Children tend to live up to what adults think of them, so early years practitioners must be careful to get the message right, says Penny Tassoni One of the reasons that people enjoy working with...
Short of ideas for a kids' outing? You can use the net to find out what's on in your local area, says Jenny Benjamin Somewhere in the dusty recesses of my home office is a Kids' Outings folder...
Despite DfE claims that childcare settings will now receive a ‘boost’ in funding rates (as of last week - 1 September), many providers say they are to receive £5 or less per hour for three and...
19 September A new deal for children - Reforming children's services in Scotland, England and Sweden This conference by Children in Scotland, in association with the Ministry of Education of Sweden,...
Countries whose governments subsidise a higher proportion of childcare than the UK are doing better boosting occupancy to pre-lockdown occupancy levels, a panel of experts heard this week.
Music and storytelling are natural bedfellows, says Boogie Mites’ Sue Newman
Call it a U-turn or a clarification, restricting providers’ access to the furlough scheme at the last minute could be devastating
Children and parents from the kidsunlimited nursery in Chelsea, London, were surrounded by elephants at Chelsea Royal Hospital, where they went to see an exhibition of 20 model pachyderms that were...
New figures from the Department for Education show that 20 boys aged four and under were permanently excluded from state funded primary or special schools in England in 2011/12.
Alpha Nurseries, a group of more than 20 nurseries and out-of-school clubs, with a head office in Ipswich, has announced the immediate closure of all its settings.