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...
The value and size of the UK childcare market has continued to grow, fuelled by the expansion of two ‘super groups’ and increased interest from overseas investors and providers, finds a new report.
One in every seven primary school-aged children had a diagnosable mental illness in 2020 and 75 per cent of mental illnesses begin before the age of eighteen, research from The All-Party Parliamentary...
(Photograph) - Twenty children, aged four to 15, from Barnardo's projects in Belfast, Lisburn, Bangor and Banbridge in Northern Ireland visited 10 Downing Street last week for a Christmas party with...
(Photograph) - Oliver Bevan's 'The Full Swing' is one of a series of his paintings on the theme of play currently on display at the Royal National Theatre on London's South Bank. Many of the 40...
What does the future have in store for the early years workforce if current trends continue? Sara Bonetti, associate director of early years at the Education Policy Institute, makes some exclusive...
Role play presents the perfect opportunity for children happily to develop mathematical thinking When planning to develop a role-play area, practitioners tend to concentrate on resources that will...