The revised Early Years Foundation Stage and its Characteristics of Effective Learning provide an opportunity to change practice in Key Stage 1 - and the new Ofsted inspection framework allows...
To register your interest in the Pre-School Learning Alliance's latest campaign, 'Feeding Young Imaginations', please call 020 7833 0991 - not the mobile numbers printed in Nursery World on page 5, 1...
Schools in Worcestershire are being asked to take part in a one-year pilot scheme to extend the free early years entitlement to 15 hours from September. The local authority is suggesting that schools...
We have 15 copies of iIn the middle of the night written by Kathy Henderson and illustrated by Jennifer Eachus (Walker Books, 4.99) to give away to Nursery World readers. Send your name and address on...
We have 15 copies of Can't you sleep, Little Bear? by Martin Waddell (Walker Books, 4.99) to give away to Nursery World readers. Send your name and address on the back of a postcard or envelope to the...
The winner of the Nursery World/Community Playthings competition to win a solid maple glider chair for the baby room worth Pounds 353 is Mrs H A Wilson of First Steps Nursery in Brighton. The...
In the first part of a new series on the various business models available for childcare, Hannah Crown considers one of the fastest growing approaches - the social enterprise.
Community nurseries in Sheffield facing the threat of closure as their funding dwindles and competition from Sure Start children's centres increases have joined forces to stay open.
Providers who use shared space in a community building can sometimes encounter difficulties when moving from a sessional model to delivering the free entitlement. Community buildings often have many...
The number of disadvantaged two-year-olds registered for 15-hour childcare is now the lowest ever, according to the latest official statistics, while the number of children of working parents...