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The Prime Minister is considering looking at wider ways of measuring child poverty that are not based on household income, but Downing Street says there are no plans to abandon child poverty targets.
It is perhaps not surprising that nurseries have won praise from Ofsted and the Food Standards Agency for providing better food education and having higher nutritional standards than primary schools...
Whether or not to use bikes at early years settings is the subject of some debate, finds Caroline Vollans
The Early Years Foundation Stage is the subject of a new 'Direction of Travel' paper from the Department for Education and Skills setting out the Government's vision for the EYFS and giving details of...
Nurseries and childminders across the country are planning on increasing their charges to parents because of upcoming increases to the national living and minimum wage.
The current climate is not proving too comfortable for the private nursery sector. A recent survey has shown occupancy in nurseries continuing to fall, with dangerously low levels in some parts of the...
Children can maintain their bonds with their jailed mothers thanks to a unique nursery 'inside'. Barbara Millar reports Little Cherubs may be a commonplace nursery name, but in one case the nursery...
Award-winning writer Helen Cooper speaks to Melanie Defries about her latest book, Dog Biscuit, and offers early years practitioners her tips for sharing stories with children.
Many nursery businesses, including some of the largest in the UK, have grown out of a parent's reaction to the lack of childcare available for their own family. Some nursery chains that started off...
New DfE statistics reveal between 2018 and 2022, that the number of early years providers has fallen by 10 per cent.