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One in four early years workers are considering leaving the sector due to stress and mental health problems, a major survey has revealed.
A well-run nursery should be able to cope with the logistical issues when a member of the team goes on maternity leave, and even create opportunities for others around it, says Sarah Steel, managing...
There has been a 60 per cent increase in the number of children put on the child protection register in England since 2006.
Health visiting needs to be recognised in law as a profession to avoid more tragedies like the case of Baby P, says the health visitors' union Unite.
A petition of over 32,000 signatures calling for free school meals to be expanded is being delivered to Parliament by Barnardo’s and actress and ambassador Michelle Collins today (2 March).
* Priscilla Alderson (2000) Young Children's Rights. Jessica Kingsley. * Philippe Aries (1962) Centuries of Childhood trans R Baldrick. London: Cape.
The countdown to the next election is truly under way - and childcare is right at the top of the policy agenda (see News, page 4, and Beatrix Campbell, page 9). Last week saw unprecedented activity...
Family support outreach workers (FSOWs) are employed by children's services as part of the Sure Start Children's Centre initiative to improve the health, education and wellbeing of children and...
The Baby Room Project has succeeded in directing some much-needed attention to the care of the youngest children. Dr Sarah Christie talks to its founders Professor Sacha Powell and Dr Kathy Goouch.
The needs of parents who are deaf and their children who can hear tend to be overlooked by the early years sector. But there are examples of good practice out there, as Mary Evans has discovered