Childminder numbers have fallen below 60,000 for the first time, according to the latest Ofsted quarterly statistics, alongside a drop in the number of nurseries.
An awareness campaign to encourage parents and early years workers to talk more with children under two is developing training for early years practitioners one year after it started. 'Tune into...
Sure Start children's centres are to carry out home visits to every parent of a newborn baby from next month. Children's minister Beverly Hughes outlined new plans as she confirmed that there were now...
A new childcare strategy for children and families in Wales was launched by the Welsh Assembly Government on Tuesday. Childcare Is For Children contains the Assembly's response to the recommendations...
The Government's plans to ask charities and independent organisations to run Sure Start children's centres could fall flat if local authorities make drastic cuts to their funding, experts from the...
Schools are to receive an extra 430 in funding for every pupil they accept from disadvantaged homes next year, under Government plans announced on Monday.
Child detention is to be phased out and will end completely by next May, deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has said.
Most providers of free nursery education receive enough money to cover their costs, but extending the flexible entitlement to 15 hours may worsen the plight of those already facing a shortfall in...
Our latest round-up of funding cuts affecting Sure Start features protests in Hampshire and Manchester.
Australian-based childcare giant ABC Learning Centres has restructured its board of directors after announcing a pre-tax annual loss to the end of July of A$437 million (204m).