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Inspectors get it right

27 July 2006, Nursery World

Ofsted has published a survey highlighting the fact that nine out of ten head teachers are satisfied or very pleased with letters inspectors have written to pupils as young as...

£10m for parenting courses

27 July 2006, Nursery World

Parents with children and young people at risk of poor behaviour between the ages of eight and 13 will be offered targeted support and parenting courses with funding of £10m...

Editor's view

27 July 2006, Nursery World

The nursery education grant row is gathering pace, with Kent County Council in talks with the Department for Education and Skills about the new code of practice, and settings from...

Special needs staff in limbo over jobs

27 July 2006, Nursery World

Special needs nursery nurses working in Lancashire are still 'wondering when the axe is going to fall' after the county council said it would no longer pay for their posts...

Busy Bees to close Blackpool setting

27 July 2006, Nursery World

One of Britain's largest chains is axing its nursery in Blackpool due to over-provision in the area. Busy Bees Blackpool in Lancashire, which employs 30 staff and is registered to...

Sponge-Bob

27 July 2006, Nursery World

The Metro reported how an anonymous reader of its paper rescued the missing Bolivian squirrel monkey Sponge-Bob, after spotting him playing with children in Clapham, South London. How the endangered...

James Fraser

27 July 2006, Nursery World

BBC News said that the middle name of Chancellor Gordon Brown's second son James Fraser was chosen by elder brother John, who is nearly three. The BBC also reported on...

Children at Lilliputs Day Nursery in Preston, Lancashire

27 July 2006, Nursery World

(Photograph) - Children at Lilliputs Day Nursery in Preston, Lancashire, quench the thirst of their tomato patch on the official opening day of their 'Gulliver's Garden' allotment. The event was...

Longer hours for same pay under single status rules

27 July 2006, Nursery World

Schools in Sunderland stand accused of using nursery nurses to run extended schools on the cheap, as they are forced to work more hours to keep the same pay under...

Online cover for Primary Steps

27 July 2006, Nursery World

Nursery chain Primary Steps has signed up to an online childcare booking service emergencychildcare.co.uk. The website, set up by recruitment company Tinies, aims to help parents when their usual childcare...