A ‘sector council’ which aims to raise the profile of early years by lobbying on key issues has been created by NAHT.
Nearly 50,000 places in out-of-school clubs are being created across England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland with a 27m grant from the New Opportunities Fund (NOF). The latest cash injection...
Low-income families in ten London boroughs are to benefit from a 12m extension to the childcare affordability programme (CAP), which aims to make daycare more affordable and help unemployed parents...
The Scottish Childminding Association (SMCA) has received a grant of 82,608 from the New Opportunities Fund for two projects in the Highlands and East Dunbartonshire. The Childcare Plus Project,...
Playwork managers have to juggle communications with parents and their own staff, often indirectly. Jackie Nunns offers tips on how to make sure it's done effectively communication can cause as much...
Managers should make staff aware that how they handle phone calls matters a lot to the nursery's reputation, says Sue Churchill.
The theme of what kind of learning experiences young children need runs through this week's issue of Nursery World. The Liberal Democrats have joined the call to abandon Key Stage 1 SATs, after a...
The Scottish Independent Nurseries Association (SINA) has called on the Scottish Executive to give nurseries guidance on having policies on the MMR vaccine. SINA said that childcare workers needed...
I cannot agree with Alan Bentley's column ('To the point' and News, 17 May) and find it very contradictory. He is asking us to speak with 'one voice', but surely setting up a separate association is...