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There is a feeling that the early years is at a crossroads at the moment. The outcome of the government cross-cutting spending review is due next month, which could have...

Nannies and nanny agencies have not been invited by the Government to have their say about proposals that could radically affect their livelihoods from next year. The snub came last...

Four-year-old Alicia Pitt was in no doubt as to why she chose to paint a portrait of her carer, nursery nurse Donna Jones of Fairfields Nursery in Bury, Lancashire (above)....

Childminders are the most popular form of childcare for mothers with babies aged ten months, according to the interim results of the largest-ever study into childcare in England. The five-year...

The work of early years professionals was recognised in the Queen's Birthday Honours last weekend. Among those to receive MBEs are Josephine Aldard, learning support assistant at St Martin's Church...

The Welsh Assembly has appointed Shan Richards as its expert adviser on developing a Foundation Stage phase for children aged three to seven. Mrs Richards has been an Estyn inspector...

'Championing social inclusion yet denying asylum-seeking children access to local nurseries and schools is both morally and intellectually confusing'' Bill Morris, general secretary of the TGWU, before the debate on...

Nicola Clark, 22, is the winner of the Nursery World 2002 student essay competition on the theme of 'Childcare in 2052'. Her entry foresees a future where the Foundation Stage...

The former president of Early Education has been awarded the CBE for services to early years education in the Queen's Birthday Honours. Jean Ensing, president of Early Education from October...

The Scottish Commission for the Regulation of Care is poised to identify five of the new national standards for early education and childcare as priorities for Care Commission officers to...