Childcare arrangements made between friends for no financial reward are to be exempt from Ofsted registration from April this year, the DCSF has revealed.
I would like to applaud Anne Higgison's letter 'It starts with training' (30 September). Having spent the past few years supporting childcare businesses and assisting with recruitment practice, it has...
Nursery nurses definitely deserve more pay. But all the income to run a private day nursery comes solely from the children's parents. The Government wants to provide good-quality, affordable...
Family relationships in the UK may be suffering as parents struggle to find time to spend with their children, according to a new poll commissioned by the Children's Society.
Name: Cherelle Webster Position: Nursery manager at Kinder Haven Nursery, Bradford
Early years practitioners in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland say what the important training issues are from their perspective Ian Maxwell, co-ordinator, Men in Childcare Scotland, and...
A Green Paper on special educational needs and the lives of disabled children is to be published this autumn, children's minister Sarah Teather has announced.
A Sure Start-style programme to create 2,000 youth centres is a key recommendation made last week in the Make Space Youth Review.
Many disadvantaged families are still being failed by the children's centre programme, according to delegates and speakers at last week's annual Sure Start conference in London.