Education and skills secretary Estelle Morris has announced a further expansion of the Sure Start programme for under-fours and their families in disadvantaged areas. The 177 new programmes will cost...
Children in Glasgow are going bananas over healthy eating. Children aged three to 12 are being given a piece of fresh fruit at least three times a week as part of a healthy eating initiative launched...
A nursery chain in the north-east of England is celebrating after receiving planning permission for its eighth setting.
Nurseries and early years organisations have been telling Nursery World that resolving issues with the Early Years Single Funding Formula and suspending the Code of Practice are more urgent for...
The Pen Green Centre is to set up a national network of Early Years Training Centres, run by outstanding children's centres and nursery schools, after being awarded Government funding of 369,000.
The National eCAF system which allows practitioners to electronically create, store and share a child's details under the Common Assessment Framework, could be scrapped if local councils do not...
The number of childminders has risen for the fourth consecutive quarter, according to Ofsted's latest statistics on childcare numbers.
Artificial food colours and preservatives should be banned from food and soft drinks in light of research linking them to behavioural problems in children, an independent committee of MPs has said.
Guidance for tackling childhood obesity has been produced for local authorities and Primary Care Trusts by the Department of Health.
Freeing us from risk and targets By Tim Gill, play consultant and former director of the Children's Play Council