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If your early years services and staff deserve recognition, make sure you enter the Nursery World Awards 2009. Closing date is 5 June: www.nurseryworldawards.com
I have read, with interest, recent letters about the concept of teachers working in nurseries to raise the standard of the care and education provided. My first point is that many teachers may well be...
A survey of parents has revealed that over a fifth who are unemployed want to work but can't because childcare is 'prohibitively expensive'.
What should a nursery do if approached by a separated parent with a grievance? Christine Betts offers advice Over 150,000 relationships involving children break down every year. Early years providers...
Nursery owner and University of Warwick lecturer Caroline Jones has seen a raft of changes to early years legislation and inspection since she set up her first nursery at her home in 1989. Here, she...
The most successful Sure Start local programmes are those where parents have a say in the planning of new services, according to a study from the first national evaluation of the scheme, which...
Good practice Meeting the minimum standards is no longer enough for settings to keep customers loyal and stay ahead of the growing competition within the early years sector
Under the new regime inspectors will be keen to see that parents are welcomed, respected and well informed, as this relationship is key to children's progress, says Laura Henry.
Organisations representing parents and carers have formed a coalition to campaign for more flexibility at work, greater financial support and improved services, including affordable childcare. The...