Celebrations have been taking place at Paper Moon Day Nursery in Forest Town, Mansfield.
Childcare voucher providers are ramping up their campaign to re-open the scheme to parents.
Babies are the stars of the show in a room approach at Rainbow Nursery, Middlestone Moor, where staff plan experiences with a highly individual touch. Karen Crawford and Sheila Gardiner explain it...
To what extent are recent policy changes to blame for the recruitment crisis? A new report from the Education Policy Institute has some answers. By Hannah Crown
A pilot online training programme building nursery practitioner confidence with children’s language needs is being extended to childminders. Sue Owen looks at what it offers
Midwinter is a special time of year. Julie Mountain suggests how you can make the most of its atmospheric dusky evenings, scudding clouds and squally showers– and maybe, if you’re lucky, some early...
Most of the 1,100 providers initially judged inadequate by Ofsted under the new inspection framework have been found satisfactory on re-inspection. The Ofsted report Making a difference, published on...
By Stephen Burke, director of the Daycare Trust The Chancellor's Budget announcement of funding for 1,700 children's centres in England, ahead of July's spending review, is a sure sign that children's...
Parenting UK, a national membership body for those who work with parents, has created a new scheme to encourage organisations to recognise the importance that family plays in the lives of their...
Starting hours for Primary 1 pupils in Glasgow could be changed by the city council at the request of working parents. Following consultation in 1997, it was agreed that the new intake of four- and...