Anyone who works with children may have to face the situation where a child in their care is bereaved. Children have different responses to death, depending on their age and experience. <BR>
The Kids' Clubs Network has called for improved services for 11- to 16-year-olds as well as for an after-school and holiday youth club in every school in England. At a major conference in London...
Early years managers can screen out unsuitable candidates with the help of Government guidelines summarised by legal expert Christine Betts Caring, competent and trustworthy staff are key to the...
Gone are the days when training as a nursery nurse closed the doors to other career opportunities. <STRONG>Mary Evans</STRONG> meets three women who moved on to exciting new professions......
The outdoors and the licence to play freely there is the greatest resource that parents and practitioners can offer to young children, writes <B> Paddy Beels </B>
The confusion over criminal records checks for nursery staff in Scotland is so widespread that even some officers working for the new Scottish Commission for the Regulation of Care did not know what...
There's more to outdoor play than the school playground might offer. Alison Mercer sees how some children are learning further afield A dragon in a tree, blossoming bluebells and daffodils, fungi, an...
The number of public sector nurseries in Kent is set to double over the next two years.
Young children living in poverty are aware of their parents' low incomes and resulting lack of social status, research published by the Scottish Executive has found. The report, Life in Low Income...
The cost of conducting criminal record checks on people working with children in England and Wales is set to more than double in price and will take up to a week longer to be processed from next...