The drive to recognise the importance of outdoor play for young children's development and to improve the experiences that are available to them is gaining in strength. Early Education had outdoor...
There is growing unease in the private nursery sector about their lack of involvement in the development of children's centres. Some providers are finding that local authority-funded centres are...
Continuing our series, Charlotte Goddard considers the value of Level 4 qualifications and the courses on offer
The conception rate among under-18s saw a slight fall in figures released by the Office of National Statistics last week. In 2004, pregnancies among 15- to 17-year-olds in England and Wales decreased...
Childcarers with wanderlust are invited to apply for the Lady Allen of Hurtwood Memorial Trust annual travel awards. The awards, which do not usually exceed 1,000, enable people working with children...
(Photograph) - Twenty children, aged four to 15, from Barnardo's projects in Belfast, Lisburn, Bangor and Banbridge in Northern Ireland visited 10 Downing Street last week for a Christmas party with...
In response to the letter by Maggie Dyer (15 March) about childminders being allowed to smoke and smack, I would like to tell her that we childminders are fighting to change this. We don't want the...
The National Early Years Network is marking the tenth anniversary of the UK's ratification of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child by devoting its annual conference to examining the...
New fathers are being refused their right to paid paternity leave because they have not given their employer the 15 weeks' notice period required by law, a new report from Citizens' Advice reveals....
Physical development expert Dr Lala Manners describes a successful training model in Manchester and why it can be replicated, in the final instalment of a two-part series