A proposal to provide a fixed fee state-subsidised childcare scheme for children under the age of three, based on a system operating in Quebec, Canada, has been unveiled by the Scottish National Party...
Practioners caring for under-threes are being issued with new guidance from the Government.
Key Stage 1 teachers will be breathing a sigh of relief that the SATs period is finally over for another year. But there is a growing lobby of educationalists and early years specialists calling for...
Demand for childcare is at its highest level ever despite the fact that average nursery occupancy is below 80 per cent, according to a new report. The annual survey of the nursery market by Laing and...
Grandparents taking on a role they thought they had left behind them years ago are helping each other to cope with the demands of childcare. Joyce Reid reports Grandparents sometimes find themselves...
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...
(Photograph) - Nursery owner Stephanie Davies celebrates after reaching the final of 'The Biz', a television series on BBC Wales that has followed her Little Darlings Day Nursery in Haverfordwest,...
Our special dietary needs series continues with advice from <B> Suzannah Olivier </B> on how nurseries can provide for children who suffer from dairy allergy or intolerance