The Low Pay Commission is gathering evidence to help it decide at what level to set future minimum wage rates.
Labour’s leaked draft manifesto reveals the party’s plans to increase funding for the free entitlement and extend the 30 hours to all two-year-olds and some one-year-olds.
How The Village Nursery and Pre-School in Cheshire involves parents in nursery life and their children’s development. By Meredith Jones Russell
Early years providers will need to meet the learning and development requirements of the EYFS in full after 25 September.
First books for babies can be introduced earlier than many adults expect. Opal Dunn explains why, and recommends some useful books for starters
Keep the children happy and stimulated this autumn with our selection of new launches and old favourites Arts and crafts
Stories set in exotic locations and focusing on relationships between young and old are reviewed by Alison Boyle Sea Monster by Chris Wormell (Cape, 10.99)
How do the EU General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) work in practice? Alexander Fetani, of the Early Years Alliance* has the answers to ten commonly-asked questions
Well, the Conservative party pledge to increase funded early education for threeand four-year-olds from 15 to 30 hours a week came out of the blue (Tory blue, of course!) and had many seeing red.