A Hampshire pre-school has transformed a dismal underpass with children's artwork, writes Ruth Thomson.
Hospital workers in Swindon will be eligible for 30 hours of free childcare from September as part of the early implementer pilot scheme.
The continued prominence of the early years in political discussion is reason for some optimism; it must be better to be discussed than to be forgotten.
Nursery chain Kids Planet has secured a £10 million investment from BGF to open five new nurseries over the next two years across the North West.
Tom Shea, the founder of Jigsaw nursery group who stepped down as chief executive last year, has launched a new venture - a childcare consultancy. Childcare Innovations Partnership (CIP), based in...
In response to the feature about children's physical skills ('Action plans', 1 September), I would like to tell you about how we encourage them. At our Sure Start Children's Centre we are involved in...
Plans to close 28 under-capacity primary schools in Glasgow and replace them with 16 new-build schools are under discussion at a meeting of city councillors today (Thursday). The plan is the fourth...
More funding is needed to train the under-threes childcare workforce, a leading early years academic said last week. Professor Lesley Abbott, director of the Birth to Three Matters project, said, 'If...
The Scottish Independent Nurseries Association (SINA) has been dissolved and is in the process of setting up a new member organisation in partnership with the National Day Nurseries Association in...
A simple ten-minute eye test can be used to diagnose attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in pre-school children with 93 per cent accuracy, say scientists from Brunel University. During the...