18 March 2004
Government facts and figures highlight influences on
the childcare sector Figure 1 The most important factors influencing parents'
selection of nursery or childcare providers (source: National Audit Office
survey of...
18 March 2004
Do you have your eyes on a nursery business but don't
know how to find out if it is a going concern? Nursery owner Martin Pace
describes the processes he...
18 March 2004
The essential information you will need to start your
own nursery, compiled by Annette Rawstrone Expert help
18 March 2004
There is no doubt that the internet has changed all our
lives. The childcare sector may have been slow to adopt new technology, but
nearly all early years professionals are...
18 March 2004
Changes to be introduced to the Children Act 1989 from
this September could give Ofsted discretionary powers to allow people to work
with children even though they have had a...
18 March 2004
(Photograph) - An exhibition of work by children from
Reggio Emilia, the small town in Italy famous for its approach to early years
education, is to tour England from next...
18 March 2004
Children and families in need in England are a low
priority when it comes to being allocated social workers, a report for the
Department of Health has found. The report,...
18 March 2004
The UK's 720 Montessori schools are to have their own
national association, with Scotland the first of ten regions to be established.
Philip Bujak, chief executive of Montessori St Nicholas,...
18 March 2004
Nursery nurses in Scotland belonging to the
Professional Association of Nursery Nurses say they are being intimidated by
nursery nurses belonging to Unison, who are currently on an indefinite strike....
18 March 2004
'Children will say, "Ha ha ha, you can't hit me because
it's against the law". But children are dependent on their parents and to hit
is an abusive power. There...
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