31 March 2004
Early years organisations across Scotland have welcomed the setting of the qualifications criteria for the registration of early education and childcare workers, announced last week by the Scottish Social Services...
31 March 2004
How can early years practitioners treat boys and girls equally, yet focus on their different needs and strengths to foster learning? Helen Bilton considers the challenges
31 March 2004
Day nurseries in Northern Ireland fear that unsuitable people could get jobs working with children despite new child protection legislation.
31 March 2004
Unions representing nursery nurses and other school support staff have urged the Government to think again and include them in its latest scheme to help key public sector workers get...
31 March 2004
Childminders' services can get overlooked in a sea of nurseries. Karen Faux meets a childminder who has set up a service which helps parents find their perfect match
31 March 2004
In the first of a series on nurturing young children's communication skills, Opal Dunn considers how they acquire language and the vital role played by caring adults
31 March 2004
Prevention and treatment for a common condition among younger children is outlined by doctors from Great Ormond Street Hospital in our A to Z of health
10 March 2004
Striking nursery nurses have urged the Scottish Executive to intervene in their dispute with local authorities over pay and conditions.
10 March 2004
The Government has spent billions on the early years, yet a new analysis warns that it could all be going to waste. Mary Evans hears views from within the sector
10 March 2004
Complaints made about childcarers in England before this April will still not be accessible to parents under new procedures introduced last week by Ofsted.
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