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A local authority that refused to let a private daycare provider administer the nursery education grant on the grounds that it wanted three- and four-year-olds to take up surplus places in the...
Day nurseries in England can no longer employ any staff whose backgrounds have not been fully checked, unless there is an 'emergency' at the setting. Ofsted said last week that the prior understanding...
Help is at hand for settings preparing to offer funded places for two-year-olds in 'Are you ready for me -now I'm 2?'. Its authors, the Cheshire East Early Years and Childcare Team, explain how it...
Patricia Slatcher looks at a popular project that shows parents how to use their own skills to help their child to learn The Right Start early years education project in Barnsley, South Yorkshire, is...
Parental drug addiction can have harmful effects for children, so nurseries need to develop adequate policies to ensure they recognise the signs. Karen Faux investigates When a toddler in Sheffield...
This week's columnist Robin Balbernie finds a telling case of disrespect for the value of services for mothers and babies Sometimes a local crisis can epitomise a national issue, and so how it gets...
I would like to reply to the letter 'Just a unit on a production line' (5 August). I have been a nursery nurse for eight years. In that time I have worked in the private sector, holiday/after school...
Collections of natural objects offer children rich sensory experiences and are a great way to nourish their brains, says Anne O'Connor.
To support a child, talk to their parent, whoever they are, says Sian Nisbett, nursery director of Dizzy Ducks Day Nursery, which owns two nurseries in Essex.