This year's Foundation Stage Profile results make depressing but predictable reading (see News, page 4). Once again the lowest scores were in communication, language and literacy (CL&L), with boys...
Private and voluntary sector providers are often quoted as calling for a 'level playing field' with state-funded childcare. This week there's good news and bad news - some bits of the field appear to...
More than 500 childcare places are to disappear with the demise of Scottish chain KidCare and the BBC's decision to phase out its workplace nurseries (see News, page 4). The two events, while...
It's been quite a week, with the Children's Workforce Strategy consultation finally being unleashed, along with the Ofsted consultation on further changes to early years inspections (see News). Oh,...
(Photograph) - Damon Britton, otherwise known as Dom in the TV series 'Byker Grove', plants a flower with four-year-old Oliver Thompson at the Riverside Centre Nursery in North Shields, Tyneside,...
A few years ago it would have been hard to imagine a Labour Party conference where the Prime Minister, the Chancellor and the education secretary all made childcare a major theme of their speeches....
Ofsted has launched a Facebook page to help demystify the process of registering as a childminder.
Accessible, affordable, high-quality childcare has been the mantra of this Government, but two news stories this week highlight how far this has to go before it is within reach of all parents (see...
It's impossible to know just how much money is being defrauded by parents falsely claiming childcare costs under the Working Families Tax Credit, but suspicions are growing that it could be a huge,...
Out-of-school care is under the spotlight again this week, with the Kids' Clubs Network launching a campaign to set up facilities for teenagers (see News, page 6). Expansion in this so far neglected...