By Ela Robinson, headteacher of Oxclose Community Nursery School in Washington, Tyne and Wear In January 1989 the House of Commons Select Committee reported on the education of under-fives. This...
Grandparents and organisations representing them attended a Government summit this week to explore the changing role of grandparents in society and how the Government can support them.
Childminders have performed better than nurseries in initial results from the first two months of the new inspections framework.
What does citizenship mean for young children who are only just beginning to socialise? Practitioners need to consider the learning that goes on in their settings Citizenship may not be a term that...
Draft Department of Health guidance has been published to help protect children who have illnesses induced or fabricated by their parents or carers. Health minister Jacqui Smith said, 'We need...
More research needs to be done into the part deprivation has to play in the development of epilepsy, says the National Society for Epilepsy. The NSE's call follows a report in the British Medical...
The Regulation of Care (Scotland) Bill, which created the Scottish Commission for the Regulation of Care which is to take over responsibility for all daycare services from local authorities, received...
Government education reforms suffered three defeats in the House of Lords last week. The Lords rejected proposals to allow school governing bodies to form companies, plans to cut red tape in schools...
Children in Scotland has published a report to be sent to every school in Scotland, highlighting the need for schools to promote the emotional and mental well-being of their pupils. The charity says...
Wellies filled with fabrics and materials march around a sensory board in the garden at Abbots Manor Community Childcare Centre in London. The centre, which is owned by Westminster Children's Society...