New standards for the NVQ Playwork Level 2 recognise the challenges that older children need, says Gail Bushell 'Play is what I do when everyone else has stopped telling me what to do.'
Nursery World Award winner George Perkins Day Nursery has spread its health ethos to the whole community, finds Meredith Jones Russell
A combination of good commercial sense and a strong community spirit is seeing one nursery thrive. Meredith Jones Russell reports.
Ten professionals offer fresh inspiration for the new year – everything from erupting volcanoes to settling-in reviews
Sleep affects children's development and well-being in a number of ways. Penny Tassoni explains what these are and offers some advice to help make sure your child gets the hours they need.
The SAT tests at the end of KeyStage 1 in England should be abolished, say the Liberal Democrats, after a survey they commissioned found that more than half of all seven-year-olds experience stress as...
<P> Childcare providers need to work more closely with professionals from other fields such as health and social work to make sure that young children and their families receive the services they...
Legislation affecting playgroups in Wales is to be changed by the Welsh Assembly. The changes to the regulations and minimum standards that playgroups must meet are the first part of a review of the...
Maintained nursery schools face being axed by cash-strapped local authorities despite the Government's insistence that they should be 'at the hub' of the expansion of integrated early years services...
Healthcare unions have called for community nursery nurses to be re-graded so they earn between 13,000 and 16,000 a year - a move that would allow the worst-off to earn up to 6,000 more. Evidence...