A new report on maternity and antenatal support by the National Lottery Community Fund and the National Children’s Bureau highlights the challenges faced by the midwifery and health visiting...
An enterprising playgroup in the Scottish Borders has secured sponsorship for a leafleting campaign to advertise its services in an attempt to fight back against dwindling numbers. Playleader Anne...
The Government's decision to give tax relief of Pounds 50 a week for all employer-supported registered childcare has been warmly welcomed by early years organisations. The childcare tax relief, which...
All aspects of Physical Development need to be catered for under the revised EYFS, says Jan White.
A training centre that offers childcare on site is bringing new hope to parents in a regeneration area. Jackie Cosh reports When the Trust Taplins Childcare and Learning Centre opened two years ago,...
Make your good practice better with a step-by-step plan outlined by Laura Henry and Beth Harris that can be owned by the whole staff team and guided by the aim of improving outcomes for children.
The 300m Neighbourhood Nurseries Initiative (NNI) aims to create 45,000 full daycare places in the bottom 20 per cent of the most deprived wards in England. Under the initiative, childcare providers...
A visitor showed children the way to get more involved in a local community event, and their response revealed much to nursery staff about their thinking, says teacher Tessa Fenoughty.
The evolution of a magical garden shared with the community is described by Mary Weston, programme manager at Little London Children's Centre in Leeds.