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Unease is growing over some of the proposals in the Childcare Bill, with early years and childcare professionals raising their voices at several recent events (see News, page 4). There has been such a...
The number of child casualties on Britain's roads fell by six per cent last year, according to figures from the Department for Transport, Local Government and Regions. To highlight a new Government...
Tommy's Campaign, the charity that funds research into the causes of miscarriage, stillbirth and premature birth, has changed its name to Tommy's, the baby charity, and will be known as Tommy's from...
The Prime Minister is considering looking at wider ways of measuring child poverty that are not based on household income, but Downing Street says there are no plans to abandon child poverty targets.
British child health is lagging behind other countries, according to a new analysis.
Plans to scrap child benefit for families with one parent earning more than about 42,000 a year could be amended.
Different language rules and cultural attitudes to how children learn provide some valuable insights for practitioners working with bilingual children. Professor Elena Lieven explains.
Quality of care for under-twos is significantly improved when the adult:child ratio is reduced from 1:5 to 1:3, according to an experimental study into the effects of ratios on interaction....
There is little evidence that one-off 200 grants for disadvantaged families to encourage them to use children's centres will promote social mobility, new research suggests.