19 December 2007
Local authorities are deciding how to spend the capital grant allocations they have received to help private and voluntary sector nurseries adapt their buildings and outside space to extend the...
19 December 2007
Alarmist headlines about the state of childcare in the UK pose a huge challenge for the sector, according to the chief executive of the National Childminding Association.
19 December 2007
More private and voluntary nursery providers across the country are joining the campaign against the Code of Practice for nursery education for three-and four-year-olds, which started last year in Kent.
19 December 2007
Children from poorer backgrounds are still achieving less at school than those from affluent homes, says a new study.
26 November 2007
The National Academy of Parenting Practitioners officially opened last week at its base in King's College, London.
26 November 2007
One of the largest nursery groups in England has sold the freehold of its 18 nurseries in a multi-million-pound sale-and-leaseback deal.
26 November 2007
Private and voluntary sector nurseries are set to benefit from more than half a billion pounds of Government funding to help them develop their outdoor play areas and indoor space,...
14 August 2007
ABC Learning Centres, the world's largest nursery provider, has bought Nord Anglia's nursery division Leapfrog for £31.2m through its UK subsidiary Busy Bees.
15 February 2007
The UK Government stubbornly insists on league tables
as a means of driving up educational attainment, standards of health care and
so on, despite widespread opposition. It may not be...
15 February 2007
Training early childhood leaders should begin when
staff undertake initial qualifications and continue throughout their careers so
that leadership is distributed throughout a team rather than focused on one
individual,...
