Around 65 per cent more nurseries have closed this term compared to the same time last year, according to new research.
The Department for Education is giving an extra £31.7m to help local authorities implement special needs reforms.
More than two-thirds of children’s centres have had their budgets cut this financial year and 130 are at risk of closure, new research shows.
An initiative in Liverpool looking at ICT has taken practitioners into new territory, says project developer Ann Langston of Early Years Matters.
One in five parents paying for childcare are considering reducing their working hours or giving up work altogether due to the financial strain, a survey commissioned by 4Children reveals.
Confusion about qualifications in the early years workforce has been compounded after education officials gave out the wrong information, it has emerged.
Nurseries across the UK will be going spotty for BBC Children in Need’s Big Spotacular.
An innovative new centre aimed at improving the support available to families of twins, triplets and more has launched in Birmingham.
The Busy Bees group has acquired BrightPath Early Learning in a reported $145m deal.
Bright Horizons has bought nursery group kidsunlimited for 45m in a move that sees the second largest UK chain add 64 settings and a childcare voucher business.