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I am a working mother with two children under the age of five. I feel that if Ofsted was to place childminders' details on its website, this would have dire consequences for the safety of all the...
Professor Cathy Nutbrown’s review of early years and childcare qualfications in 2012 found 445 available, of which 223 were deemed full and relevant.
Concerns have been expressed over the Scottish Executive's proposals that half the staff in a daycare setting should be qualified, either to level 2 or level 3 - a less stringent requirement than in...
A foothold on the ladder in the very earliest months of a child's life is why the original concept of the local Sure Start programme was so important.
With the General Election set for 6 May, Nursery World takes a look at the main political parties' stance on the provision of quality, effective early years education. The eight parties, representing...
We must work to make sure that young children don't get overlooked amid political manoeuvring.
Part of a parent or carer's role is to make sure that activities are at the appropriate level for an individual child. Each baby or toddler will developat their own rate, so be careful that they are...
By Sally Goddard Blythe, freelance consultant in neuro-developmental education and director of the Institute for Neuro-Physiological Psychology in Chester
Figures from the Office of National Statistics show that one in ten children and young people suffer from a serious mental health disorder.
A 3.65m childcare centre being built at Leeds University bucks the recent trend for campus nursery closures.