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With Covid-19 restrictions easing, it's a good time to think about fresh approaches - there's plenty of advice and information in our April issue, now out in print and online.
A new short film has been released to highlight the struggle faced by families to put food on the table due to the cost-of-living crisis.
Government plans to end local authority control of the country’s schools have been slammed as ‘undemocratic’ and an ‘ideological step too far’ by teaching unions and local authorities.
Playgroups and other community projects in Wales have been invited to bid for a share of almost 2.6m in cash from a joint lottery funding programme. The Awards for All scheme will make awards to...
As a registered childminder, I read with great disappointment the news story 'Smack and smoke defended by Hodge' (10 May). Margaret Hodge, the employment and equal opportunities minister, insists that...
In the light of some recent murders and the outcry from the public over the police vetting system involved in the case of Soham school caretaker Ian Huntley, I think it is irresponsible for Ofsted to...
As an early years and primary educational consultant and member of the advisory body on the national play review, I welcomed this year's Playday (News, 7 August) and call on all children to exercise...
As a childminder who has been registered and working for the past nine years, I feel very strongly that we have to keep a sense of proportion about the number of 'bad' childminders working at the...
The death of a ten-month-old girl who choked on a piece of apple at a nursery was judged accidental last week. Georgia Hollick died in hospital on 19 April of asphyxiation after choking on the apple...
Nursery staff in England who have had police checks within the past three years do not need to apply to Ofsted for a Disclosure check by the Criminal Records Bureau (CRB) when starting a new job at...