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The Government will achieve its 2010 targets of halving child poverty, economic secretary Ed Balls said last week, despite figures showing an increase in the number of families living below the...
Children from disadvantaged families are an average of ten months behind those from the middle classes in terms of cognitive development at the age of three, according to a new study.
More than 86 per cent of all three- and four-year-olds accessing the free entitlement are taking up the full 15-hour offer, according to the latest Government figures.
Incentives are shrinking for childcare providers to join a quality assurance scheme. <B> Mary Evans </B> looks at where the Government's plans may have gone awry
Consultant child and adolescent psychiatrist at the Whittington Hospital, north London.
Reading and talking to young children at home helps prepare them for school, according to a new study.
Any negative effects from mothers returning to work before their children are 18 months old are cancelled out by the benefits of using paid childcare, new research suggests.
You can create a whole world from a bag of simple props, says Lisa Parrott, children's officer at the West Yorkshire Playhouse Children need the opportunity to be imaginative and creative, to develop...
The Scottish Independent Nurseries Association (SINA) has received approval to provide training for the new Level 4 Scottish Vocational Qualification in early years and education. The qualification is...
An 'early help offer' will be made to children and families to increase the range and number of preventative services available, the Government has said in its response to the Munro review of child...