plans to open a free school for children with autism in Berkshire and neighbouring counties in September.
Is a child who chooses to play alone a cause for concern? Dr Maria Robinson suggests that being quiet is not necessarily a problem.
The UK's largest nursery chain, Leapfrog, has sold five leasehold sites south of London to new nursery group Bright New Minds in a deal completed last week. The nurseries, in Teddington, Epsom, Morden...
Whenever there is a discussion about children's emotional wellbeing, the desire that all children should have a 'secure attachment' with their parents and key people is usually stated. This desire is...