A 12m action plan to improve children's speech, language and communication was unveiled by the Government today (17 December).
Busy Bees Benefits has launched a second nationwide 'Mind the Gap - Raise the Cap' campaign to ensure the Government's proposed Tax-Free Childcare Scheme reflects childcare costs.
* The NSPCC has called for a full review of why some areas of England and Wales have a greater conviction rate than others for parents and carers who kill or seriously injure children. The call was...
Is it time to reassess our view of the enabling environment? Turning the term on its head, an environment that enables is more than the adult and more than the child – it becomes a context for intent,...
I was interested to read the Policies and Procedures article (18 January) on dealing with illness, accidents and medicines within nurseries. However, I was concerned to note that in the section...
Early years services are to be amalgated by Highland Council in Scotland following a review that highlighted falling numbers of pre-school children, a consequent reduction in Government funding and a...
Annette Rawstrone looks back over eight decades to celebrate what has been a good read since 1925
I am responding to the letter 'It's time to recognise BAs in early childhood' (2 August). The book Focus on early childhood; principles and realities, edited by Boushel, Fawcett and Selwyn, published...
* The Children's Commissioner for Wales, Peter Clarke, is ready to take up work following royal assent for the Bill creating the post earlier this month. The new Act sets out the principal aim of the...
One organisation says there's more to education for the disabled than choosing between mainstream or special schools. Catherine Gaunt looks at conductive education When the Audit Commission published...