What with the overhaul of the sector's qualifications structure, the extension of the free entitlement and further work on the single funding formula, nursery managers are braced for a year in which...
The countdown to the next election is truly under way - and childcare is right at the top of the policy agenda (see News, page 4, and Beatrix Campbell, page 9). Last week saw unprecedented activity...
Ofsted's first national analysis of childcare provision since taking over its inspection and regulation in September 2001 seems to show cause for optimism about quality, with improvements being made...
A new sustainability support programme by 4Children (see page 4) includes weekly telephone surgery sessions with experts on Wednesdays from 1pm-3 pm. The helpline number is 020 7512 2100. Online...
We have 20 sets of frog metamorphosis pieces (Hope, 25 piecesfor 7.99), showing the five stages of development, to give away to Nursery World readers. Send your name and address on the back of a...
After a year of relatively little activity in terms of nursery group acquisitions and mergers, 2006 has finished with a definite bang - witness the 70m sale of Busy Bees to the Australian giant ABC...
This year, for the first time, Nursery Chains' annual table of the top nursery chains in the UK and Ireland has increased in size to include the names of the top 25 groups, reflecting the strength of...
The Neighbourhood Nurseries Initiative always seemed to have several flaws, not least in how the nurseries created would ever be sustainable. It started off at a gallop, achieving its target of 45,000...
Ofsted will resume graded inspections of some registered early years providers from 4 May, it has confirmed today.
The call by Alan Bentley, chairman of nursery group Childcare Corporation, for the private nursery sector to form a new trade association to represent its interests may seem to have come out of the...