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4 September 2003, Nursery World

As yet another review of childcare policy looms, early years experts are still calling for the divide between education and care to be abolished as part of a radical rethink...

Benefits costed in daycare for all

4 September 2003, Nursery World

Leading economists have urged the Government to consider universal childcare for all children aged nought to four in the UK. In a report, Universal childcare provision in the UK -...

School readiness gap is debated

4 September 2003, Nursery World

The national chair of Early Education has voiced her support for the head of Ofsted over comments he made about the gap between children who are ready to start school...

Sudden infant deaths

4 September 2003, Nursery World

Sudden infant deaths in England and Wales have fallen by almost a quarter, according to the latest round of figures released by the Office of National Statistics. Health Statistics Quarterly...

Working mothers keep less

4 September 2003, Nursery World

Working mothers keep less than 10 per cent of their salaries after paying for childcare and cleaners to help them out, a survey for British Gas has found. According to...

'Body language'

4 September 2003, Nursery World

In the feature 'Body language' (28 August), the website for the baby signing organisation Sing and Sign should have been given as www.singandsign.com. The death rate was also significantly higher...

Quote of the week

4 September 2003, Nursery World

'If young children are learning their social standards from "EastEnders" and "Big Brother", small wonder they arrive at school "disrupted and dishevelled". ' Mary Kenny, Daily Mail, responding to comments...

Funding to create 1,300 new places

4 September 2003, Nursery World

More than 1,300 childcare places are to be created in Northern Ireland following the New Opportunities Fund's final distribution of funds under the out-of-school programme there. The £1.3m given to...

The teddybear slippers

4 September 2003, Nursery World

(Photograph) - The teddybear slippers of a young road traffic victim were among 70 other pairs of footwear belonging to pedestrians and motorists who have been killed on London's roads...

Nursery nurses put off strike

4 September 2003, Nursery World

Trade unions representing nursery nurses across Scotland have rejected a new pay offer from local authority employers a week before they were due to start five days of strike action....