The Welsh government has unveiled a 10-year plan to develop the early years, childcare and play workforce to deliver its commitment to offer 30-hour childcare for working parents.
A plush toy, musical, book combo, the Incy Wincy Sound Book and Toy from Little Tiger Press is obviously trying to cover all angles. Incy has a soft, squeezable head and body and legs that 'crackle'...
Parents across the country are struggling to find the help they need for children with speech and language problems, according to a wide-ranging new report, which updates the landmark Bercow Review 10...
The relentlessly determined effort to keep the children's centre roll-out on track has seen the programme expand to the point where it is now reaching one million children and their families. Some 500...
The call by Alan Bentley, chairman of nursery group Childcare Corporation, for the private nursery sector to form a new trade association to represent its interests may seem to have come out of the...
Children need an enthusiastic mediator if they are to develop a love for books. Opal Dunn explains how to help under-threes build a solid foundation for literacy
Q Our playground is temporary while a new site is built and we have nowhere for children to park their bikes when they arrive. Suggestions, please? A Wesco's new weightable Bike Stand is made of thick...
The 100th person in Europe to be employed by Bright Horizons Family Solutions was given a surprise welcome last week. Laura Hart, who joined the company as a nursery nurse at the Hectors House Nursery...
Treetops Nurseries is now the tenth biggest nursery group in the country, after deals with two small chains added 500 more childcare places and seven more nurseries to the business.
It's been quite a week, with the Children's Workforce Strategy consultation finally being unleashed, along with the Ofsted consultation on further changes to early years inspections (see News). Oh,...