A CD-Rom resource pack from Speechmark has been designed for professionals working with children and their families; its purpose is to provide clearly written guidance on many of the common problems...
Childcare was in the spotlight last week for the second time in a month upon the publication of Ofsted's Early Years report, following hot on the heels of the BBC documentary 'Nurseries Undercover:...
This month's move towards a law against anyone smacking children, coming from Scotland (see page 4), is of course good news for children. But it's the same old thing for nannies, who are again seen as...
(Photograph) - We have been asked to clarify the rules for those entering the 'Blue's Clues' competition (News, 15 November). All settings in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland are invited...
The Government is standing firm on its insistence that private and voluntary sector nurseries must not charge any top-up fees to parents for nursery education grant sessions (see News, page 4)....
Sitter services are revolutionising single parents' lives in Scotland, as Jackie Cosh explains Providing flexible childcare is the aim of the Working For Families Fund, an initiative set up by the...
The children and families minister has admitted that the £26 million for school breakfast clubs, promised last month, is funding previously pledged by the Government and not new money.
Plans are underway to launch a new sitter service in Angus to provide affordable, flexible home-based childcare. The development follows the success of the first sitter service set up six years ago by...
More than one-third (37 per cent) of all children in Northern Ireland now live in a low-income household, Government statistics published last week have revealed. According to the statistics, which...
The creation of a new national agency for children and families to replace Area Child Protection Committees was just one of the 108 recommendations made by Lord Laming last week in his report on the...