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7 March 2002, Nursery World

The introduction of child tagging technology in nurseries around the UK does not have quite the same sinister undertones as the use of internet cameras, but it does seem to...

Providers lose case for direct tax credit

7 March 2002, Nursery World

Early years organisations have expressed mixed feelings about the Government's refusal to pay the new version of its childcare tax credit to providers instead of parents. Some nurseries and childminders...

This June sees the first-ever National Childcare Month

7 March 2002, Nursery World

(Photograph) - This June sees the first-ever National Childcare Month, and early years minister Catherine Ashton (centre) went along to the EYDCP conference in London last week to tell everyone...

Care standards to cover all schools

7 March 2002, Nursery World

Childcare facilities in maintained and independent schools are to be brought under the same regulations as the rest of the early years sector. Early years organisations have welcomed Government proposals...

Excellence in Childcare Awards 2002

7 March 2002, Nursery World

Do you know a childcarer or playworker colleague who you think deserves a medal? Now's your chance to enter them for the Excellence in Childcare Awards 2002, run by Kids'...

Phil and Gary Neville give their support to the campaign Dads and Sons - A Winning Team

7 March 2002, Nursery World

The footballing Neville brothers have kicked off a scheme to encourage fathers to participate in their sons' education. Manchester United's Phil and Gary Neville joined their father last week in...

Two-thirds of all three-year-olds in England now have free nursery education places

7 March 2002, Nursery World

Two-thirds of all three-year-olds in England now have free nursery education places, early years minister Catherine Ashton said last week. Speaking in London at the 'Making It Real' conference, Baroness...

Tagging children is 'just a gimmick'

7 March 2002, Nursery World

Making children in day nurseries wear electronic tags has been criticised as a 'gimmick' that is fuelling paranoia in parents. Tagging systems similar in design to the anti-theft tags used...

Quote of the week

7 March 2002, Nursery World

'Nannies now differ from previous generations in one significant detail: they are running the show single-handed... In the past, nanny might have known best, now mummy doesn't know at all...

Tagging children is 'needless gimmick'

7 March 2002, Nursery World

The introduction of child tagging technology in nurseries has been criticised as a 'gimmick' that is fuelling parental paranoia. Tagging systems similar in design to the electronic tags used in...