New research by the National Day Nurseries Association (NDNA) demonstrates that for most settings the employment of graduate staff does not lend itself to increased child:adult ratios.
In the first of a new series we hear from Carla Hendry, a family worker at Pen Green Nursery, Corby, sharing her observations of one child.
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Treetops Nurseries is now the tenth biggest nursery group in the country, after deals with two small chains added 500 more childcare places and seven more nurseries to the business.
Can young trainees really be counted as staff? <B> Mary Evans </B> looks at the issues and examples of current nursery practice
In the second part of his series exploring the revised Development Matters guidance, Dr Julian Grenier looks at the newly included terms ‘curriculum’ and ‘pedagogy’ and explains what they mean in the...
In the first of a new series looking at common issues highlighted in Ofsted reports, Pennie Akehurst, former head of the Early Years and Childcare Service at Derbyshire County Council, discusses the...