The mental health and emotional well-being of our youngest children has never been so high on the agenda. Charlotte Goddard asks what this means for training
We know many people who work in nurseries experience physical problems: nearly 90 per cent of you reported experiencing back pain in a 2011 survey.
'Doctor, my child has a rash! He's well in himself, but I have no idea what it is. Should I keep him away from nursery?'
Children's centres will be paid according to the take-up of free nursery education among disadvantaged two and three-year-olds, in plans unveiled by children's minister Sarah Teather.
Three leading national childcare groups have joined forces to create regional children's centres that will provide and support a range of childcare activities, as well as linking with health and...
WHAT IS WORKING TAX CREDIT (WTC) AND THE CHILD TAX CREDIT (CTC)? WTC is a tax credit designed to top up earnings of low-paid workers. It replaces the adult support in Working Families Tax Credit and...
Emotions have been running high for children, parents and teachers in the past few weeks of SATs, with tales of impossible questions, leaked papers, and playground tears.
The National Children's Bureau (NCB) has begun a wide-ranging and much-needed debate on the future of children's centres, including a survey about their purpose and value.
Dr Katherine Runswick-Cole is a senior research fellow in disability studies and psychology, at the Research Institute for Health and Social Change, Manchester Metropolitan University.