An early years sector wary of any more new initiatives from policymakers agrees that widening access to childcare would be a worthwhile one, as Simon Vevers hears.
1. Create a stimulating environment that will arouse children's curiosity. 2. Support children's learning by providing the resources that they need to take their investigations further.
What with the overhaul of the sector's qualifications structure, the extension of the free entitlement and further work on the single funding formula, nursery managers are braced for a year in which...
A leading MP has called for the Government to better evaluate the impact of its policies after our investigation found that the 30 hours offer is penalising disadvantaged children.
(Photograph) - Damon Britton, otherwise known as Dom in the TV series 'Byker Grove', plants a flower with four-year-old Oliver Thompson at the Riverside Centre Nursery in North Shields, Tyneside,...
The revised EYFS is everywhere - except on the DfE website home page!
The Chesterfield Hotel in London provided the venue for our expert panel of judges to meet and debate who deserved to win in each award category. With a large number of entries, and the standard...
Ofsted's latest report on the early years and childcare sector paints a broadly positive picture of day-to-day operations in the sector (see News, page 6), brimming as it is with examples of good...
Contented children and parents are the key to a successful childcare business. But as nursery owners and managers how do you ensure that you are caring for your customers? Turn to page 6 to find out...