Providing safe places for young people to take part in activities such as sport, dance and music was the aim of an initiative launched last week by Beverly Hughes, minister for Children, Young People...
Government figures have shown a 25 per cent rise in the number of teaching assistants in primary schools in England in the past three years, from 54,100 in 1997 to 68,700 in 2000. The statistical...
Today's early years managers need to acquire new skills. Mary Evans lists courses available to enhance your qualifications Across the early years sector, staff with childcare qualifications and...
The award-winning Pen Green Children’s Centre in Corby has regained its ‘Outstanding’ Ofsted grade after disputing a judgement of inadequate by inspectors at the end of last year.
Disabled children at a school in Lanark, Scotland, are enjoying a new sensory room with the help of the Bright Horizons nursery chain and Kwik-Fit Insurance.
Use this month to really push your setting in the run-up to September, writes Nicola Read
Thousands of early years and childcare workers are currently unable to undertake a Level 5 qualification in childcare because there is no Government funding available to them.
Visits out of the setting are a valuable way of broadening children's experiences and helping them to develop an understanding of the world around them. Such visits needn't be 'day trips' over long...
There's more to painting than the finished work a child presents to a parent. <B>Kristin Ali Eglinton</B> looks closer at what the experience offers
There have been plenty of eye-catching reports relating to childcare over the last decade. Not all create the headlines they deserve, but every so often you get one that jumps up and down demanding...