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...
By Ann Orpwood, deputy manager of St Nicholas Pre-school in Radstock, Somerset I agree with Professor Tina Bruce that a birth-to-six strategy director would be a welcome addition to the...
Childcare facilities in independent and maintained schools in England could come under new regulation from this September. A consultation paper, Review of Childcare Standards and Regulations,...
The UK still has the highest rate of child poverty in western Europe, despite overall improvements in children's well-being over the past five years, according to a report commissioned by Save the...
Linda Findon is approaching business training back to front. More than 20 years after launching her business career she is about to embark on management training. Blessed with common sense, the...
Norland nannies are in the spotlight again with a new cable TV series called 'Nanny School' on the Discovery Home & Health channel. In 15 half-hour episodes it follows childcare students around their...
Feeling restless or ambitious but not quite sure where to take your childcare skills next? Crechendo Training is offering courses for professional development that will particularly suit nannies and...
With bank lending falling since the financial crisis and cuts to local authority budgets taking hold, early years providers are beginning to turn to crowdfunding as a way of raising cash. Katy...
Rather than obsess over whether activities are free-flow, child-led and so on, teachers should consider if they constitute effective learning and empower the child as a learner, says Jan Dubiel
A leading group of employers are at loggerheads with the Government over equivalents to GCSEs for early years qualifications.