The number of childcare providers has fallen for the first time since Ofsted started compiling data on the early years and childcare market.
N Family Club recently revised its curriculum to one that is both based on the EYFS and incorporates the group’s own set of values, writes Sarah Mackenzie
'There was no-one there to say, "Go to school - I'll watch your little girl, I'll take your little boy to nursery, you can go to school, to a tuition group." No-one wanted to help' Young mother...
Increased bureaucracy and funding issues have contributed to a drop in the number of holiday clubs, according to providers.
'The childcare system consists of amateurs without qualifications. We need to have childcare professionally licensed and paid for by the state. I urge mothers to join a mothers' union and radicalise,...
'It is fairly clear from data from different parts of the world that the less time that children spend in group care before three years, the better.' Childcare author Penelope Leach on claims that...
'I remember reading the Dr Spock book on how to bring up your kids and the best tips and tricks for new mothers, but of course the huge problem with this is that your baby hasn't read it' Bestselling...
'Junior education minister Cathy Ashton has had to ask friends to look after her children during Labour conference after failing to find a childminder. She will only have herself to blame if the...
'It's not just that advertisements make him choose a particular brand - they convince him he is hungry as well' Hayley Brown, a hotel manager from Ashford in Kent, on the effect of television...
'"If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys." No, you don't actually; when you pay peanuts, you get workers of almost incomprehendable dedication and fortitude who stick at their immeasurably vital and...