Plans to privatise council nurseries have been dropped by Newcastle City Council as it apologised to parents following a bureaucratic error. As Nursery World reported last week, the local authority...
Your legal questions answered by Christine Betts, senior lawyer, schools and childcare team, Veale Wasbrough Lawyers.
Unpublished Government research appears to contradict the findings of an internal report carried out by the Department for Children, Schools and Families last month, which found a direct link between...
Ten years after the Marmot Review on health inequality and the Government is still ignoring evidence that investing early is best, says Natalie Perera
New regulations prohibiting smoking in cars carrying children in England have been put forward to Parliament, which if passed will come into effect from 1 October 2015.
Charlotte Goddard looks at the training and support available to early years practitioners responsible for children in the 18 to 36 months age group
The high cost of housing has negative effects on children all the way down the line from owner-occupier families to the homeless, as Annette Rawstrone discovers.
With the cost of registering as a childcarer set to soar in new plans by Ofsted, will providers be able to stay in business while charging fees that parents can afford? Laura Marcus considers the...
Implementing a 'key caring' approach may seem daunting, but practitioners need to understand its benefits for everyone, explains Anne O'Connor.