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Leapfrog, the UK's second largest nursery chain, is living up to its name in terms of the way its growth has bounded along since it launched in 1998. In less than four years it has set up 34...
The recent move by a primary school in south London to open a baby unit, funded and run by the school itself, raises quite a few issues, especially with current concerns about how local authorities...
With money from the Transformation Fund equating to 500 per worker in the early years sector, it is not going to achieve miracles (see News, page 4). However, there are some interesting suggestions in...
What support and training is available that can be tailored to settings’ particular needs? Charlotte Goddard reports
You would expect a piece of research entitled 'The Childcare Survey of Great Britain 2006' to be wide-ranging, rigorous and maybe even an official Government study. Unfortunately, Discovery Home and...
The new national occupational standards for classroom assistants (see News, page 4) are welcome for several reasons. The standards, and the forthcoming NVQs/SVQs that will follow, will be a big step...
There is bound to be consternation among day nurseries in England as it becomes apparent that Ofsted is now taking a different line on staff working with children before background checks are...
More than three years ago, when the proposals for the Foundation Stage curriculum were being drawn up, it took a concerted effort from leading early years specialists to ward off an inappropriate and...
We are delighted to report this week (News, page 4) that Nursery World's 'Stop the Drop' campaign over the lowering of staff qualifications in the national daycare standards has achieved a partial...