Having a development plan is key to realising the professional and personal aspirations of staff and will result in a high-quality setting, says Rebecca Miller in the concluding part of her series.
There is growing unease in the private nursery sector about their lack of involvement in the development of children's centres. Some providers are finding that local authority-funded centres are...
With the revised EYFS including the promotion of ‘good oral health’ for children, Annette Rawstrone finds out why doing this is more important than ever
Nap time Sophie, three, attends nursery every weekday while her mother is at work.
Jenny Oldham, age 25, on how she became deputy manager of Meadow Lane Children’s Nursery in St Ives, Cambridgeshire.
While children will squabble from time to time, they are usually practising negotiating techniques. The skill for adults is to know when to step in or step back and let them get on with it, explains...
WINNER - Doris Venner Pre-School, Kingston Upon Thames, Surrey
In our September issue we have a special report on sustainability, an analysis of 25 years of childcare policy, a project to engage parents in the characteristics of effective learning, and a new...
Lauren Grocott outlines how the EEF’s evidence-supported toolkit can assist practitioners in supporting children’s early self-regulation and executive function
The Nursery World team is taking a break over Christmas, but we'll be back in 2015 with some great new features and events.