Members of the Scottish Parliament voted last week to lend their support to the Executive's proposals to clarify the law on physical punishment of children. The Executive proposes to ban the use of...
Some early years science kits can provide excellent back-up for encouraging children's inherent habits of curiosity, says Jenny Benjamin Over the past 30 years, children's perception of the physical...
Student parents demanding a review of the planned closure of a Glasgow college nursery held a mass rally on Monday to lobby the college graduation ceremony (9 November).
Teaching children to read at the age of five is not likely to make them better at reading than children who start to learn at seven, according to new research.
Private and voluntary childcare providers will be able to apply for funding to adapt their existing buildings to become children's centres, from 351m of Sure Start grants pledged by the Government...
More than 40 MPs are backing a call for a review of the new funding rules for the nursery education grant. Shadow education secretary Maria Miller tabled an Early Day Motion two weeks ago calling for...
Children are as likely to confide in out-of-school staff as in a teacher if they have a problem, according to a survey released during last week's Kids' Clubs Week. The survey of 1,500 four-to...
The DfE has confirmed that parents who defer their four-year-old's school place this September and keep their child at their early years setting will continue to be offered the 15-hour free...
Falling parental incomes and rising operational costs could threaten out-of-school services in the future, according to new research.
A plan to offer free nursery places for all two-year-olds has been scrapped by the Government, just two months after it was announced as part of a 1billion package to expand childcare.