A Pre-school Learning Alliance survey shows childcare providers are increasingly fighting to stay open, one year after the policy was introduced.
29 February Five Live Report - Race Hate in Northern Ireland BBC Radio 5 Live, 10 to 11.55am
'Training the trainers' has become something of a buzz phrase of late, and it is likely to stay on everyone's lips as the drive to reform the early years workforce steps up. If there aren't enough...
In order to think and learn, three- and four-year-olds must believe they can do so. They need support to gain that confidence. Photographs at Trimdon Grange Infant and Nursery School by Guzelian.
While the politics in Westminster were heating up, the early years sector was hit by a heatwave that many were not equipped for
The Magic Train Ride written by Sally Crabtree and illustrated by Sonia Esplugas, Barefoot Books, 6.99 (book and CD)
The private nursery sector is facing uncertain times at the moment, in large part due to increasing competition from Government-funded childcare schemes and the Government's continuing lack of clarity...
Letter of the week wins 30 worth of children's books I agree with Irene Russell's opinion (In My View, 25 August) that most children who turn four in August are not ready to start school in September....