The conception rate among under-18s saw a slight fall in figures released by the Office of National Statistics last week. In 2004, pregnancies among 15- to 17-year-olds in England and Wales decreased...
Childcarers with wanderlust are invited to apply for the Lady Allen of Hurtwood Memorial Trust annual travel awards. The awards, which do not usually exceed 1,000, enable people working with children...
(Photograph) - Twenty children, aged four to 15, from Barnardo's projects in Belfast, Lisburn, Bangor and Banbridge in Northern Ireland visited 10 Downing Street last week for a Christmas party with...
In response to the letter by Maggie Dyer (15 March) about childminders being allowed to smoke and smack, I would like to tell her that we childminders are fighting to change this. We don't want the...
The National Early Years Network is marking the tenth anniversary of the UK's ratification of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child by devoting its annual conference to examining the...
New fathers are being refused their right to paid paternity leave because they have not given their employer the 15 weeks' notice period required by law, a new report from Citizens' Advice reveals....
Findings in Ofsted's report on the transition period after its takeover of responsibility for regulating childcare are outlined by Her Majesty's Chief Inspector, David Bell The Office for Standards in...
AREAS OF LEARNING Nursery Topics - Opposites covers all six areas of learning in the Foundation Stage curriculum in England, but it can be easily adapted to suit the Scottish, Welsh and Northern...
Nearly one in three codes issued to parents for the 30 hours by the end of August have not been validated by providers or local authorities.
We all know how important a child's first years are, but increasingly research is showing the full impact of those early experiences on our education and later lives.