Once again, Scotland looks set to come up with a system that those south of the border will eye with envy, as the new gradings for care services are unveiled (see news, page 8).
New statistics published by the Department for Education (DfE) show that 13 per cent of staff working in nurseries and childminder settings were absent from work due to Coronavirus mid-January.
Harry is painting, solemnly taking the brush loaded with thick orange paint to the edge of the paper. The colour merges with the dramatic black and yellow swirls that he painted earlier. As Harry...
Girls continue to do better than boys in every area of learning before they are five, the latest national results of the Foundation Stage Profile show. The statistics for 2005, published by the DfES...
The day nursery market is now worth 3.2 billion, according to the latest market research published this week, which says the sector has grown by 20 per cent in the past year and more than tripled in...
High staff turnover, fewer childcare places and growing waiting lists characterise the current state of the Irish childcare sector, finds a new report.
Childcarers should not be expected to subsidise parents' childcare costs by working for low wages any longer, early years organisations said last week. Both the National Day Nurseries Association...
How nursery and Reception children at one setting have been thinking – and making – big. By Annette Rawstrone
Recent research backs up Piaget's theory of how the infant brain develops, as Annette Karmiloff-Smith explains.
Childcarers can keep track of their own professional development with an improved and updated online resource, says Karen Faux.