After a number of children were diagnosed with E.coli infection, a private nursery in Brecon, Wales, was forced to close last week. The first case at Puffins Pre-school was identified on 9 November...
The conclusions of the review into how children should be taught to read will be reflected in the new Early Years Foundation Stage, children's minister Beverley Hughes has confirmed. The review,...
A breakdown of the latest DfE statistics on take-up of the 30 hours by local authority show 63 out of 153 councils validated fewer codes than the national average (93 per cent)
The Government has admitted that an additional 200,000 children will fall into poverty because of the Welfare Benefits Uprating Bill.
There is 'a wave of interest in early language', says Jean Gross, chair of Bercow: Ten Years On.
Action for Children's recent analysis of cross-party politics relating to children and young people had some astounding results.
Ann Robinson of the Early Childhood Unit, National Children's Bureau Postnatal support for mothers living in disadvantaged inner city areas This study of 731 mothers from culturally diverse...
(Photograph) - Sure Start minister Catherine Ashton met Btissam Zemoura and her children, Hana, two, and Sami, one, as they tried out one of the toys on loan from the mobile toy library at...
A 102-year-old grandmother has become the world's oldest first-year school pupil, reported Sky News.
We printed an incorrect web address last week in 'Acorn Launches Pilot to Fill Training Gap' (News, 14 April).