The new Level 2/3 awards replace more than 200 qualifications. Is it a dumbing down?
Prime minister Gordon Brown, education secretary Ed Balls and children's minister Beverley Hughes met children's centre professionals at a 10 Downing Street reception last week, to celebrate the...
All infant school children in England will be eligible for free school meals from September 2014.
Early years organisations have warned that the rise to the ‘national living wage’ threatens to make the situation worse for early years and childcare providers, after ministers accepted the...
Early years organisations have unanimously welcomed Ofsted’s decision to bring early years inspections in-house from next year.
A story about a boy, his dog and a cardboard box is the starting point for these activities across the early years curriculum suggested by Jean Evans Harry's Box by Angela McAllister (Bloomsbury...
From September 2008 early years providers will have to adhere to the new framework. Ruth Thomson gives the lowdown on what you need to know What is the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS)?
An Internet college for early years education means people can train at home for a childcare career. Mary Evans meets its founder
The Government's controversial Vetting and Barring scheme has come under fire again after it emerged that nannies employed directly by parents will not be required to register.