Northern Ireland and England have been ranked among the top ten countries in the world for reading and literacy.
The number of children living in relative poverty in the UK has increased by 100,000 in a year to 4.1 million, new Government figures reveal.
What resources and initiatives are out there to help the sector promote itself to potential new and future recruits? Hannah Crown reports
The Department for Education has launched a new drive to recruit more men into childcare as a career.
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Sector organisations and nurseries are calling on the Department for Education to provide evidence to back up claims made by children and families minister Vicky Ford that the promised extra £44m will...
Children's behaviour problems put some families' homes in jeopardy, but a new form of intervention is turning them around, says Annette Rawstrone.