The best new nurseries are not built just to look stylish - the environment they create is crucial to children's learning and happiness. Annette Rawstrone sizes up some winners Laying the foundations...
Times are obviously feeling tough for many private and voluntary providers, as the latest About Early Years data report from Ceeda shows (pages 34-35).
Will Universal Credit make parents paying for childcare better or worse off if they increase their hours, asks David Finch at the Resolution Foundation
Look out for 'Majority World: Play', the last one in our four-part series of posters exploring young children and family life in developing countries, out with the 2 December issue of Nursery World.
With the top ten nursery groups retaining their league-table positions, there is little movement among the largest players. But there are rumblings lower down the table, with Giraffe Childcare and...
Last week's appeal by leading early years experts to delay the expansion of the two-year-old programme was viewed by many in the sector as a timely wake-up call.
Babies and toddlers love to engage with the natural world, and a great free learning resource is available just outside your setting's door, says Jennie Lindon Relaxed observation of toddlers and very...
The needs of children and young people are more important than available spaces when planning playgrounds, according to a Government-funded guide published last week. The guide, More than Swings and...
How can settings resource their areas to support children’s early literacy skills, asks Nicole Weinstein, with some suggestions for products to purchase