The following table shows a scenario with a range of possible interventions and their positive and negative effects SCENARIO The setting has recently been on a seaside outing, and two children are...
There was significant growth in the children's nurseries market last year, according to the 2014 report from market analysts LaingBuisson.
The next government is being urged to provide an emergency financial rescue package for early years settings at risk of imminent closure due to financial pressures.
Plan activities that will lead to the achievement of the early learning goals for physical development Three-year-olds are usually exclusively motor-active. They have been 'learning through doing'...
Everybody got in on the act when a nursery school devised an imaginative project, described here by head Sue Chambers At Chertsey Nursery School, we decided to organise a special Design and Technology...
The skill of the educator lies not only in knowing how to support children through their learning experiences, but also how to observe, document and interpret the learning process, and so become a...
Expansion of state-funded childcare settings is driving up rates of pay for nursery workers in the private, voluntary and independent sector, reports Mary Evans The average annual pay of childcare...
A raft of high level apprenticeship standards covering leadership, quality improvement, equality and wellbeing are being developed.
Nurseries can now have more assurance about the standards and quality of groups running activities thanks to a new sector accreditation.