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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...
Celebrating diversity is a theme running through this week's Nursery World. We report from the World Forum on Early Care and Education held in New Zealand last week, where delegates from more than 50...
Crisis in Stoke-on-Trent's children's services has led to four private companies being shortlisted to take over the running of the department. The DfES intervened to send in advisers late last year...
I think all nursery nurses in Scotland should be on the same national salary. Unison should not have allowed local deals to take place, for then we would all be receiving the same rate of pay. We all...
The Reading and Language Information Centre in Berkshire has changed its name to the National Centre for Language and Literacy. The name change, which took place in September, reflects the centre's...
Regarding the staff:child ratios for under-threes at playgroups in England (News, 9 January), I must point out that the majority of playgroups are non-profit-making charities. I run a playgroup and we...
A Kirklees nursery owner who received thousands of pounds from someone posing as a parent has spoken out about this ‘new type of scam’.
Funding for the 15-hour free entitlement for all three- and four-year-olds will continue, Chancellor George Osborne has confirmed in his speech outlining the Government's Comprehensive Spending...
A quarter of children diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes are already seriously ill, as nine out of ten parents are unaware of the main symptoms of the condition, according to a new survey.