1. Create a stimulating environment that will arouse children's curiosity. 2. Support children's learning by providing the resources that they need to take their investigations further.
By Maureen Smith, ex-CACHE director and now a consultant 1 The need for continuous improvement Customer care needs to remain a top priority. Only by continuously improving your service will customers...
One in five children aged under eight now have access to a registered childcare place, according to Ofsted - but increased provision has also led to falling occupancy levels in day nurseries and fears...
Early years practitioners are themselves part of the provision in any setting. Anne O'Connor outlines their role in and responsibility in promoting learning.
By Elaine Bennett and Jenny Weidner (David Fulton, 16.99, ISBN 9780415664363)
We are extremely sorry that the Professional Nanny conference scheduled to take place earlier this month had to be cancelled by the organisers because of the low number of advance bookings, and we...
Dukes Education has acquired The Kindergartens group of 10 nurseries in London.
By 2015 children's centres could be available to nearly all families, children would stay there until they start school at six and there would be fewer private day nurseries and childminders,...
The Department for Education (DfE) wants to hear from providers interested in opening high-quality provision in deprived areas as part of a national project.
A single parent has launched a campaign to protest at the lack of local out-of-school and holiday childcare provision available for disabled children. Sophie Ugle, from Kingston upon Thames in Surrey,...