Penny Modena is currently waiting to hear whether she has passed the second half of her level 4 Certificate in Early Years Practice, through the Open University. If so, she will be gearing up to study...
There's plenty to get steamed up about in Nursery World's two exclusive news stories this week.
There's a distinct end-of-term feeling about this week, with some very important Government initiatives hurrying into the open before everybody heads off on holiday. The long-delayed Youth Green Paper...
Nursery nurse strikes are breaking out all over the UK, as poorly paid childcare workers are striving to bring about long-awaited changes in their status and salaries (see News, page 4). Around 3,000...
Are nannies about to become an endangered species? That is one interpretation that could be put on the Budget proposal last week that parents be eligible to claim childcare tax credit for registered...
Another week, another consultation - this time on the Government's plans for collection of 'individual child-level' information from providers funded to deliver nursery education to three- and...
For years, Nursery World has campaigned for the registration of nannies, both for the safety of children and the quality of their care and so that parents can qualify for tax credits to help pay for...
Well done to Sunderland nursery nurse Gina Smith for grasping the latest tool of democracy and putting a petition calling for national pay scales for nursery nurses and teaching assistants on the...
Use these key points for discussion at staff meetings or with parents and carers: 1 Is the quality of provision sufficient to support children's mathematical learning, particularly in the area of...
Education secretary Ruth Kelly attracted some positive attention last week when she declared that she was kindly disposed to considering the introduction of national pay scales for teaching assistants...