31 January 2007
A childcare recruitment agency has been ordered to disclose the references it receives to candidates who request them, prompting concerns that employers may be deterred from providing candid information and...
31 January 2007
Scotland’s education minister has endorsed moves to put play back into learning at school entry but will schools and teachers be ready for it? Simon Vevers reports
31 January 2007
Childcare staff and families marched through Glasgow city centre on Saturday calling for government intervention after the Scottish voluntary organisation One Plus went into liquidation last week, with more than...
31 January 2007
The UK’s largest nursery chain, Leapfrog, has sold five leasehold sites south of London to new nursery group Bright New Minds in a deal completed last week.
25 January 2007
Calling all early years and childcare tutors! If you
have a student who deserves special recognition for their achievements, then
you really should enter them for the Heinemann and Nursery...
25 January 2007
Community nurseries may be privatised by Newcastle City
Council, after the local authority interpreted the Childcare Act as a duty to
manage rather than provide even long-established childcare services. A...
25 January 2007
(Photograph) - Jo McNutt, age eight, tries out the
'nursery' skating area at Leeds city centre's Ice Cube in Millennium Square.
Children aged two to eight have the chance to...
25 January 2007
The extent of cuts in Sure Start funding, which could
have a serious impact on the running of children's centres, is beginning to
emerge as local authorities set their budgets...
25 January 2007
A leading charity is campaigning for private and
voluntary early years providers to be included in a healthy eating bill for
schools. Children in Scotland is backing an initial report...
25 January 2007
'Virtual infant' dolls, given to schoolgirls in schemes
to put them off getting pregnant, have conversely increased their desire to
have children in some cases, reported the Sunday Times. A...
