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13 December 2001
Registered childminders in Scotland are to benefit from
guidance and training on child protection through a new project by the Scottish
Childminding Association. It will include how to identify signs...
13 December 2001
Headteachers in England will see an average rise in
funding of £130 in real terms per pupil for the year 2002-03, education
and skills secretary Estelle Morris said last week....
13 December 2001
Northern Ireland schools will benefit from a £67m
increase for education in next year's budget, bringing the total spending on
education to £1,407m. Education minister Martin McGuinness said, 'The
budget...
13 December 2001
(Photograph) - Salma Khan, a nursery nurse at Kids
Unlimited in Hulme, Manchester, last week won the group's Lynda Ellis award for
an NVQ trainee who has overcome difficult circumstances,...
13 December 2001
Early years minister Catherine Ashton last week
acknowledged that the Government needs to deal with the problem of turnover of
staff in the childcare sector - but made no mention...
13 December 2001
'Partnership as a form of government, particularly when
the partnership is encouraged by the Government to distance itself from its
accountable body, is not good government.' John Sinnott, chief executive...
13 December 2001
Just half the staff in any pre-school setting should be
required to be qualified under the new national standards - whether to NVQ2 or
NVQ3 level - the Scottish Executive...
13 December 2001
Registered childminders throughout Scotland are to
benefit from guidance and training on child protection through a new project
launched by the Scottish Childminding Association (SCMA). The project will
provide training...
13 December 2001
A course on the infectious illnesses HIV and hepatitis
B is available for childminders on CD-Rom and the internet. Glenrothes College
in Fife has developed the 'HIV, Related Illnesses and...
13 December 2001
The HM Inspectorate of Education in Scotland (HMIE) has
been awarded a Charter Mark for excellence in public service. It is the first
education inspectorate in the UK to win...