Nursery owners in Birmingham are launching a campaign against council plans to make private, voluntary and independent (PVI) providers pay the living wage to retain early education funding.
Warmly welcomed by the early years sector, the national framework Birth to Three Matters is one year old. Mary Evans finds out how nursery chains are using the guidance to shape their own principles...
Karen Hart takes her pick of the best recent releases. These include Time to get Dressed – part of a new series by Penny Tassoni designed to support all children to be independent – and Sophie Dahl's...
The new School Direct programme is being used by nursery schools to develop the next generation of talent. Hannah Crown reports.
Ofsted’s first annual early years report, with its focus on school as the best place for two-year-olds, has drawn a vocal response from the sector.
Should nursery managers pursue parents in arrears struggling under a clawback of their childcare tax credits? Mary Evans hears both sides As millions of parents sign up to renew their Working Tax...
(Photograph) - Three- and four-year-old children at Moorgate Nursery School in Ormskirk, Lancashire, came face to face with a Papua New Guinea stick insect when touring 'bug man' Roger Swailes...
Singer Kylie Minogue has been named as the NSPCC's first ambassador to promote the charity's campaigns and child protection helpline. Her work for the NSPCC will include supporting the charity's Full...
A total of 2,242 Nursery World readers took part in our pay survey. Respondents were from across with UK, with two- fifths from London and the South East. A quarter work as managers/leaders, while one...
Minibeasts, People who help us, My home and the like all seem fairly obvious choices of subject for early settings. Nurser Topics-Pattern explains how an awareness of patern is vital to the children's...