Private details of a number of childminders, including home addresses, have been published in error on HMRC’s Childcare Service website.
With the cost of registering as a childcarer set to soar in new plans by Ofsted, will providers be able to stay in business while charging fees that parents can afford? Laura Marcus considers the...
Community nursery management committees in the beleaguered London borough of Hackney have been asked by the council's early years department to revise their admission criteria and fee structures. The...
Nursery chain Kinderquest has made its quality assurance system for managing nurseries available on CD-Rom. The system can be used for training or interactively by nursery managers to maintain quality...
Nursery groups with more than 250 employees have reported on their gender pay gaps, with women ahead in some companies, but men still paid more in others despite the female-dominated nature of the...
What better way for children to learn that books are something to enjoy and cherish than to make one of their own? The best part is, this activity can easily be adapted for even the youngest of...
Childcare is now as important to the British economy as the transport system, the trade and industry secretary told delegates at the Daycare Trust annual conference in London last week.
<P>The European Union should play a greater role in influencing the quality of childcare delivered in its member states, a childcare expert said last week. </P>
Parents with children at beleagured inner-city nurseries are facing doubled fees. Parents using council and community nurseries in the London borough of Hackney have been contacted by the director of...