The Scottish Executive's abandoned proposal to ban the physical punishment of under-threes came under fire in a heated debate in the Scottish Parliament last week. Justice Minister Jim Wallace opened...
Children ‘must be put at the heart of planning’ for future lockdowns, England’s Children’s Commissioner says.
Childcare voucher companies have hit back at plans to scrap tax relief on employer-supported childcare in order to pay for free childcare places for 250,000 two-year-olds.
Children's favourite playthings can serve as tools in activities that will provide plenty of fun in learning with these ideas from Wendy E Scott Toys are invaluable for literally learning through...
There has been a muted response from the early years and childcare sector this week to the news that 100m in capital funding is to boost expansion of places for disadvantaged two-year-olds.
I read with interest your article on men in childcare (Nursery World, news, 14 October). Staff at the Gooseberry Bush Day Nursery were keen to address this issue so we contacted Jobcentre Plus and...
Milk supplier Scotts has been suspended from claiming for free nursery milk after a number of discrepancies in its claims.
Leapfrog Day Nurseries, the UK's second-largest nursery chain, announced last week that it has abandoned its plans to float on the London Stock Exchange. Leapfrog had said in April that it planned to...
Rises to the National Living Wage and the National Minimum Wage have been announced by the Chancellor.
The latest annual report from Ofsted shows that early years provision is continuing to improve, with nearly two thirds of settings rated good or outstanding.