Dealing with teenage smokers in your setting will require sensitivity, but there are ways to tackle the issue without being heavy-handed. By Eve Boggenpoel the spectre of ill health and early death...
Malawi is one of the least developed countries in the world, with half the population living below the poverty line. In the first of a series, Anita Soni reports on one research project which has been...
New registration and inspection standards for children's services for under-12s in Northern Ireland were sent out for consultation last week. Drafted by the Department of Health, Social Services and...
A media campaign to publicise the new Child Tax Credit and Working Tax Credit (News, 26 September) has been launched by the Government. The campaign aims to ensure that all those who might benefit...
One of the leading figures behind a landmark 17-year study into pre-school education has criticised the Government for restricting the 30-hour offer to working families.
Free healthy school lunches are to be on offer to primary school children in Durham, Newham and Wolverhampton, Children's Secretary Ed Balls announced last week.
The Royal baby may be in line for succession as monarch of the whole UK, but devolution seems to be increasingly afoot in terms of policies on early years.
The Government's national childcare strategy has delivered more affordable places, says the latest report in a study of provision across the UK, but sustainability in disadvantaged areas will depend...
A child’s foundation for learning is their real experiences and should not be infused with ideology that devalues their social class, argue Jane Payler and Jan Georgeson
The split between Prime and Specific areas is valid, provided practitioners understand how they inter-relate, says Jan Dubiel