Ofsted's new inspection system, based on no-notice visits, is dividing the childcare sector. Karen Faux investigates When BBC One's programme Nurseries Undercover: The Real Story filmed children being...
Getting children to experience ‘magical moments’ is a vital learning tool that has far-reaching and very significant impacts, explains early years consultant Kathryn Solly
The first national survey of food in childcare is seeking your views. Dr Patricia Mucavele, Children's Food Trust head of nutrition, explains.
The Government should fully fund high quality daycare for poor families, according to research, which finds that there is 'no increased cost to society' in doing so. A study of Mapledene Early Years...
Taking time to properly listen to children and encouraging them to talk about their interests are vital, explains Dr Sue Allingham
* Out-of-hours childcare is to benefit from more than 25m worth of awards announced last week by the New Opportunities Fund (NOF). Grants totalling nearly 19m will fund 46,725 out-of-school places,...
Settings should avoid ‘a Tesco-delivery’ model of early years curriculum under the new Ofsted inspection framework, Professor Elizabeth Wood has warned.
A new series on early years settings that have gained an outstanding rating from Ofsted is launched by Karen Faux.
A child suffering from an asthma attack needs immediate attention. Maggie Jones shows how to deal with an asthmatic child and looks at the likely triggers for an attack Fiona first realised that there...
It's not just physical impairment that makes some children different. Katherine Runswick-Cole and Dan Goodley talk to their parents.