By Anne Longfield, chief executive of Kids' Clubs Network As every working parent with school age children knows, the summer school holidays are almost upon us. Long able to instil a sense of fear and...
Three nurseries in Scotland have closed temporarily following a diagnosis of swine flu in children attending the settings.
Young children who have regular bedtimes and sleep for a minimum of 11 hours a night perform better at school, a new study has found.
A local authority that has been campaigning to get more men into childcare has added two podcasts to its recruitment drive.
Local authorities no longer have any excuse for not implementing equal pay awards affecting nursery nurses and school support staff since the Government pledged fresh support, the leader of the...
Children in Blackpool can now play in smoke-free parks, in an initiative aiming to prevent children from inhaling second-hand smoke.
Children are missing out on vital speech and language therapy and starting school without the language skills they need, according to new research by the Royal College of Speech and Language...
Children's centres and playgroups need to do more to attract grandparents so the children they care for learn to mix with other children, says a grandparents' charity.
Nursery nurses in Devon are stepping up their campaign against changes to their pay and conditions, which will see their pay slashed by 30 per cent from 1 September.
The Pre-school Learning Alliance has published two free guides to support early years settings with their Ofsted inspections and the complaints process.