The sector’s first-ever Early Years Educator apprenticeship standard, at Level 3, has finally landed. Here’s a handy guide from Hannah Crown
You can count on developing children's abilities to estimate and predict in a project on numbers, says Jane Drake Provide children with exciting opportunities to use numbers by supplementing basic...
A childcare recruitment agency has been forced to disclose a confidential reference about a nursery nurse on its books after losing a nine-month battle to withhold the information.<BR>
The loophole allowing parents to save thousands of pounds a year on the cost of employing a nanny was closed by the Chancellor of the Exchequer in last week's Budget. Until last Wednesday, parents...
More than 80,000 in VAT has been recouped by two childcare charities after a landmark High Court ruling in February prompted a U-turn by Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs. HMRC had claimed that...
Children's professionals and trade unions have rejected calls for the MMR jab to be made compulsory for all children under five.
The pressure of national curriculum testing is squeezing creativity out of the classroom, with priority given to reading over drawing, according to the new children's laureate Anthony Browne.
Nursery nurses are covering work usually done by health visitors because of a shortage of health visitors, says the Unite union.
Nursery workers were due to hold a one-day strike this week in support of a fair pay and grading claim against Ealing Council in west London. As Nursery World went to press, the strike was expected to...
A nursery manager awarded more than 12,500 in compensation by an industrial tribunal after the nursery employing her closed at ten days' notice is continuing her fight after the owner failed to pay...