The youngest, most disadvantaged children are the least likely to access early education, a new report from the OECD has found.
A new Government campaign is trying to attract more men into the early years sector to remedy the traditional shortfall. Here, nursery teacher Stephen Glen-Lee explains the satisfaction he gets from...
Childminders and fully outdoor nurseries in Scotland are now able to reopen from today (3 June).
The Government's campaign to get everyone to eat five pieces of fruit or vegetables a day is failing to address the nutritional aspects of obesity, which cost the nation between 3.3bn and 3.7bn a...
There has been a 60 per cent increase in the number of children put on the child protection register in England since 2006.
Nicola Read outlines a social media strategy to maximise your reach
Letter of the week wins 30 worth of children's books I write in response to 'Who needs nursery?' (Letters, 16 March). The letter writer believes that children should only be in nursery care at around...
The evaluation of extended schools pathfinder projects has just reported back to Government and it is clear that out-of-school clubs will form the lynchpin of extended schools. Overall the researchers...
Ministers are proposing a new way of working, building on the 'co-production' process, to draw up a 'covenant' between the early years sector, the DfE and local authorities.