The National Childminding Association is holding a major seminar in London on 26 September to preview its new quality assurance scheme for individual childminders. Quality First will provide...
A key instigator of Sure Start and former chief executive of the National Centre for Social Research (NatCen) has died at the age of 63.
The Pre-school Learning Alliance has launched a two-year campaign to pressure the Government into rethinking its National Childcare Strategy.
There is a wide variation in the quality of care for the youngest children in Neighbourhood Nurseries, according to the latest DfES evaluation of the scheme. It found that 'on the whole' the...
Staff, parents and children at Turncroft Nursery School in Darwen are celebrating a double hat-trick as the nursery has received its sixth consecutive Outstanding report from Ofsted.
Twice the work or twice the fun, or both? Meg Jones meets some busy nannies who care for twins 'Happy birthday to you! Happy birthday to you!' How does it feel to do everything in duplicate? Nannies...
In this fast-moving world that we live in, many of us spend much of our day racing against time, hopping in and out of cars, even for short journeys. Children, too, are often swept along with our busy...
Will the new single framework safeguard children's early years, or will it create even more 'top-down' pressure? Simon Vevers reports Creating a single coherent phase of development for all young...
A celebratory event to mark the retirement of Penny Webb from hands on childminding, after over 30 years in the sector.