Last week the Government announced plans to help working families by introducing a new childcare tax break. As part of the the Coalition's mid-term review David Cameron and Nick Clegg unveiled...
The Pre-school Learning Alliance and 4Children are among the voluntary sector organisations to share 15.2m from the Big Lottery Fund, aimed at improving outcomes and offering early support for...
(Photograph) - Mollie Wilson, aged seven, makes a paper butterfly during an art activity at the official opening of Tyersal Children's Centre in Bradford, West Yorkshire. The new centre, funded by...
The number of designated Sure Start areas rose by 66 last week, bringing the total in England to 260 - ten more than the Government's target for 2001/02. Six of the new areas are rural - Oswestry in...
Two million British children now live in families where no parent has a job, according to a new report which warns that poverty is growing in more affluent areas.
Improving young children's dental health is becoming a mission for a whole community. Sue Learner hears how Two years ago, pre-school children in Newbiggin-by-the-Sea in Northumberland had one of the...
May I please make two points about the use of terminology in Nursery World (24 November)? The first is the use of the term 'ethnic' in the headline 'Guide fosters sensitivity to ethnic families'...
* A three-year, 1.2m nationwide award scheme is seeking to encourage families and communities throughout Britain to read together. The Reading Families Millennium Awards scheme is backed by the...
Some time late in the General Election campaign, Labour strategists coined the phrase 'Coalition of Cuts for Children' to describe what a Conservative-Liberal Democrat government might mean for...