The 'national living wage', which comes in next April, is predicted to pose significant challenges for the childcare sector. So what does it mean in practice, and how will nurseries cope? Ruth Stokes...
Sarah Steel, director of the Old Station nursery chain, explains her approach to ensuring success in making staff feel valued
By Chris Evans, network officer at the National Childminding Association I was sorry to read about a childminder's experiences on applying to join a childminding network that made her believe networks...
Disposable nappies now form an estimated 4 per cent of all household waste in the UK, and 50 per cent of the waste of a household with one baby. Although it is illegal to dispose of untreated sewage...
New national occupational standards for the playwork sector have been unveiled by SkillsActive, the Sector Skills Council for Active Leisure and Learning.
Kent County Council is to scale back the third phase of its children's centre programme by scrapping plans to build five children's centres and incorporating a further five into existing facilities.
The Scottish Executive's early intervention programme has succeeded in boosting numeracy in primary schools, education minister Jack McConnell claimed last week. Two HM Inspectorate of Education...
Lucy Powell, MP for Manchester Central, has been appointed as Labour's new shadow minister for childcare and early years, in the opposition's junior reshuffle.
Thrive Childcare and Education has appointed its first director of people and communications to promote early years education as a career of choice.