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Could it be that the worst is over for the private nursery sector, in terms of their fears for their survival? Certainly, several speakers at last week's Laing and Buisson conference thought that mi...
Parents protest as nurseries face axe
Parents are fighting the closure of three nurseries by a Yorkshire council that has pledged to open a further 15 children's centres. Kirklees Metropolitan Council says that the three nurseries - Ti...
Council buys places from private chain
Nursery chain Leapfrog has struck a deal with a local authority to buy in places in one of the group's existing settings. In his keynote speech to the Laing & Buisson Annual Children's Nurseries Con...
Physical education teacher Darren Birchall
(Photograph) - Physical education teacher Darren Birchall breaks down a fencing move for six-year-olds Courtney Cain and Declan Smith at St Paul's Peel Primary School in Little Hulton, Manchester. ...
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An eight-year-old art lover empted his piggybank to help save a Turner masterpiece from being sold abroad, reported The Times. Matthew Hughes from Nottinghamshire donated £9.20 to the Tate Britain ...
Foundation survey finds weaknesses
Children in the Foundation Stage are not doing as well as expected in one-third of settings in the early learning goals for communication, language and literacy, a survey by Ofsted revealed on Monda...
Child Base Nurseries
Child Base Nurseries has appeared in the Sunday Times Best Companies Award list for the second year in a row, jumping up 41 places to be rated the 31st best company in the UK. Managing director Emma...
Youth Opportunity Cards
Children's minister Beverley Hughes said on Monday that Youth Opportunity Cards, which would have rewarded well-behaved teenagers with £25 a week credits to use on sport and leisure activities, have...
Barnado's
Childcare professionals arebeing invited by the charity Barnado's to its inaugural annual conference, called Childhood Matters, on 20-21 March, where speakers will include children's commissioner Al...
One in four children in Scotland - 240,000 in total - lives in poverty
One in four children in Scotland - 240,000 in total - lives in poverty, according to a five-year study. In 1979 only one child in eight lived below the poverty line. Poverty in Scotland 2007 by th...
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- Nursery Nurse, Working Mums
- £14,000-£15,000, East Sheen, London
- Early Years Practitioner / Nursery Nurse, Fortune Green Nursery Limited
- Starting Salary £17,000 pa, West Hampstead, NW6 (North London)
- Childminding Quality Improvement Partner - One year fixed term contract, National Childminding Association
- £21,369 inc OLW, Feltham
- Nursery Manager, Caleeda Limited
- £25000-£28000, South East England, Kent
- Special Needs Teaching Assistant, Protocol Education
- negotiable, London
