For me, one of the Government's most important commitments has been our offer of 15 hours of free early education for all disadvantaged two-year-olds. Now that offer is being extended even further to...
The Government has launched a consultation on changes to the free entitlement, in advance of increasing the number of two-year-olds who will be eligible for 15 hours of early education from September...
A poll has found that 15 per cent of workers under 24 do not receive a payslip, ahead of a change to the law that means that all workers are now legally entitled to one.
Nine out of ten childminders expect to still be in the job 12 months from now, according to research by the National Childminding Association.
If you want to back up your gardening projects (see page 18) with some classroom reading, you could take a look at The Global Garden by Kate Petty and Jennie Maizels, published by Transworld at Pounds...
Child poverty campaigners have welcomed changes to the benefit and tax credit system worth just under 1bn as a significant step on the way to halving child poverty by 2010.
Hot off the press is a brand-new, up-to-date, comprehensive book about nannying that's written for nannies themselves rather than their employers. Nannying: A Guide to Good Practice by Christine...
Of all the initiatives pushed through by the Government in the past few years, the Transformation Fund seems to have caused the most confusion and suspicion. It is very difficult to engage with...
Congratulations to the nurseries and pre-schools of Kent for turning out in such force to the council's meeting about the Code of Practice on nursery education funding (see News, page 4). Some 400...
The nursery nurses' strike in Scotland is causing clashes of opinion between those who would normally see themselves as partners in caring for young children. Staff taking industrial action are...