The sector has called into question the effectiveness of Ofsted’s inspection regime following a TV report revealing safeguarding and health and safety failings at a nursery rated Good.
Helping your child to look after their teeth is of great importance. Tooth decay can be extremely painful. Here we set out what you can do to improve your child's dental health. What does it mean if...
* Childcare providers could benefit from a pack based on a successful project on Early Years Emotional Well-Being launched in Derbyshire last year and involving eight early years settings. Councillor...
Bookstart has launched an expansion programme to give every child in England a free set of books by the age of four (see News, 28 July). Bookstart+ for toddlers and My Bookstart Treasure Chest for...
A children's centre within a ward at Inverclyde Royal Hospital planned by Greater Glasgow Health Board is part of a redesign of children's services in the area. The centre would bring children's...
The provision of better childcare facilities will help attract and retain NHS staff, Welsh health minister Jane Hutt said last week when she opened the Teddy Bear Trust Nursery in Llandough Hospital,...
Year 2 children from Liberton Primary School in Edinburgh pretend they're swimming with sharks at one of the first dance workshops to be rolled out across Scotland. The three-year Dance in Schools...
(Photograph) - Children from Hval Gaard nature kindergarten in Norway enjoy a snowy afternoon round an open campfire. They are outdoors in all weathers and learn to climb trees, go fishing, chop wood...
Young people and parents are to be involved in a cross-government consultation on youth leading to a green paper to be published in the autumn, the DfES has revealed in its Five Year Strategy for...
Giving disabled children and their carers a legal right to respite care is the aim of a Bill launched at parliament by the Every Disabled Child Matters campaign last week. The Disabled Children's...