17 March 2004
Hopes for a resolution to the long-running nursery nurses' dispute fell when a parliamentary vote to introduce a national pay settlement across Scotland was lost last week.
17 March 2004
The internet has led to a massive market in child abuse that the authorities are struggling to stem, while few child victims are able to be helped. Simon Vevers reports
17 March 2004
Changes to be introduced to the Children Act 1989 from this September could give Ofsted discretionary powers to allow people to work with children even though they have had a...
17 March 2004
Organisations representing parents and carers have formed a coalition to campaign for more flexibility at work, greater financial support and improved services, including affordable childcare.
17 March 2004
Nurseries, pre-schools and playschemes are finding a saviour in a unique financial organisation when other lenders have turned them down. Karen Faux reports
17 March 2004
Is children's behaviour driven by what they experience, or are they born with it? Professor Tricia David continues our series on experts' theories about child development
17 March 2004
No one should be reluctant to get their hands dirty when learning opportunties are abundant, says Penny Tassoni