MPs on the education and skills select committee last week added their voice to calls for the law in England to be changed, so that parents can read any complaints made about a prospective childcarer....
A documentary shown on BBC1 on 5 March revealed serious breaches of care and bad practice after an undercover reporter was able to work at three childcare settings without CRB or reference checks.
The United Nations has backed most of the recommendations made by the four children's commissioners in the UK to improve the lives of children.
One of the largest out-of-school providers in the country is being investigated by the Charity Commission for an illegal donation to the Labour Party.
Researchers from Imperial College London found that there was a 12 per cent drop in hospital admissions for children's asthma in the first year after the smoking ban was introduced to stop smoking in...
From next month nurseries and childminders will be able to access criminal record checks online.
A total of 2m will be available through a new scheme in the run-up to the Early Years Educator qualification.
The Government has been urged to take ‘rapid action’ to prevent more children catching whooping cough amid a rise in cases of the disease, resulting in the death of five babies.
Key issues for early years policy and the future provision of free childcare - with latest thinking on funding, staffing and Ofsted’s new inspection arrangements.
The sector’s first-ever Early Years Educator apprenticeship standard, at Level 3, has finally landed. Here’s a handy guide from Hannah Crown