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The UK Government stubbornly insists on league tables as a means of driving up educational attainment, standards of health care and so on, despite widespread opposition. It may not be...

Training early childhood leaders should begin when staff undertake initial qualifications and continue throughout their careers so that leadership is distributed throughout a team rather than focused on one individual,...

(Photograph) - Cameron Corbett, four, tucks into some German cheese, gherkins and salami at Inchyra Nursery in Grangemouth, Falkirk, where children are learning about German words and culture from language...

More than 40 per cent of health visitor training places have been cut in England this year, according to a healthcare trade union. Amicus/Community Practitioners' and Health Visitors' Association (CPHVA)...

Future leaders of extended schools and children's centres will be public sector chief executives or experts in learning or pedagogy, replacing the traditional headteacher, says a leadership expert. Howard Kennedy,...

(Photograph) - Children were more interested in books than in the visiting culture minister Patricia Ferguson at Sighthill Library in Edinburgh when she announced funding of £1.5m towards expanding the...

For Vicki Nethercoat, taking a picture of her one-year-old daughter Jasmin prevented blindness. An unusual sparkle in the child's eye in the photograph prompted her to investigate further, reported The...

A west London primary care trust's record deficit means it is unlikely to remain the lead agency in four children's centres. Hillingdon PCT, whose £54m debt is the highest in...

Nurseries, schools and out-of-school clubs have the chance to win £6,000 in the Becta ICT Excellence Awards 2007, which aims to identify and reward excellence in the use of ICT....

Free, tailored support and advice is being offered by the National Day Nurseries Association NDNA to 15 local authorities so they can effectively involve private and voluntary providers in the...