Researchers from Lancaster University Management School found that children from disadvantaged homes who went to nursery improved their Key Stage 2 and Key Stage 3 scores on average by 10-11 per cent...
Engage children's curiosity with some close encounters with real animals First-hand experiences of live animals will greatly enhance children's understanding of living creatures and provide ideas and...
Help children develop an understanding of numbers by sharing active experiences, with suggestions by Jennie Lindon One of the ten principles underpinning Birth to Three Matters is that 'Children learn...
More than 5,000 new out-of- school childcare places are being created across Scotland following the latest round of grants awarded by the New Opportunities Fund (NOF). After-school, breakfast and...
The Scottish Executive has proposed to ban the use of corporal punishment by childminders, bringing them into line with other childcare professionals.
The DCSF has named 56 local authorities that have been approved to implement the Early Years Single Funding Formula from April by becoming second-wave pathfinders (see box).
There are more than 1,000 fewer childminders registered with Ofsted than there were six months ago, and the number of places has also fallen slightly, according to the latest figures released by the...
The Communication Trust has confirmed that the Department for Education is not renewing its contract after March.