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The number of childcare providers has fallen in the last six months, as has the number of places provided by childminders and nurseries.
Children enjoy helping adults assemble furniture and equipment, and such construction projects have many benefits, writes Penny Tassoni
In the first of a two-part series looking at the new Ofsted handbooks, lead teacher for Bristol Early Years Kate Irvine examines what’s in the schools version
Antonia Simon, associate professor at UCL Social Research Institute, warns that the nursery sector is at risk of following in the footsteps of adult social care with a 'spectacular collapse' due to...
The effects of cigarette smoke on children have come under fresh scrutiny in a new report by the World Health Organisation. The report, How second-hand smoke harms and kills non-smokers, has been...
The Transport and General Workers' Union has secured a 13.3 per cent payrise for workers at a Glasgow after-school club, bringing their pay up to more than 5 an hour. The pay award will increase basic...
This week's columnist Alan Bentley considers what today's young children are supposed to be protected from A good deal of attention has focused in the media recently on today's childhood. In one...
Boys should be encouraged to take part in role-play involving superheroes and toy guns, according to new advice from the Government.
Richer families are taking up a disproportionate number of registered childcare places compared to families on low or moderate incomes, according to a report for the Department for Work and Pensions...