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Ask any nursery or pre-school manager what they dislike about their job and it's the bureaucracy and paperwork that usually top the list. Everybody accepts that a certain amount is necessary to...
I read with interest Nursery World's article on the NVQ assessor shortage (News, 2 June). At the time of reading I considered myself, an NVQ assessor, and my co-assessor fortunate to have a college...
How should early years settings be contributing to the 'local offer' for children with special educational needs and disabilities? Dr Kay Mathieson offers some guidance.
The Scottish Government has named the three local authorities that will trial delivery of its expanded early learning and childcare scheme next year.
A controversial database holding contact details for every child in England was launched on Monday (26 January), following several delays prompted by security fears.
So Margaret Hodge is not going to expand the early years sector at the expense of a workforce on low salaries ('Hodge ties expansion of childcare to pay', News, 20 November). I read this news story...
The voluntary sector has improved more than any other type of provision, according to the first large-scale study of childcare across England since the Effective Provision of Pre-School Education...
Leapfrog, the UK's second largest nursery chain, is living up to its name in terms of the way its growth has bounded along since it launched in 1998. In less than four years it has set up 34...
Our latest round-up of funding cuts affecting Sure Start features protests in Hampshire and Manchester.