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15 hours...extending the nursery day

    Features
  • Tuesday, February 22, 2011
  • | Nursery World
Moving from sessional care to a flexible offer presents a challenge with variable attendance patterns throughout the day, as Deepdale Community Pre-school in West Yorkshire found

To the point - Let's report ourselves

    Features
  • Tuesday, March 8, 2011
  • | Nursery World
The axes are beginning to fall and slowly the extent of the cuts to services for children are being made known across the country. We are finally beginning to get a sense of what importance this Government places on early years, and perhaps we are beginning to realise the extent of our own foolishness in not being better prepared to strengthen the argument for high quality early years care and education.

To the point: Know how to fight racism

    Features
  • Friday, February 3, 2012
  • | Nursery World
When I was first working in schools, in the late 1980s, there was lots of discussion about how early years education could promote social justice and combat racism. Much of that work was cheaply attacked and ridiculed by the media: endless stories of how 'Baa Baa Black Sheep' had been banned, blackboards replaced by chalkboards, and so on.

A perfect storm - Bercow: ten years on

    Features
  • Wednesday, April 5, 2017
  • | Nursery World
Ten years ago, a landmark study was published on speech and language development. A follow-up report is being prepared for next year, with parents now invited to submit evidence to a panel. Hannah Crown speaks to its chair

Speaking with one voice

    Opinion
  • Wednesday, April 12, 2017
  • | Nursery World
Let's use our collective strength to talk to government about early years sector concerns, says Cheryl Hadland, founder of Tops Day Nurseries

Early Years Pay and Conditions Survey 2016

    News
  • Monday, October 17, 2016
  • | Nursery World
The latest research from Nursery World and the Pre-school Learning Alliance is in. Shannon Hawthorne, the Alliance’s press and public affairs director, and Michelle Brown, its human resources adviser, highlight the key findings

Exclusive: The Minister's View - Look back on progress

    News
  • Tuesday, May 24, 2011
  • | Nursery World
A year ago, I set out in these pages the new Coalition Government's vision for the early years and how we wanted every child to achieve their full potential regardless of their social background. Crucial to this was targeting support at the most disadvantaged families and recognising the critical role of parents.

Nursery Chains: Curriculum - Get ready

    Features
  • Monday, November 14, 2016
  • | Nursery World
In response to potential loss of business to school settings, many nursery chains are providing in-house enhancement programmes to improve children’s learning and staff skills, writes Annette Rawstrone

Bright Horizons buys Asquith

    News
  • Thursday, November 10, 2016
  • | Nursery World
Bright Horizons Family Solutions has acquired Asquith Day Nurseries and Pre-Schools in a major deal for the early years sector.

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