26 July 2001
(Photograph) - It was an eye for an eye for
four-year-old Matthew Edwards during a science day held at the Birrell
Collection Nursery School in Edinburgh earlier this month. The...
26 July 2001
Nord Anglia, the private education provider, has
doubled its stake in the nursery market by buying the Milton Keynes-based
Bright Horizons group for Pounds5.8m. Nord Anglia currently owns the Princess...
26 July 2001
The Teddies Nurseries chain has opened more than one
new nursery per month since it was bought by BUPA Childcare for Pound15.5m in
August last year. Teddies at that time...
26 July 2001
A national star-rating scheme for early years settings
in England is to be piloted by the government next year. Investors in Children
will rate nurseries and childcare providers on the...
26 July 2001
(Photograph) - Five nursery nurses from Ridge Danyers
College in Stockport - Jane Gunstone, Natalie Sweet, Laura Sherlock, Amy Jessop
and Lisa Quinn - were presented with Europasses by Labour...
26 July 2001
Three childcare students who designed a bilingual
speaking robot to help Asian children improve their English have scooped first
prize in a national competition. Victoria Makin, Leanne Hampson and Karen...
26 July 2001
Alan Manasseh, the senior professional officer (pay and
conditions) at the Professional Association of Teachers (PAT), died suddenly on
15 July at the age of 53. A former geography teacher...
26 July 2001
Childcare providers have been invited by the Inland
Revenue to suggest ways to improve the childcare tax credit element of its new
employment tax credit, which is to replace the...
26 July 2001
Two more nurseries are facing closure in a London
borough where campaigners have occupied other threatened nurseries with partial
success. The pressure group Friends of Hackney Nurseries is campaigning for...
26 July 2001
(Photograph) - Zyria Ansah-Garwood, and William Burles
and Emily Ratsma, both six, of the Fox Primary School in London were among 20
children aged four to 16 and 26 schools...
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