Looking back, the appointment of Elizabeth Truss as parliamentary under-secretary of state for education and childcare has had a certain inevitability about it.
Last-minute preparations for end-of-term activities and the start of the summer holidays will be uppermost in early years practitioners' minds at the moment, but don't forget to lay plans for next...
* 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...
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...