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Eccentric animal characters and magical abilities enliven the latest children's books reviewed by Alison Boyle Hot, Hot, Hot. By Neal Layton. (Hodder, ISBN: 0-340-87326-4, 9.99)
In the face of much concern about some aspects of the draft Early Years Foundation Stage, welcome news came this week that the Department for Education and Skills is proposing to put back the...
More reassuring noises came from the Government in the past week about its continuing commitment to expanding childcare, as trade and industry secretary Patricia Hewitt took to the stage at the...
The Government's 'cross-cutting' review of childcare policy which has finally been published makes for fascinating reading (see News, page 4), not least for the acknowledgement that 'important...
The news that neither early years nor playwork have succeeded in their bids to be one of the trailblazer Sector Skills Councils (see page 4) is not a terribly encouraging start to the new year, when...
The Criminal Records Bureau and Independent Safeguarding Authority merged at the end of last year to form the new Disclosure and Barring Service. We outline how this affects the process of CRB checks...
Educational therapist Andrea Clifford Poston answers your queries about child behaviour Q The three-year-old child I care for coped well with the arrival of her brother six months ago. She has never...
Complaints against childcare providers that are not upheld following an Ofsted investigation will no longer be listed in the provider's next Ofsted report, the Government watchdog has announced. The...
The latest Government research on early years provision reveals a complex picture, with better qualified staff, more loss-making providers, but a rising numbers of places, says Ruth Thomson.
<P>A one-stop shop is literally being provided for parents of nursery-age children in a venture by Sainsbury's which the supermarket chain claims is the first-ever drop-in supermarket nursery in the...