Early years managers can screen out unsuitable candidates with the help of Government guidelines summarised by legal expert Christine Betts Caring, competent and trustworthy staff are key to the...
Gone are the days when training as a nursery nurse closed the doors to other career opportunities. <STRONG>Mary Evans</STRONG> meets three women who moved on to exciting new professions......
Grants of up to 1m are being offered by the Big Lottery Fund for large-scale projects in Wales that will benefit disadvantaged children and young people. Between six and 15 projects will be funded...
The outdoors and the licence to play freely there is the greatest resource that parents and practitioners can offer to young children, writes <B> Paddy Beels </B>
The confusion over criminal records checks for nursery staff in Scotland is so widespread that even some officers working for the new Scottish Commission for the Regulation of Care did not know what...
There's more to outdoor play than the school playground might offer. Alison Mercer sees how some children are learning further afield A dragon in a tree, blossoming bluebells and daffodils, fungi, an...
The number of public sector nurseries in Kent is set to double over the next two years.
Young children living in poverty are aware of their parents' low incomes and resulting lack of social status, research published by the Scottish Executive has found. The report, Life in Low Income...
Nicola Kraus and Emma McLaughlin, the co-authors of The Nanny Diaries, no longer work as nannies, but not for so long that they've forgotten the funny side of it. Their Top 10 Rules of Nannying...