'Children have the same rights to acceptable minimum standards of care under the law, regardless of what type of setting they are in. National standards should be truly national.' National Day...
'Parenting support networks, which might include health visitors (and) better pre-school facilities, have a proven record of success in preventing future criminality. The trouble is that these require...
I think it would be a good idea to raise the school starting age to six. As both a parent and a childcare student I have seen how very young children have to conform to the national curriculum, which...
'The number of children starting school with poor speaking and listening skills should cause us all to worry, and the numbers are going up.' Alan Wells, director of the Basic Skills Agency, on the...
'Fruit, particularly in the early years of primary, was seen as important. Much like early intervention in literacy and numeracy, it establishes a taste for it' Michael O'Neill, director of education...
Difficulties in the airways are explained by doctors at Great Ormond Street Hospital in our A-Z series on health Wheeziness is caused by narrowing of the airways and is usually a symptom of asthma or...
Am I missing something, or does it seem to other people that we are hearing the death knell for sessional pre-schools when the Government's ten-year strategy is implemented? Many pre-schools will be...
(Photograph) - John Allin, mayor of Mansfield and chairman of Mansfield District Council, had a ball at the opening of Nottinghamshire's first Neighbourhood Nursery. The Springfield Nursery at the...
Children and parents are being shown a 'softly softly' approach to interacting. Joyce Reid reports In Guess How Much I Love You by Sam McBratney (Walker Books), a rabbit reaches up to the sky to...