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When it comes to evaluating the effects of pre-school education on children, there is no substitute for large-scale, long-term research. The results of two such studies have just been released - the...
More reassuring noises came from the Government in the past week about its continuing commitment to expanding childcare, as trade and industry secretary Patricia Hewitt took to the stage at the...
The Government's 'cross-cutting' review of childcare policy which has finally been published makes for fascinating reading (see News, page 4), not least for the acknowledgement that 'important...
The news that neither early years nor playwork have succeeded in their bids to be one of the trailblazer Sector Skills Councils (see page 4) is not a terribly encouraging start to the new year, when...
Practitioners from a range of childcare and early years education settings had an unprecedented chance last week to question children's minister Margaret Hodge about Government policy at a round table...
The weather may be getting hotter, but the crisis over delays with criminal record checks is reaching boiling point (see News, page 4). It is appalling that with the current recruitment shortages in...
Ofsted has moved halfway to meeting parents' concerns that they cannot legally obtain information about the outcome of complaints made against daycare providers (see News, page 4). They will now be...
It is good to see that the select committee on education and employment has found time to squeeze in a couple of extra sessions on the early years, following its original report and the Government's...
Fundamental change is on its way in the UK education system, with all schools, including primaries, able to apply for academy status, the door opened for parents and other groups to set up 'free'...
Our annual nanny salary survey, published in Professional Nanny with this week's Nursery World, always causes a stir, and the latest research paints a very different picture from the boom in wages of...