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Rule changes for childcare in school

19 June 2003, Nursery World

Childcare facilities in independent and maintained schools in England could come under new regulation from this September. A consultation paper, Review of Childcare Standards and Regulations, published by the Department...

MBE for Irene Audain

19 June 2003, Nursery World

Irene Audain, chief executive of the Scottish Out-of-School Care Network, received an MBE for services to out-of-school care in Scotland in last weekend's Queen's Birthday Honours list. Mary Bernadette Munden,...

Quality Mark

19 June 2003, Nursery World

More than 1,000 schools and employers in Wales have attained the Quality Mark set by the Basic Skills Agency. Introduced in 2001, the Quality Mark assures minimum standards in basic...

Quote of the week

19 June 2003, Nursery World

'This move will make Government more responsive to the needs of children, parents and carers and make it far easier for individuals and organisations to do business with us... by...

Growing Schools Garden

19 June 2003, Nursery World

(Photograph) - Children got a whiff of the outdoor classroom at the opening of the newly relocated Growing Schools Garden at London's Greenwich Environmental Curriculum Centre. The opening on 11...

'Poor provision' in independents

19 June 2003, Nursery World

Poor-quality provision for under-fives has been identified in a 'significant minority' of cases by Osted inspections of independent schools in England, according to a report published last week by the...

New SVQ boosts assistant status

19 June 2003, Nursery World

Classroom assistants in Scotland will have access to a new qualification aimed at giving them greater professional recognition and improving their further education opportunities, the Scottish Executive said last week....

Industrial action bites in classroom

19 June 2003, Nursery World

There was no sign this week that the five-week-old nursery nurse dispute was any closer to resolution as waves of industrial action continued across Scotland, linked to a boycott of...

MBE for Irene Audain

19 June 2003, Nursery World

Irene Audain, chief executive of the Scottish Out-of-School Care Network, received an MBE for services to out-of-school care in Scotland in last weekend's Queen's Birthday Honours list. Mary Bernadette Munden,...

E.coli 0157 infection

19 June 2003, Nursery World

Scotland's primary schools have been sent information packs with health and safety guidance to protect pupils from the E.coli 0157 infection on school trips to farms. Scotland experiences a 'disproportionately...