Mama Bear's Day Nurseries, which operates settings in the south-west, has sold nine of its sites to Grandir UK.
The nursery group, based in the South East, has acquired a new nursery just outside Bedford.
Plans to close more than 20 schools and nurseries were officially scrapped by Edinburgh City councillors at a meeting held last week. A motion put forward by a Labour and Green Party coalition was...
Director of PBD training and nursery owner Ross Midgley critiques the Department for Education's (DfE) survey for parents on ratios and the qualifications of practitioners.
Early Years Teachers will no longer need GCSE English and Maths at grade C and above to count in Level 3 workforce ratios, following yet another Government revision to qualification requirements.
The UK Supreme Court has ruled against the Scottish government’s plan for every child in Scotland to have a ‘named person’ to support their wellbeing.
Early years practitioners in England, Scotland and Northern Ireland have been invited to give their views as part of a nationwide review being carried out by the Government to decide the shape of a...
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A guide to the new NVQs in Children's Care, Learning and Development Maureen Little, chief external verifier at CACHE, takes a look at the wide range of people who are involved in the assessment...