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This surely must be the best of times for early years and I am delighted to have just been appointed as national director for the National Strategies, Early Years.
What do you get if you cross a frog with a bee? Well, the UK early years sector is about to find out, and the resulting creature will be the largest in the nursery garden.
The principle of early intervention to bring about change and improvement is firmly established across children's services. However, the idea of five-year-olds being warned off guns and the gang...
The current inspection of childcare is unfit for purpose.
There's no doubt that falling occupancy levels and escalating competition from Government-funded children's centres have put a damper on expansion among the UK's largest private nursery groups (see...
Many childcarers will have watched the BBC's 'Whistleblower' expose with a sigh of resignation that their abilities, dedication and commitment are being questioned again. The programme unfolded with...
Just two weeks to go until election day - so who will get your vote? To help you decide, read our Special Report this week (pages 10-11) for a handy summary of the main political parties' early years...
The charity Barnardo's has had to withdraw its most recent advertising campaign, 'There are no silver spoons for children born into poverty', after a record 466 complaints were made to the Advertising...
We know that preparing for and implementing the Early Years Foundation Stage is top of mind for everyone working with children from birth to five. The next year will be crucial for local authorities...
Cases of type 1 diabetes in children under five are set to double by 2020 across Europe if current trends continue, according to research published in The Lancet.