Further career and study options for a school's learning mentor who has gained experience in working with children with emotional and behavioural difficulties are suggested by Tina Jefferies.
Children can maintain their bonds with their jailed mothers thanks to a unique nursery 'inside'. Barbara Millar reports Little Cherubs may be a commonplace nursery name, but in one case the nursery...
More than 80 per cent of parents say they are worse off since childcare vouchers were closed to new entrants, leaving some reconsidering their career plans.
Zoe is a three-year-old attending Cottingley Primary School nursery for a daily three-hour session. In the setting she shows a keen interest in water play and also spends much time imitating adults in...
Early years practitioners are caught between what policymakers and educationalists mean by readiness for school, as David Whitebread and Sue Bingham explain.
Affluent areas are growing nurseries while settings in areas of deprivation are increasingly struggling to survive, according to Christie and Co.
The children at one setting focused their interest in planets on Jupiter, which led to scientific enquiries and related artistic endeavours. By Annette Rawstrone
Thousands of working parents could find themselves out of pocket next year when the Government's much-heralded 50 a week tax and national insurance break on employer-supported childcare comes into...
The number of registered childminders may be falling, but career development opportunities for them are growing rapidly. Mary Evans reports The Government's National Childcare Strategy, which has...
A unit that can help prepare new practitioners for dealing with parents and multi-agency working is examined by Mary Evans.