9 January 2008
Boys should be encouraged to take part in role-play involving superheroes and toy guns, according to new advice from the Government.
9 January 2008
Private, voluntary and independent nurseries are losing more than £1 per hour per child by offering places funded by the Nursery Education Grant, a leading business organisation has warned.
9 January 2008
One of the UK's largest nursery chains, Kidsunlimited, may be about to be put up for sale.
9 January 2008
Three-year-olds are having problems walking in a straight line and side-stepping because of less active lifestyles, according to an educational psychologist.
31 January 2008
A nursery place for a child aged under two in England now costs on average more than £8,000 a year, the Annual Childcare Costs survey from the Daycare Trust shows.
31 January 2008
More than 4,200 parents, childcare experts and educationalists have signed a petition on the Number Ten website to try to stop the Early Years Foundation Stage becoming law in September.
31 January 2008
A three-year project in Wales aimed at helping parents back to work by providing training and free childcare is seeking funding to continue after it closes in March.
31 January 2008
Private and voluntary nurseries have raised concerns about how Ofsted registration fee subsidies would reach nurseries under local authority distribution.
31 January 2008
Giant snakes, lizards, tarantulas, Madagascan hissing cockroaches and millipedes were all part of the fun at the launch of the School Science Innovation Centre at Edge Hill University, Lancashire.
31 January 2008
The children's mental health charity Young Minds has launched a campaign to urge fathers to seek help when they are concerned about their children.