Our weekly columnist Beatrix Campbell is surprised at how childcare was handled as an election issue A funny thing happened on the way to the polls. For the first time in history, childcare was an...
Part 26: two years one month. Jasmine enjoyed her second birthday, and was especially pleased with the Smarties on her birthday cake. She received a play kitchen and has since cooked many meals and...
A call to put early childhood development (ECD) at the heart of the United Nations' next global development goals has received cross-party support.
Tops Day Nurseries has banned food from home to help limit the transmission of Covid-19 and will provide children with locally-sourced, healthy meals.
A new scheme to help young children 'find their voice' through music and storytelling is being rolled out in Blackpool.
The problems facing the early years sector are well known but seem far from being resolved – so perhaps we need a wholesale restructure, says Sarah Mackenzie
Nurseries, childminders and pre-schools do not have to close for the Queen’s funeral on Monday, and it is up to individual settings whether they open on the day, according to the DfE.
Social enterprise LEYF has successfully raised £1.5m through its charity bond to help fund the acquisition of more nurseries.
Giving practitioners time to talk during hectic times brings many rewards, say Nicola Bushell and Hayley Cannell, joint managers of Oakey Dokeys Pre-school, in Essex.
A new report claims that budget cuts in some local authorities in Wales are undermining the delivery of programmes for disadvantaged children.