The job of restricting children's consumption of addititives in food is being left to parents and childcarers. Simon Vevers reports.
Having childcare is not proving to be the ticket out of poverty that the Government claims it is, a new study of working mothers reveals. <B> Mary Evans </B> reports
Plans to make registered childminders' personal details public could prompt a further exodus from a profession already suffering recruitment problems. James Tweed reports
Mingling the young and the old in one centre could bring great benefits, but there are challenges to achieving it. Melanie Defries hears why.
The DCE has been hailed as the gold standard of childcare education, but is it at risk of losing its lustre? Mary Evans reports
The Integrated Review has the potential to make us better understand individual children by combining perspectives, says Dr Kay Mathieson
Budget cuts that have affected almost every area of childcare and early years have fallen particularly hard on childminders. Charlotte Goddard reports on how they are bridging the support gap.
<P> Concentrating children's centres in poorer areas creates ghettoes that could actually hold children's progress back, a major study suggests. <B> Simon Vevers </B> investigates </P>
An oversupply of primary teachers may dictate the outcome of the Government's plans for the early years workforce, says Simon Vevers The Department for Education and Skills hopes that the creation of...