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The facility to be able to pay for re-inspection of early years settings was lobbied for by substantial parts of the sector, and Ofsted duly agreed to move forward on this.
The UK Government stubbornly insists on league tables as a means of driving up educational attainment, standards of health care and so on, despite widespread opposition. It may not be so keen,...
It is hugely disappointing that there are moves within the Scottish Parliament to reject plans to ban the smacking of children under three, bowing to pressure from parents apparently worried that more...
With regard to the ongoing controversy about the Criminal Records Bureau (News, 5 September), surely it should be considering the vetting of staff who work with children in the early years sector to...
* The National Children's Bureau has produced three guides as support materials for the Birth to Three Matters training programme. The subjects are: working with young children from minority ethnic...
Baroness Blackstone, Minister of State for the Arts, launched 'Quality Training, Quality Play', the new National Strategy for Playwork Education, Training and Qualifications 2002-2005 last month (for...
Our selection covers a whole range of childcare issues and offers information and advice for both staff and parents Small Talk by Dr Richard C Woolfson (Hamlyn, 14.99) is written as a guide to...
AREAS OF LEARNING Nursery Topics - Opposites covers all six areas of learning in the Foundation Stage curriculum in England, but it can be easily adapted to suit the Scottish, Welsh and Northern...
The Government's £30m school nurseries fund may be great news for schools, but why should private and voluntary nurseries be seen as second-class citizens?
With the Foundation Stage now firmly established for children aged three to five, attention is turning to the under-threes, increasing numbers of whom are in daycare settings. The lack of guidance for...