The teacher recruitment crisis has been headline news for national TV, radio and newspapers over the past few weeks, but there has been no mention of the nursery nurses and classroom assistants who...
This week's columnist Alan Bentley thinks pay differentials are at the heart of obtaining a quality childcare workforce News of the latest increase in minimum wage this week causes me great concern....
Lanarkshire mother of three Paula Berry was encouraged by an expanding training project to become a qualified classroom assistant when her youngest son, seven-year-old Frank, started school. Hands-on...
I totally understand the reasons for Ofsted inspections and would not wish to see them removed, but I agree with Olive Rack (Letters, 1 March) Although we came out 'good' and 'satisfactory' in our...
Six out of 10 forms of epilepsy are unexplained. Others are linked to syndromes, or occasionally to illness or accident - although specialists agree that these usually trigger a tendency to epilepsy,...
More information on pre-school children needs to be gathered to ensure the needs of all groups are met, including those from black and minority ethnic backgrounds, emphasises a new book from the...
New mothers in deprived areas believe childcare plays a crucial role in supporting their families and put an expansion of services high on a wishlist of measures to give their babies a good start in...
An award-winning nursery school with three outstanding Ofsted reports faces closure and relocation to a primary school, because South Tyneside council wants to cut surplus school places.
A new nutritional support programme offering early years settings tailored advice and support from dieticians and nutritionists has been launched.
A project to upskill practitioners’ SEND knowledge saw children’s outcomes improve, says Achieving for Children’s Rob Dembrey