Teaching assistants are covering lessons for absent teachers in 80 per cent of England's schools, new research has shown.
Following Debbie Hemingway's letter detailing her nursery's positive experiences of heuristic play (14 June).
The findings of the Childcare and Early Years Providers Survey 2009, published by the Department for Education, reveal changing trends in the early years workforce and the demand for their care.
A 1m pilot scheme bringing inter-agency services to-gether to help children under two who have disabilities, including deafness, and their families, in England is being set up by the Government. Under...
By understanding how the body responds to stress, early years workers can nurture young children's future well-being, says Dr Janet Rose.
The Scottish Government's move to increase free childcare provision comes into force this week, but two-year-olds might have to wait to take up their places.
A luxury Edinburgh nursery that was ordered to liquidate after amassing huge debts has found a buyer, safeguarding the jobs of 15 staff.
Early years settings and schools can now order their 'Red Noses with toes' in time for Red Nose Day on 15 March.
'Making Choices' is designed to help people decide what childcare job is right for them. Linda Prudence went along and discovered playwork, says Anne Wiltsher Linda Prudence, now 36, who lives on the...