An unannounced and thorough inspection didn't faze the staff of this nursery, whose secrets of success are explained to Karen Faux.
Children at Westfield Day Nursery in Easingwold, North Yorkshire have been exploring their local town Giving young children the chance to explore their local environment is central to early years...
Government support for parenting starts too late in a child's life, and for the wrong reasons, argues Sue Gerhardt New Labour congratulate themselves on their capacity to respond to the fact that...
At Horsforth Newlaithes Primary School, assistant head teacher Elizabeth Powell describes how she has embraced the freedoms of the new EYFS to develop a curriculum that fosters children’s passion to...
Sometimes the children who would most benefit from group storytelling are the ones left out of it. Jane Muir explains how to bring them in
The next issue of Professional Nanny will come out a week early, on 20 January 2005. Be sure you don't miss it for our annual survey of nannies' pay and conditions around the UK, compiled exclusively...
Scotland's first commissioner for children and young people has taken up her post in Edinburgh. Kathleen Marshall last week announced that her office will consult on issues including child protection,...
(Photograph) - Enfield North MP Joan Ryan lent a hand to officially open a nursery at the Prince of Wales Primary School in the north London borough. Alan Taylor, the school's deputy head, said, 'We...
I came out of education last year after nine years of temporary contracts and went to work in the NHS. Now my pay is 1,500 a year less - but I have a permanent contract. This seems a big price to pay...
(Photograph) - Barrass (left), principal of Forest Hall Day Nursery in the group Northumbrian Trust Day Nurseries, is presented with an Investors in People plaque from Claire Pyle, IiP advisor from...