Children with behavioural and developmental disorders should be routinely tested for lead, which is a known, but treatable, neurotoxin, say the authors of new research. Lead is not now considered to...
Our weekly columnist Beatrix Campbell says it's too much to expect Sure Start to change society, or social services One thing we know for sure. Sure Start is a good thing. What we also know for sure...
Integrating skills between professionals in the children's workforce is getting a big boost from a new framework. Karen Faux reports.
A new report by Barnardo's calls for children's centres to be re-modeled so that their 'core purpose' is providing 'early help' for families with under-fives.
CACHE’s chief executive is leaving the company despite being appointed just six months ago.
Your legal questions answered by Christine Betts, senior lawyer, schools and childcare team, Veale Wasbrough Lawyers Q One of my most experienced nursery staff recently received serious injuries in a...
By James Griffin, Northern Ireland's first male registered childminder, who lives in Bangor, Co Down I must admit the majority of my friends responded to the news of my attendance at the Northern...
The flexible and spontaneous nature of outdoor play offers superb ways to encourage children's exuberance and inventiveness.
A day nursery is planning to create a sitter service for parents so their sick children can be cared for at home by someone they know. The Prime Time Nursery in Edinburgh plans to develop the staff...
Reforms for all schools in England have been revealed by education secretary Michael Gove in his schools White Paper, 'The Importance of Teaching'.