Labour’s leaked draft manifesto reveals the party’s plans to increase funding for the free entitlement and extend the 30 hours to all two-year-olds and some one-year-olds.
Healthy children will not be a priority for receiving the first vaccinations against swine flu, which could start as early as October.
* A set of inclusion materials for professionals who work with young disabled children has been launched by disability organisation Scope and hemiplegia charity HemiHelp. The information pack is...
The teachers' workload agreement may not be implemented in some local authorities in Wales because 33m provided for it by the National Assembly has not been ring-fenced, the public services union...
Don't miss our special focus on qualifications and courses, out now with the 30 June issue of Nursery World
Ealing Hospital's workplace nursery is now a Sure Start children's centre, making Ealing the first NHS Trust in the country to operate one. Rose Alphonse, manager of Ealing Hospital Children's Centre...
What's the new APEL qualification for working childcarers all about? The tasks successful candidates must do and the understanding they must demonstrate are set out here The Level 3 Certificate in...
From this month, nannies can apply to become approved childcarers in advance of the April launch of the Government's scheme for allowing parents to claim tax credits against their nannies' wages (see...
The new school year brings teachers a promise of more time for lesson-planning and marking with the introduction of the final phase of the national workload agreement, designed to reduce pressure on...