Childcare providers have been invited by the Inland Revenue to suggest ways to improve the childcare tax credit element of its new employment tax credit, which is to replace the Working Families Tax...
Ofsted has come under fire following concerns that there will be a huge loss of experience and expertise in the inspection of early years education with the advent of its Early Years Directorate in...
A war of words broke out this week between two organisations representing nanny agencies.
Leading children's charities have warned that creating a national database and other measures in the Children Bill may not be enough to protect abused children like Victoria Climbie in the future.
Schools are playing a growing role in providing childcare across Europe, according to an international survey published last month.
Plans for England to have its own independent children's commissioner were unveiled as part of the Government's long-awaited overhaul of child welfare services.
Fewer than two in five nanny agencies in the UK bother to vet nannies properly before putting them forward to parents as potential employees, according to a survey by the independent company Best Bear...
Children whose fathers are on duty in Afghanistan with 45 Commando Group had a visit last week from Angus MP Mike Weir and Provost Frances Duncan at the Royal Marines' Condor Family Centre in...
Tony Blair has signalled his support for a Bill proposing the setting up of a national register of nannies and prohibiting childminders in England from being allowed to smack the children in their...
One of the most common ailments among pre-school children, and its symptoms and treatment, are examined by doctors at London's Great Ormond Street Hospital What is tonsillitis?