29 October 2004
With men making up 10 per cent of lone parents, how father-friendly are childcare arrangements? Judith Napier investigates some of the issues confronting them...
29 October 2004
A £12m funding boost to provide more foster carers and places in Scotland should also be used to raise the minimum allowances paid to carers, says the Fostering Network.
29 October 2004
The nursery group Creative Education, which trades under the brand name Primary Steps, is set to clinch a deal to buy Academy Childcare, one of the largest nursery chains in...
29 October 2004
The number of childcare providers has fallen for the first time since Ofsted started compiling data on the early years and childcare market.
29 October 2004
They've heard the Government's strategy - now how are they going to implement it? Simon Vevers hears what early years professionals are thinking
28 October 2004
Not quite the nanny from hell, but the nanny agencies
from hell were exposed this month by the consumer protection magazine Which?
when it sent one of its researchers to...
28 October 2004
An organisation to raise standards and create better
communication between agencies had its official launch at the Professional
Nanny conference on 2 October. The Association of Nanny Agencies has been...
28 October 2004
Another ambitious enterprise is a course being
developed for childcarers working in tourism, such as ski nannies. Chiltern
College is joining forces with Nannies Abroad to create the Certificate of...
28 October 2004
This year's survey of pay for nannies round the UK is
now being compiled by Nannytax. Agencies are reminded to return their
questionnaires if they've received one from Nannytax, or...
28 October 2004
You might not appreciate how much there is to know
about nannying until you've seen The Nanny Handbook: The essential guide to
being a nanny, by Teena Kamen. It has...