The Department for Education and Skills (DfES) has warned Montessori organisations that in the long term, unless their qualifications are placed on the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority's (QCA)...
As Jasmine approached eight months she attended her developmental check with her health visitor. She was declared healthy and developing well, although still small for her age and birth weight, being...
The National Day Nurseries Association is holding a series of free events during the year with Ofsted.
Unemployed housing association tenants in west London have gained NVQs in childcare after completing a pioneering training programme this month. The programme, set up by Octavia Housing & Care,...
By Elaine Wain, a lecturer and NVQ co-ordinator for North West Kent College in Dartford Both the key skills and framework set out by the Early Years National Training Organisation are unrealistic. I...
Launched last year, the NVQ for teaching assistants lays down a specific role and recognises how much support these practitioners now supply in the classroom. The qualification spans four key support...
Government attempts to raise standards in the early years sector are being jeopardised by poor pay and conditions, according to a new report.
Montessori settings will be expected to sign up to a new Code of Practice to endorse their professionalism and the quality of their early years provision.
I am incensed by Lynne Oates' comments about private providers who only run nurseries to make money (Letters, 24 February). If I had wanted to make money, the last thing I would have done was to open...
A strategy that covers all children in need is to be developed in Northern Ireland. The Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety said the purpose was 'to provide a coherent approach to...