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16 May 2002, Nursery World

There is general agreement that more training and higher qualifications in the early years sector will result in higher quality of care and education. And some early years figures have...

Staff recruitment is stalled by red tape

16 May 2002, Nursery World

Day nurseries in England are facing a 'double whammy' of delays by Ofsted and the Criminal Records Bureau that is hampering their recruitment of childcare staff, say providers. The National...

Redbridge Pre-school learning Alliance Mobile Toy Library

16 May 2002, Nursery World

(Photograph) - Toys will be coming to children and their carers with this month's launch of a mobile toy library by members of Redbridge Pre-school Learning Alliance. The toy library...

Childminders get £1.6m to start up

16 May 2002, Nursery World

New childminders in Wales are to receive more than £1.6m in start-up grants over the next three years under a contract drawn up between the National Childminding Association and the...

Anyone wishing to complain

16 May 2002, Nursery World

Anyone wishing to complain about Ofsted's Early Years Directorate can find out how in a new leaflet, Building Better Childcare: How to complain about the conduct of Ofsted's early years...

People who help us

16 May 2002, Nursery World

'People who help us' is the theme of a new free resource for early years workers from toy manufacturer Fisher-Price. The pack, which comes with a cassette of stories and...

Children attending nursery

16 May 2002, Nursery World

Children attending nursery may have a reduced risk of developing childhood leukaemia, new American research suggests. A study published in the British Journal of Cancer showed that children who are...

Children missing a few good men

16 May 2002, Nursery World

Children whose fathers are on duty with the 45 Commando Group in Afghanistan enjoyed some moral support from their local MP last week. Mike Weir, MP for Angus, Scotland, paid...

Quote of the week

16 May 2002, Nursery World

'At face value, the improvement in SATs is an amazing rise in standards. When you see something like that you have to pause for a minute and say, is it...

Subsidies proposed for all-day childcare

16 May 2002, Nursery World

A proposal to provide a fixed fee state-subsidised childcare scheme for children under the age of three, based on a system operating in Quebec, Canada, has been unveiled by the...