Thousands of nurseries, pre-schools and childminders are being invited to take part in a new independent research programme, set up to address the perceived gap in robust analysis of the early years...
London currently faces a shortfall of 25,000 nursery and childminder places to meet the Government's offer of free early education for 20 per cent of two-year-olds by September 2013.
Nursery owners are questioning the rationale for Government plans for schools funding, which they say will only continue to perpetuate the long-standing problem of underfunding for the early years...
Quality of care is the most important consideration for nurseries, but management blunders put parents off, says Working Mum.
The Growing Scientists programme at Bright Horizons Abbeymore Day Nursery in Reading has been encouraging children to engage in research.
Footsteps Nursery Lichfield Road in Tamworth has introduced a school-readiness area, where children can learn to use their vestibular system, helping with their sense of balance, spatial orientation...
These points are intended to be possible starting points for discussion at a staff meeting, or with parents and carers. 1 Do you plan first-hand experiences of writing in real contexts for the...
Little Steps Day Nursery in Northamptonshire got creative with food recently to celebrate the harvest festival.
By Kathleen Marshall, Scotland's Commissioner for Children and Young People My job is about making sure our Government and our country keep the promises made to children in the United Nations...
Our features the past two months about starting a nanny agency appear to have got readers looking at their own agency practice. Cressida Hoblyn, director of Platinum Nanny Services, is keen to point...