With the 40 per cent most disadvantaged two-year-olds now eligible for funded places, Hannah Crown takes a look at how prepared both nurseries, and councils, are to deliver.
New guidance to support local authorities in commissioning children's public health services from next year identifies ways in which health visitors and early years providers can work together...
The Open University has developed a free online physical development (PD) course, which is due to launch on 27 July and is now open for registration.
APEL Level 3 Certificate in work with children (Early Years or Playwork), Unit 2: reflect on practice Section 9 - Explain your understanding of anti-discriminatory practice and provide examples of the...
Childminders have performed better than nurseries in initial results from the first two months of the new inspections framework.
There is less than a week to go until Nursery World's two exciting new half-day conferences on 27 April at The Ibis, Earls Court, London.
It was disheartening to read of the 'postcode lottery' for children with special educational needs (News, 13 July). The debate on whether they should be included in mainstream schools is not black and...
Young children are more likely to follow the direction of a pointing finger than other signs, according to psychologists, who are keen to hear from nurseries to put their theory into practice.
Fewer restrictions are to be placed on the delivery of the 30 free hours of childcare to better meet the needs of children, parents and providers.
Parenta, a company that provides services for childcare providers including Government-funded and private training, has received an inadequate rating from Ofsted for its Foundation Learning Programme.