Editor's view
16 May 2002
There is general agreement that more training and
higher qualifications in the early years sector will result in higher quality
of care and education. And some early years figures have...
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Staff recruitment is stalled by red tape
16 May 2002
Day nurseries in England are facing a 'double whammy'
of delays by Ofsted and the Criminal Records Bureau that is hampering their
recruitment of childcare staff, say providers. The National...
Redbridge Pre-school learning Alliance Mobile Toy Library
16 May 2002
(Photograph) - Toys will be coming to children and
their carers with this month's launch of a mobile toy library by members of
Redbridge Pre-school Learning Alliance. The toy library...
Childminders get £1.6m to start up
16 May 2002
New childminders in Wales are to receive more than
£1.6m in start-up grants over the next three years under a contract drawn
up between the National Childminding Association and the...
Anyone wishing to complain
16 May 2002
Anyone wishing to complain about Ofsted's Early Years
Directorate can find out how in a new leaflet, Building Better Childcare: How
to complain about the conduct of Ofsted's early years...
People who help us
16 May 2002
'People who help us' is the theme of a new free
resource for early years workers from toy manufacturer Fisher-Price. The pack,
which comes with a cassette of stories and...
Children attending nursery
16 May 2002
Children attending nursery may have a reduced risk of
developing childhood leukaemia, new American research suggests. A study
published in the British Journal of Cancer showed that children who are...
Children missing a few good men
16 May 2002
Children whose fathers are on duty with the 45 Commando
Group in Afghanistan enjoyed some moral support from their local MP last week.
Mike Weir, MP for Angus, Scotland, paid...
Quote of the week
16 May 2002
'At face value, the improvement in SATs is an amazing
rise in standards. When you see something like that you have to pause for a
minute and say, is it...
Subsidies proposed for all-day childcare
16 May 2002
A proposal to provide a fixed fee state-subsidised
childcare scheme for children under the age of three, based on a system
operating in Quebec, Canada, has been unveiled by the...
