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5 April 2007
The Neighbourhood Nurseries Initiative always seemed to
have several flaws, not least in how the nurseries created would ever be
sustainable. It started off at a gallop, achieving its target...
5 April 2007
Demand for childcare is at its highest level ever
despite the fact that average nursery occupancy is below 80 per cent, according
to a new report. The annual survey of...
5 April 2007
(Photograph) - A budding ballerina learns her moves at
Jack and Jill's Nursery School in Thirsk, North Yorkshire. Sarah Deighton, who
trained at the Royal Academy of Dance, has been...
5 April 2007
Neighbourhood Nurseries supporting families in the most
disadvantaged areas should have their funding extended to ensure their
sustainability, a new report recommends. Its publication coincides with the
ending this month...
5 April 2007
A Kent nursery is being investigated by Ofsted and the
Health Protection Agency (HPA) as the possible source of a local salmonella
outbreak that has affected 149 children. Cannock House...
5 April 2007
(Photograph) - Nursery children planted apple trees to
mark the start of a new partnership between the private and public sectors at
the Leapfrog day nursery in Fallowfield, Manchester. They...
5 April 2007
Having a baby 'costs two months' sleep in a year', said
The Daily Telegraph, reporting research showing that a third of new parents
lose that amount of sleep in the...
5 April 2007
A survey of voluntary and community organisations in
Glasgow points to 'a sector in crisis', with 96 per cent of respondents
concerned about their survival beyond the next financial year....
5 April 2007
The outgoing chair of the Children's Workforce
Development Council has launched the first resource supporting the Championing
Children framework. At a conference last week in Sunderland, Estelle Morris
unveiled a...
5 April 2007
There is a wide variation in the quality of care for
the youngest children in Neighbourhood Nurseries, according to the latest DfES
evaluation of the scheme. It found that 'on...