The inspection of childcare providers in England is to be outsourced to private companies, Ofsted has confirmed.
Nurseries are being advised that children should drink semi-skimmed milk from the age of two to help prevent heart disease in later life.
New childminders will no longer have to register separately as a ‘food business’ with their local authority.
Further to Tracy Jones' letter 'Go back to go in the nursery pay scales' (1 February), I am also facing a similar problem with Lincolnshire Education Authority. I qualified as a nursery nurse 15 years...
It's fair to say the EYFS has generated more headlines than anything else published in Nursery World during the past few years.
Just half the staff in any pre-school setting should be required to be qualified under the new national standards - whether to NVQ2 or NVQ3 level - the Scottish Executive proposed last week. The...
by Quentin Blake (Jonathan Cape 2010)
I have read Nursery World throughout my career. Presently I work for Sure Start. I have more than 20 years' experience of working with children and families. After leaving college I became a nanny and...