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The DfES has reiterated its determination to ban top-up fees and insisted that childcare providers offer 38 weeks of 'free' nursery education. A letter sent to local authority chief executives last...
While the politics in Westminster were heating up, the early years sector was hit by a heatwave that many were not equipped for
<P>A 12m funding boost to provide more foster carers and places in Scotland should also be used to raise the minimum allowances paid to carers, says the Fostering Network.</P>
Children from low-income households demonstrated heightened mental health difficulties throughout lockdown, further findings from a study tracking four- to 16-year-olds during the pandemic has...
Does a new children’s minister mean that the early years sector can hope for stronger understanding and support?
An alternative form of circle time is teaching young children to listen and concentrate. Sharon Garforth explains the programme and training.
A quarter of children already have an idea about what they want to be by the time they are five, new research from the National Childminding Association suggests.
The needs of children, especially those at risk of domestic abuse, have been missed due to an increase in health visitor workloads as staff were moved to support the Covid-19 workforce, a survey by...
The fourth part of our behaviour series by Pat Gordon-Smith examines what practitioners and peers can learn from a child's disruptive actions.