Term-time school support staff in Northern Ireland look set to accept proposals put forward by the Province's five Education and Library Boards which will give them full-time contracts and benefits....
The National Occupational Standards for Children's Care, Learning and Development consist of 87 units of competence of which 22 are imported from Playwork, Health and Social Care, Management and...
Two awards for training quality have gone to Acorn Early Years Training. The company gained British Standard quality assurance status for its short course training and recognition under the SPRITO...
Lisa Newcombe, manager of the recently opened 85-place Hamilton Hill Day Nursery near Leicester, sometimes does three interviews to make sure she is recruiting staff with the right qualities. 'I...
The relationship between managers and staff is crucial to a nursery's success. Annette Rawstrone spoke to practitioners from private day nurseries.
Ofsted has launched a myth-busting campaign for the early years sector to coincide with moving all early years inspections and their management in-house.
* The children's day nursery market had a good year in 2002, according to the surveyors, valuers and estate agents Christie and Co. In its report for 2002 the firm said the level of consolidation...
Banks are increasingly willing to fund nursery acquisitions but 'honest conversation' is needed, says Ian Murchie, relationship director at Barclays' healthcare team.
Bright Horizons Family Solutions is to take over the running of Cambridge University's workplace nursery, which was previously run by rival group Kidsunlimited. The chain had run the 54-place nursery...
Three-quarters of the 107 Early Excellence Centres in England are well-managed, provide a useful model for integrating services, and are helping to combat the effects of child poverty and improve the...