This month, Jasmine has shown specific interest in ensuring all objects remain in their usual places. She has taken items back to their cupboards and pointed to the 'right' place, vocalising urgently...
Early years settings will be inspected under a new common inspection framework alongside schools and further education colleges, in plans put out for consultation by Ofsted today.
Continuing our series, Charlotte Goddard considers the value of Level 4 qualifications and the courses on offer
A revised strategy to reduce child poverty is to be set out by the Department for Work and Pensions in response to recommendations made by the Govern- ment's child poverty tsar, Lisa Harker. Speaking...
How do you keep each link in your nursery chain healthy and safe? Mary Evans investigates The wellbeing and safety of children attending nurseries and their professional carers is such an emotive and...
As a qualified nanny with more than ten years' experience, I was angered by the letter 'All childcarers need to be checked' (29 January). Although I agree with most of what was said about having...
More children may soon bemaking their way to school in a Walking Bus as part of new Government measures that aim to develop safer, healthier and more environmentally friendly ways to travel to school....
(Photograph) - Children from the Goodenough Nursery in Mecklenburgh Square, London, made African masks at the Museum of Childhood in Bethnal Green, as part of Black History Month. The month's...
Many children miss out on the ritual of sitting round the table eating and talking due to parents busy work schedules, but it is a civilising and socialising habit worth cultivating. Always ensure...