Our special dietary needs series continues with advice from Suzannah Olivier on how nurseries can ensure the food they serve has the minimum of artificial additives Parents are increasingly becoming...
The baker's shop offers scope to introduce simple cookery as well as buying and selling role play Many children may have little or no experience of shops that sell specific foods, such as a butcher's,...
New figures show that more than two-thirds of disadvantaged two-year-olds eligible for free early education are now accessing it.
Ofsted scores need to better reflect child outcomes and should be brought in line with the 'internationally respected' ECERS and ITERS scales, according to a think tank report on bridging the gap...
The Government has been accused of ‘watering down childminder agencies’ with proposals to reduce the number of quality assurance visits and make practice support optional.
The play-based Foundation Phase for three- to seven-year-olds in Wales is improving children's educational achievement, well-being and involvement, according to a three-year evaluation.
Membership organisations representing different childcarers are becoming big players by opening up their own nurseries and family centres, as Mary Evans reports Heads would turn if a football team...