Looking back, the appointment of Elizabeth Truss as parliamentary under-secretary of state for education and childcare has had a certain inevitability about it.
* The Mary Sambrook day nursery, Wapping, London, will celebrate 35 years of childcare on 2 November with a party for those who have passed through its doors since it opened in 1971. The nursery is...
Parents who want advice on maternity and paternity leave and flexible working can e-mail or text their questions to the Working Families charity helpline team. The new service, launching on 2 October,...
The Scottish Out-of-School Care Network has moved offices. Its new address is Level 2, 100 Wellington Street, Glasgow G2 6DH (tel: 0141 564 1284, fax 0141 564 1286, e-mail info@soscn.org). There are...
From an early years perspective, it was frustrating that significant recommendations for the primary curriculum did not survive the end of this parliament. It remains to be seen whether Sir Jim Rose's...
For settings other than full daycare - sessional care, childminding, creches and out-of-school care - the original proposals for national standards will stand, with the manager expected to be...
(Photograph) - Architect Jez Lavers gets a push on a trike at the opening of the new Plymbridge Nursery School and Children's Centre in Estover, Plymouth, on 2 March. Mr Lavers not only helped design...
(Photograph) - Maisie Nichols helps launch a Bookstart scheme on World Book Day on 2 March at Picton Reading Room in Liverpool's Central Library. One-year-old Maisie's parents registered her at Lee...
The eating habits of 90 percent of five- and six year-olds in Scotland have improved since a free fruit scheme began in 2003, according to a study by the Scottish Centre for Social Research. Sixty per...
A childcare project in Glasgow that supports the long-term unemployed is embarking on a rapid expansion programme. Over the past year, Childcare Works has helped train over 200 people to gain...