Reports of plans for local education authorities to carry out school inspections rather than HMI have been strongly denied by the Scottish Executive - but the story has refused to go away. On Friday...
Two pre-school leaders packed Nursery World Scotland in their rucksacks when they headed to the Great Wall of China. Nursery World Scotland sponsored pre-school supervisor Jill Sim (pictured, left)...
Norfolk County Council is to press ahead with its plans to close 38 of its 53 children’s centres.
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Parents and teachers from six Warwickshire nursery schools have joined forces to fight a council review which could lead to them being amalgamated with primary schools or being taken over by private...
A playwright who owned her own nursery for 13 years has turned the stresses and strains of an Ofsted inspection into a comedy, where yoghurt is banned because of health and safety fears.
One common behaviour upsets parents as much as the children involved. Mary Evans hears some nurseries' policies on biting Biting is a common problem among young children. When incidents occur, early...
Think big for a project that will help children put friendship into perspective, with these activities from Jean Evans A delightful story for a project is The Selfish Giant, providing lots of...
It might not be such a happy first birthday for the 30 hours programme as parents start to protest over extra charges
Nurseries should help parents and carers make their homes safer to prevent injuries in under-fives, recommends a new national accident prevention strategy.