Early years organisation PACEY has commissioned research into the decline in childminding and the reasons for it, as the latest Ofsted statistics show a fall of 1,000 childminders in a three-month...
Frontline staff are being overwhelmed by the needs of millions of frightened, vulnerable families, who a month into the lockdown are facing life on the breadline, warns children’s charity Action for...
In the last of our National Strategies features on the Early Years Foundation Stage, regional adviser Jane Mansfield and senior adviser Jan Lepley reflect on young children's development of empathy.
Speakers at the show tell Katy Morton about the topics they will discuss with seminar goers.
The House of Commons has declared its nursery ‘viable’ following a number of years spent loss-making.
'Margaret Hodge has admitted making mistakes in the past. Her new post will give her the opportunity to put the hard lessons that she has learned into practice.' Rosemary Murphy, chief executive of...
The average childminder earned just 7,600 last year, according to research published by the Department for Education.
In a challenging year, many of you have risen to the challenge. Time for some recognition, says Annette Rawstrone. Nominations due: 11 May.
In the same week that world leaders are meeting in Glasgow for COP26, the UN climate conference, MP Fleur Anderson is leading a campaign to ban plastic in the 11 billion wet wipes used in the UK every...
To mark the publication of new guidance document Musical Development Matters, its author Nicola Burke explains its content and what she hopes it will achieve