Children's centre staff are being trained to spot the signs of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) amid concerns that girls of nursery age are being subjected to the practice.
Is phonics a panacea that comes back into fashion whenever thinking about early literacy gets confused? Julian Grenier considers what children really need to read The teaching of reading and writing...
Taking children out in the car has its own vital set of rules, wherever you're going. Simon Vevers does a checklist There's the last-minute scramble to find pencil cases, gym kits and those brand new...
As measles cases soar, some leading figures are urging that children should not be admitted to nursery or school unless they have had the MMR jab. Melanie Defries investigates.
Dyslexia is sometimes hard to diagnose and impossible to cure, but early years practitioners can do much to boost children's learning, as Maggie Jones explains
Mobile phone masts are proliferating near nurseries and schools, contrary to official advice. Simon Vevers hears the arguments against them Mobile phones have become the must-have accessory for...
In a globalised world, building overseas relationships has never been easier. Catherine Gaunt talks to three nursery groups about how it's done.
Is it too late to transform the way Britain thinks about and provides for early childhood education and care? Professor Peter Moss offers a vision.
Childcare providers that rely on parents’ fees, rather than free entitlement funding, are particularly vulnerable to closure, which could lead to a childcare shortage, the Institute for Fiscal Studies...
Despite the ongoing difficulties facing the early years sector, including an increasing number of closures, the UK market has shown a great deal of resilience. Ben Barbanel, head of debt finance at...