A practitioner's interest in a child's remark about family life poses questions for Dr Maria Robinson.
Childcare is now as important to the British economy as the transport system, the trade and industry secretary told delegates at the Daycare Trust annual conference in London last week.
Children at schools supported by the education charity Achievement for All are closing the gap with their peers in reading, writing and maths, according to an independent review.
Up to 2,000 childcare practitioners are set to benefit from the second phase of the Government’s Early Years Professional Development programme (PDP) to boost children's early language and numeracy...
A new observation tool that detects signs of social withdrawal and distress in babies has been trialled by UK health visitors with ‘overwhelmingly positive results’.
The chief executives of two of the largest nursery chains talk to Simon Vevers about the challenges their businesses are facing Harsh commercial conditions, partly prompted by Government initiatives,...
In 'New nurseries buck economic trend' (News, 15 January) we incorrectly stated that Rob and Kaye Kilsby are the owners of the Tyneside Nursery Group. The correct name of the chain is the Tynemouth...
Children's minister Claire Couthino says that national average hourly funding rate for two-year-olds will rise to £8 this September and to £5.50 for three-to-four-year-olds. When the offer of 15 hours...
Maintained nursery schools in at least two parts of England have been told that their budgets will be slashed from next September because of the introduction of the single funding formula and the...
New analysis shows that Labour's plans to extend free childcare to 25 hours a week could help 135,000 more mothers return to work.