This week's columnist Alan Bentley considers what today's young children are supposed to be protected from A good deal of attention has focused in the media recently on today's childhood. In one...
Richer families are taking up a disproportionate number of registered childcare places compared to families on low or moderate incomes, according to a report for the Department for Work and Pensions...
Healthcare unions have called for community nursery nurses to be re-graded so they earn between 13,000 and 16,000 a year - a move that would allow the worst-off to earn up to 6,000 more. Evidence...
Out-of-school clubs in Scotland will be in line for more funding following a 1m New Opportunities Fund (NOF) grant to the Scottish Out-of-School Care Network (SOSCN). Last week's grant follows three...
Investigation troughs Staff at Emerald Nursery and Children's Centre have created practical troughs which children can use to investigate a wide range of materials using child-size tables and plastic...
Academies and free schools are failing in their 'moral duty' to ensure children are getting healthy school meals, local government leaders have warned.
Art materials handled with imagination will help children progress towards the goals for creative development, says Lena Engel Area of learning
Playing with sand allows children to work through anger or fear without having to talk about it, says Jackie Cosh, describing a novel therapy gaining ground in the UK A shallow blue sand tray, some...