Free school meals will be offered to all children between the ages of four and seven in Scotland from August 2010, the Scottish government confirmed last week.
Children at a Worcestershire nursery are learning all about the Australian way of life now that their nursery has twinned with a daycare centre in Western Australia. Staff and children at Noah's Ark...
Children as young as three who use the internet are in danger of being targeted by advertisements trying to sell them something, making them more materialistic and causing disruption to family or peer...
Happy New Year, everybody. 2007 doesn't promise to be an easy year for those in early years education and childcare, but it should be an interesting one. We will see the Comprehensive Spending Review;...
Early years education and care services should be fully integrated and co-ordinated by a single government department to promote social inclusion and help up-skill the workforce, says a new report.
Current Montessori and Steiner qualifications are to continue to be recognised by the CWDC until January 2012.
Parents are being reminded about the dangers of button batteries following an ‘influx’ of toys and gadgets gifted at Christmas.
There is growing concern among professionals working with families that the current law of 'reasonable chastisement', dating back to 1860, neither protects children nor supports parents. Children, as...
The latest issue of Nursery World is packed with incisive, informative and insightful content on subjects vital to the early years sector’s future, including race, the revised EYFS, regression and...
The new national standards for daycare will be up and running in three months' time. Ruth Thomson compares the operating model with the proposals before consultation