The success of a new Government scheme to encourage more apprenticeships in the early years will hinge on the creation of a national Sector Skills Council (SSC) to represent the sector nationwide, a...
The number of early years settings with Covid cases rose by 38 per cent in a week, the latest figures show.
A report, Who will care?, launched at the Labour Party conference in Brighton this week, puts childcare among the lowest-paid jobs in Britain, with childcarers earning less than gardeners and...
What parents want to know when they are shopping around for childcare settings is revealed by children's minister Dawn Primarolo.
Richard Willis, visiting professor at the University of South Wales, reviews a book which provides a toolkit for practitioners to incorporate neurodiversity-affirming education and inclusive teaching...
Fewer than half of children are meeting the Chief Medical Officers’ guidelines of taking part in an average of 60 minutes or more of sport and physical activity a day.
This bill contains a range of controversial measures relating to employment, social mobility, and poverty.
Childcare facilities in maintained and independent schools are to be brought under the same regulations as the rest of the early years sector. Early years organisations have welcomed Government...
Adventure playgrounds across London are being forced to cut staff and reduce services by shortfalls in funding. Disabled children's charity Kids, which runs eight adventure playgrounds across the...