<P> Handling a possible case of child abuse in your setting will call for the utmost sensitivity. NSPCC education adviser Alison O'Brien offers professional guidance </P>
Many young children are spending their days being shuttled from one form of care and education to another. Anne Wiltsher looks at moves to smooth the joins
At this time of year all childcare students who are about to qualify and would like to be live-in nannies should be seriously looking for jobs. How easy it is to find work may depend on where you...
The charity Shelter has launched an emergency appeal to help more than 100,000 children who will be waking up homeless this Christmas.
You've had storysacks - now try poetry pockets that will help the children under age three to develop the seeds of literacy. Alice Sharp explains how
The new school year has begun in a hailstorm of reports, but will their findings result in any significant changes ?
I was incensed to read an advertisement in my local newspaper from a school looking for a 'qualified and skilled classroom assistant', who is 'NNEB/BTec qualified'. This is a blatant attempt at cheap...
The labelling of food products that may contain nuts is 'inconsistent and often confusing', according to the Food Standards Agency. The warning followed publication of a report commissioned by the...
Calls for England to have an independent children's commissioner have been renewed in the wake of the appointment of Margaret Hodge as its first minister for children. The calls were made this week by...
Some primary free schools are taking advantage of their greater powers to offer nursery provision and more experiential curricula.