27 July 2006
Parents with children and young people at risk of poor
behaviour between the ages of eight and 13 will be offered targeted support and
parenting courses with funding of £10m...
27 July 2006
The nursery education grant row is gathering pace, with
Kent County Council in talks with the Department for Education and Skills about
the new code of practice, and settings from...
27 July 2006
Special needs nursery nurses working in Lancashire are
still 'wondering when the axe is going to fall' after the county council said
it would no longer pay for their posts...
27 July 2006
One of Britain's largest chains is axing its nursery in
Blackpool due to over-provision in the area. Busy Bees Blackpool in Lancashire,
which employs 30 staff and is registered to...
27 July 2006
The Metro reported how an anonymous reader of its paper
rescued the missing Bolivian squirrel monkey Sponge-Bob, after spotting him
playing with children in Clapham, South London. How the endangered...
27 July 2006
BBC News said that the middle name of Chancellor Gordon
Brown's second son James Fraser was chosen by elder brother John, who is nearly
three. The BBC also reported on...
27 July 2006
(Photograph) - Children at Lilliputs Day Nursery in
Preston, Lancashire, quench the thirst of their tomato patch on the official
opening day of their 'Gulliver's Garden' allotment. The event was...
27 July 2006
Schools in Sunderland stand accused of using nursery
nurses to run extended schools on the cheap, as they are forced to work more
hours to keep the same pay under...
27 July 2006
Nursery chain Primary Steps has signed up to an online
childcare booking service emergencychildcare.co.uk. The website, set up by
recruitment company Tinies, aims to help parents when their usual childcare...
27 July 2006
In our story 'Phonics debated by early educators'
(News, 13 July 2006) we omitted to credit the Early Childhood Research Centre
at Roehampton University as the conference organisers.