A glitch in the new Computershare voucher system led to some parents having overpayments taken from their accounts last month, Nursery World has learned.
A modest player on the nursery field became one of the biggest providers almost overnight. Simon Vevers looks at how the company intends to move forward In June last year Nord Anglia was eighth in...
Education and childcare minister Elizabeth Truss says childminding agencies are a positive move
The outdoors provides favourable conditions to support and extend a baby's emotional, social and intellectual development. Going outside daily can improve a baby's appetite, gives him energy and helps...
A functional skills consultation was launched last month for the second time. Hannah Crown reports
In the 12 months since Nursery Chains was last published, nursery groups have been living with the twin challenges of implementing the Early Years Foundation Stage and the economic crisis.
Ofsted’s planned reforms could be the springboard needed for the inspectorate, Government and sector to work better together
In England, all primary school children must have homework, so an after-school care team needs to think carefully about what support and facilities they offer for it, says Jennie Lindon. In England,...
Cater for schemas being explored by the youngest children with simple interactive play, says Lena Engel A 'schema' is the word used to describe the way in which children focus on one aspect of play...
Early years provision is firmly on the election agenda. Mary Evans rounds up the relevant pledges by the three main parties Party leaders and leading politicians, among them Chancellor Gordon Brown,...