Government plans to expand the early years sector will be undermined by the low pay and low status of childcare professionals, the Daycare Trust has predicted. A report, Who will care?, launched at...
The Government is consulting on its proposals for the EYFS. How has it been changed and what is the background to the latest amendments? Hannah Crown has the details
The Community and Youth Workers' Union (CYWU) is holding a series of regional conferences entitled 'Pay up for Play' which call for higher pay for playworkers. Salaries for playworkers range from the...
Our weekly columnist Beatrix Campbell says irregular funding, not over- regulation, is what bedevils the voluntary sector It seems that the voluntary and community sector is sick of regulation.
Playworkers are being urged to join the Community and Youth Workers' Union (CYWU) to strengthen their position in negotiations over pay and conditions.
Improvements in reading, writing and numeracy in the early stages of primary school have been credited by minister for education and young people Cathy Jamieson to the early intervention programme,...
A local authority that refused to let a private daycare provider administer the nursery education grant on the grounds that it wanted three- and four-year-olds to take up surplus places in the...
Our comprehensive guide to recognised qualifications at all levels will help you plan your career from your first steps in working with children to Early Years Professional Status and degree courses...
Measures are being introduced to safeguard school playing fields in England. From now on local education authorities will only be allowed to sell off playing fields for redevelopment if the sports and...