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As a British Medical Association report on children and health reveals how UK outcomes are falling behind other developed nations, Sir Al Aynsley-Green calls on the sector to respond at a local level...
The private talk a child engages in while playing is a tool in their language development, with a lot to tell practitioners, says Anne O'Connor.
Children enjoyed all the fun of the fair while their parents chatted to local childcare providers at an event organised by the Solihull Children's Information Service on behalf of the Early Years...
Families who are under stress and receiving support from social services find access to childcare particularly helpful, according to a study published by the Scottish Executive last week. Growing...
Despite the achievement of the current UK Government in reducing child poverty levels during the first part of the last decade, and introducing fiscal programmes to help low-income families, child...
Despite its many plus points, it is time to update Development Matters, explains Dr Julian Grenier, who is leading the work to revise it
One in five children aged under eight now have access to a registered childcare place, according to Ofsted - but increased provision has also led to falling occupancy levels in day nurseries and fears...
Staff-to-child ratios, and more importantly, staff qualifications and in-service training can predict the quality of pre-school childcare settings, a new study has found.
Over the past 18 months, we have been pitched into a situation where we seem to constantly swim against a relentless tide of inappropriate policy ‘initiatives’.
Worsening child poverty rates in Britain cannot be reversed by the Government unless it underpins its tax and benefit reforms with a publicly-funded 'resilient, robust system of early years services...