Ordinary families are currently being hit with a raft of painful economic cuts, including the loss of one of the most successful savings schemes this country has ever known.
Moving more provision outdoors makes even more sense than ever against the background of coronavirus, writes Julie Mountain in the first of a two-part series
Childcarers can find advice on how to encourage parents to read with their young children in a new guide by the National Literacy Trust. Nursery World was among the organisations involved in talks...
Childcare workers will know exactly what they're letting themselves in for on a new course. Karen Faux reports What is expected of childcare workers and what are the underpinning values and principles...
A 'playful' project has won an award for its success making scientific ideas accessible to children and families, writes Olivia McCrea-Hedley.
More than half of NHS organisations provide nursery places for their staff and 97 per cent of all NHS staff are given access to childcare co-ordinators, says a survey of the provision of childcare...
Sure Start children's centres would move away from providing universal services for all parents with young children and focus on the most disadvantaged and 'dysfunctional' families, under Conservative...
A row broke out last week after the respected Institute of Fiscal Studies slammed the coalition government's budget as 'regressive' and said that the poorest families would be hit hardest.
Children from poor families are more than twice as likely to have behavioural problems at age three than those from wealthier backgrounds, a study by the University of Bristol has found.
Preventable health conditions are reaching epidemic levels in children, which could lead to a generation dying before their parents, according to doctors at a leading children's hospital.