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Providers' perceptions of inspections

28 April 2005, Nursery World

Providers' perceptions of inspections were revealed last week in an independent survey for Ofsted. Speaking at a Daycare Trust conference, Dorian Bradley, deputy director of early years at Ofsted, said,...

Children's charity NCH

28 April 2005, Nursery World

Children's charity NCH is calling on the political parties to pledge to close the gap in achievement between children in care and other children by 2020. Its report Close the...

Mobile phone use soars at early age

28 April 2005, Nursery World

A million children between the ages of five and nine now own a mobile phone - double the number just two years ago. The figure currently stands at 1,072,328, which...

Rules relaxed on outdoor space

28 April 2005, Nursery World

England and Scotland are among the countries having no national requirements governing how much outdoor space children's services should provide. An analysis of outdoor space regulations in ten European countries,...

'Ask parents about child's first words'

28 April 2005, Nursery World

'Maracas' and 'yum' are just two of the first words spoken by babies and reported to Talk To Your Baby, the early language campaign of the National Literacy Trust, which...

Media watch

28 April 2005, Nursery World

School dinners made a reappearance in the news last week as Cherie Blair joined her husband on the campaign trail. The Daily Telegraph reported that during a visit to World's...

Keep noise down, Europe tells nurseries

28 April 2005, Nursery World

Nurseries and early years settings will have to carry out 'noise risk assessments' to ensure they are not damaging the hearing of their staff, Europe's health and safety agency said...

Gardening guru Alan Titchmarsh strikes a pose with Gordon the Garden Gnome

28 April 2005, Nursery World

(Photograph) - Gardening guru Alan Titchmarsh strikes a pose with Gordon the Garden Gnome, for whom he provides the voice in a new cartoon. Aimed at children from two to...

Daycare Trust signs up new director

28 April 2005, Nursery World

The successor to Stephen Burke as the director of the Daycare Trust was named last week as Susan Crane. Ms Crane, who will go by the title of chief executive,...

Early years staff are urged to take degrees

28 April 2005, Nursery World

Early years practitioners are being encouraged to enrol on higher education courses as part of an expansion programme that could be taken up nationwide. The pilot scheme, which supports the...