Take-up is slow, but commitment remains to funded two-year-old places in schools. By Annette Rawstrone
For the past week or so, it has felt as though there has been a hailstorm of initiatives and pronouncements, leaving the early years sector battered
More than 600 day nurseries, childminding networks, pre-schools and playgroups, and local authorities across the UK have signed up for activities to highlight the first-ever National Childcare Month...
The provisions of the Childcare Act place new pressures on providers and local authorities alike.
Hundreds of Lewisham toddlers and their parents have been building snowmen to protest against the threatened closure of their council-run stay and play clubs.
Get the children stamping and hopping with this easy-going traditional Scottish step dance, explained here by music and dance tutor Fiona Dalgetty Many moons ago, in the far-flung corners of Scotland,...
Market research will form the backbone of your business plan, says Martin Pace. It is a measure of the number of potential customers around your proposed location and a snapshot of their childcare...
A charity concerned with supporting young children with SEND is calling for urgent support as research shows one in five families needing SEND early years provision are being turned away by settings.
Last summer, as a parting gift to the children in my reception class, known as Pandas, I gave each of them a CD-Rom containing a simple electronic book which we had made. It was a memorable gift that...