The review of the primary school curriculum, to be overseen by Professor Jim Rose, could bring about major improvements if it can tackle the problems of summer-born children under the current system...
The first London-wide plan to make the capital more 'child-friendly' has been revealed by mayor Ken Livingstone. 'Making London Better', launched on Tuesday, sets out a framework to develop policies,...
An award-winning primary school has had architectural judges gushing over its design - but, asks Julian Grenier, have they asked the schoolchildren how they feel about it? The new Hampden Gurney...
The design and technology area for Cockfield Primary School nursery class has been organised to ensure the children can access the resources they need with minimum assistance from adults. When...
Tax relief for childcare should be available for all working parents and not just those on lower incomes, Conservative party leader David Cameron has said. In a speech to the National Family and...
By Stephen Burke, director of the Daycare Trust Children's centres are a big idea whose time has arrived. They will bring together a range of services for children and families, from early education...
A tale that weaves its way through well-sprung perambulators and wartime coloured cotton reels, not forgetting a pair of slop pails The perambulator problem
National Childcare Month was given a rousing launch last week when hundreds of nurseries across the country planted sunflowers to mark National Day Nurseries Week and to raise money for WaterAid, a...
There's more to painting than the finished work a child presents to a parent. Kristin Ali Eglinton looks closer at what the experience offers Imagine you are walking into an early childhood...
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