Giving babies and toddlers as much freedom as you can to play with sand and water, says Alice Sharp, will add immeasurably to their learning and enjoyment Just as many nurseries are reluctant to let...
The link between free early education for three-and four-year-olds and how well children do at school at the age of seven is not yet known, according to the National Audit Office.
The Conservative MP for Loughborough was appointed to her ministerial role in April.
Wales is set to become the first part of the UK to adopt a national strategy for play. Last week the Welsh Assembly Government launched an eight-week public consultation that will inform a national...
It is vital that children with speech and language difficulties are spotted before they start school, the independent review into speech and language services has found.
Childcare costs account for more than a third of salaries in the UK, according to research, with clerical office workers among the worst hit.
The changeover from a Sure Start service to a council-run children's centre is going to cost 180 children their free dental care at the centre. The provision in Eastbourne, East Sussex, was previously...
Winner: Rachel Finan, deputy manager, Tadpoles Nursery (kidsunlimited), Leeds.
Just 3 per cent of early years providers failed their inspections in the past three years, according to Ofsted's latest review of childcare and early education, published yesterday (27 August).
The changeover from a Sure Start service to a council-run children's centre is going to cost 180 children their free dental care at an Eastbourne centre.<BR>