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Management round table: implementing a smoking ban

    Features
  • Wednesday, February 22, 2012
    • | Nursery World
Manager's dilemma:'I would very much like to ban smoking from my nursery but as quite a large percentage of our staff are smokers I am not sure where to start. I understand that it is legal to request that no-one smokes on the premises but I am worried about enforcing this, and the ill-will it might cause.'

1m fund for early intervention on offer

    News
  • Tuesday, January 25, 2011
    • | Nursery World
A leading venture philanthropy organisation has launched an early intervention programme worth more than 1m to fund early years projects working with disadvantaged families.

Hertfordshire puts free place applications online

    News
  • Tuesday, February 22, 2011
    • | Nursery World
Parents in Hertfordshire will be able to use a new online system to apply for the 15-hour free entitlement places, in a change to the way nursery admissions are managed in the county.

In my view - Centres work on work

    Features
  • Tuesday, March 8, 2011
    • | Nursery World
Parents on benefits have to be actively seeking work when their children turn seven; next year it goes down to five. I run a programme that helps parents find work, and many say they are not ready for employment at this point. Some believe their children are too young; most, however, are not confident in their abilities, their skills or their chances of finding a job in the current labour market.

Analysis: The hidden army of childcarers

    News
  • Tuesday, April 5, 2011
    • | Nursery World
'Friends and family' and other unregulated childcarers are an overlooked but vast part of the provision used, says Anand Shukla, acting chief executive of the Daycare Trust.

Take twos...using home-to-nursery learning bags

    Features
  • Friday, March 2, 2012
    • | Nursery World
In line with the Tickell review recommendations, provision for two-year-olds will need to place strong emphasis on involving parents in their children's development. James Hempsall outlines the practical steps one nursery is taking to achieve this.

All in a day's work - mentoring

    Features
  • Friday, January 25, 2013
    • | Nursery World
Giving practitioners time to talk during hectic times brings many rewards, say Nicola Bushell and Hayley Cannell, joint managers of Oakey Dokeys Pre-school, in Essex.

To the point: Today not tomorrow

    Opinion
  • Friday, June 8, 2012
    • | Nursery World
A children's author serving on an official commission on childcare noticed that many subcommittees were busily making recommendations around a central problem: 'It was generally agreed that the country was full of the wrong sort of people. There were strong opinions about what constituted a desirable citizenry and what should be done to children to procure one for the future.'

Vanessa George Case Review - Lessons to be learned

    News
  • Tuesday, November 16, 2010
    • | Nursery World
All nurseries would be wise to reflect on their policies and practice, as well as the culture within their settings, in light of the review of the Plymouth child abuse case, says Catherine Rushforth.

Guide to: Universal Credit changes 2018

    Features
  • Monday, December 10, 2018
    • | Nursery World
In the latest Budget, the Government has changed its plans for Universal Credit. Here’s what these announcements mean for you. By the Resolution Foundation’s Laura Gardiner

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