Dr Jo Blanden, co-author of a new study on the free early years entitlement, weighs up the evidence
As sub-zero temperatures and snow from the ‘Beast from the East’ and incoming Storm Emma batter Britain, early years settings are embracing the wintry weather.
WINNER - Acorn Early Years, Milton Keynes, Northamptonshire and Bedfordshire
Playworkers are to be given time to bring their qualifications up to the level of those required for out-of-school care in the new National Standards for the Regulation of Daycare. Ofsted took over...
Voluntary providers will be supplying childcare services for 22,000 children at 16 new children's centres opening across Devon over the next year. Devon County Council said that Barnardo's, NCH, the...
Parents invited to join in the fun with children will see the benefits of making a mess The importance of working in partnership with parents is a key theme in Curriculum Guidance for the Foundation...
Spending more time in good-quality settings can positively impact a child’s ability to socialise, empathise with their peers and regulate their own behaviour, find researchers.
Childcare providers are challenging music licensing bodies which claim they must pay to play recorded music in their settings.
I wholeheartedly welcome the suggestion that Ofsted reveals the results of complaints about daycare provision (News, 15 May). I was unfortunate enough to work in a nursery where children's safety was...