Early years inspections disrupted by pay freeze dispute
28 July 2008
Ofsted inspectors in early years and social care are locked in a pay dispute over a three-year pay freeze, which is disrupting nursery and childminding inspections.
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Anti-EYFS campaign enlists leading authors
25 July 2008
Two well-known children's authors have joined the Open Eye protest against the Early Years Foundation Stage becoming law in September.
Parents 'missing out on vouchers'
24 July 2008
Parents are spending more money on their holiday childcare than they need to, according to nursery chain Busy Bees.
Chain goes for fingerprints
24 July 2008
Busy Bees, the UK's largest nursery chain, is installing a 'fingerprint' entry system at all its nurseries. The nursery group has signed a £500,000 deal with UK Biometrics to install...
Guilty verdict in forced feeding
24 July 2008
A former deputy nursery manager has been found guilty of force-feeding children in her care and has been banned for life from working with children.
Census reveals lack of accredited childminders
24 July 2008
Fewer than half of the 150 local authorities in England have childminders offering the free early years entitlement.
The opening of Gun Lane Children's Centre
24 July 2008
A father and son play at the opening of Gun Lane Children's Centre in Kent, one of ten centres to have its official launch in Medway this summer as part...
Nursery schools under new scrutiny
24 July 2008
The status and role of maintained nursery schools is to be investigated in a new research project managed by Early Education.
Junk marketing defies ban
24 July 2008
Food companies are finding more innovative ways to promote junk food to children following restrictions on television advertising, a new report claims.
Self-evaluation forms are online
24 July 2008
Ofsted has published the self-evaluation form for early years providers delivering the EYFS.
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