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24 July 2003
Too many nannies still agree to being paid in a way
that does them no favours, as Stephen Vahrman explains Today's typical nanny
tends to see herself as a professional...
24 July 2003
Margaret Hodge has returned to the early years sector
to find that the issue of low pay for childcare staff is still very much live
and kicking. She was tackled...
24 July 2003
(Photograph) - Three- and four-year-old children at
Moorgate Nursery School in Ormskirk, Lancashire, came face to face with a Papua
New Guinea stick insect when touring 'bug man' Roger Swailes...
24 July 2003
Minister for children Margaret Hodge faced a grilling
from early years and childcare delegates last week who demanded higher pay to
combat the problem of staff retention and recruitment. During...
24 July 2003
More than £1bn allocated to the Department for
Education and Skills by the Government last year has not yet been spent, the
education secretary admitted to MPs last week. In...
24 July 2003
Nanny agencies in Scotland employing more than three
full-time staff will have to pay more than £2,500 from the end of
September to register with the Scottish Commission for the...
24 July 2003
Awards of £11m to fund 86 Neighbourhood Nurseries
across England were announced last week by the New Opportunities Fund. The
north-west of the country is the largest beneficiary, receiving grants...
24 July 2003
'I would give myself, over these nine months, a B.'
Education secretary Charles Clarke, asked by the education and skills select
committee what grade he would give himself since taking...
24 July 2003
(Photograph) - Bridget Prentice MP (second from right)
presented certificates to the winners of the third annual Lewisham Childcare
Trainee of the Year Awards at a ceremony at Lewisham Town...
24 July 2003
Schools in England were last week offered an extra
£800m to stabilise the school funding system and avoid a repeat of this
year's funding crisis. Education secretary Charles Clarke also...