The system of tax credits to help parents pay for childcare has been beset by problems of fraud and misuse since it started, but there are now signs that the current economic conditions will lead to...
Alan Milburn's report for the Government on social mobility has prompted much debate, with the role of higher education institutions in helping to eradicate the disadvantage of a less privileged...
The baby room at the Thistle Street nursery at Glasgow College of Nautical Studies is the latest campus childcare provision to face the axe.
Parents of reception class children will be able to view what they are having for their school dinner via Twitter in a trial scheme from September.
Careful planning will give the children the first hand experiences they need to start learning about writing, says Julian Grenier One of the most important conclusions of the recent report on the...
Tina is a cow that lives with her three sisters, and while she is curious and adventurous, her sisters are more conventional. They enjoy eating grass in the meadow, while Tina dreams of flying to the...
Try a theme as overflowing with ideas for exploring as Noah's Ark is with animals, in this book-based project from Jean Evans The Other Ark by Lynley Dodd (Puffin, 5.99), author of the popular Hairy...
Dialogic reading, where the child is prompted to be the teller of the story, has been a success at LEYF, explains June O’Sullivan
Last week, Nursery World exclusively broke the story about the two mothers stopped from sharing childcare by Ofsted because their arrangement counted as illegal childminding (Nursery World, 24...