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By a registered childminder Nearly a year ago, a blood test found my daughter had Type 2 diabetes. She had had packed lunches for most of her primary school life but decided 18 months before leaving...
'Training the trainers' has become something of a buzz phrase of late, and it is likely to stay on everyone's lips as the drive to reform the early years workforce steps up. If there aren't enough...
Last month saw the launch of five new centres for playwork training in England, bringing the total to nine - one in each region. This is the latest step in a national programme implemented by SPRITO,...
Is the end in sight for the recent boom in growth of nursery provision? A survey released last week, showing that capacity is significantly outstripping demand in private day nurseries, would seem to...
Plans for England to be brought into line with Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland and have its own independent children's commissioner were unveiled as part of the Government's long-awaited plans to...
The trade union Unison is calling for a London local authority to be stripped of a good service award because it says councillors reneged on a nursery nurses' pay agreement. Union representatives and...
For mother of three Debra Kinsey, the NVQ 2 in Early Years Care and Education proved a flexible way to study. 'At the time of taking the course I was working as an assistant in a pre-school and my...
Hot on the heels of Ofsted's annual report into early years provision comes its proposed changes to the sector's inspection process (see News, page 4). These represent a fairly comprehensive revamp of...
Pre-school centres across Scotland have been praised by HMI for providing high-quality provision. A report published last week, Standards and Quality in Scottish Pre-school Education 1997-2001,...
Puffins Childcare Centres is celebrating being re-recognised under the Investor in People scheme, which the company has held since 1996. The IiP's assessor said, 'Puffins demonstrated quite clearly...