Archive

The issue of pay - the low levels - in the early years and childcare sector is never far from the top of people's minds, and, whatever the effect of...

Independent nurseries in Scotland are struggling to recruit and retain staff against competition from local authority-run nurseries, according to the Scottish Executive. A report on staff working in pre-school education...

(Photograph) - South Korean student Yeono Hur reads to one-year-old Theo Dean at Upperthorpe Library's 'Baby Time' session in Sheffield. Yeono and two other students, Hyeyoung Kim and Jihyeon Kang,...

A £15m grant has been awarded to the Children's Play Council (CPC) to develop support for play in England at regional levels over the next five years. The Play England...

The Children's Workforce Development Council has this week published a web-based briefing setting out its plans for the future training of the workforce. Initial work will concentrate on supervisory level...

(Photograph) - Laurieston Day Nursery in Glasgow has won an environmental Green Flag Award from Eco Schools Scotland for projects including a vegetable garden that attracts butterflies, a wildflower area...

Gone are the days when children were content with a bowl of jelly and a game of pass the parcel, reported the Daily Mail - today's birthday parties require bouncy...

Sharp differences in spending in Sure Start local programmes (SSLPs), ranging from a minimum of around £350 per child to a maximum of nearly £2,500, have been revealed in a...

Childcare staff score lower on awareness of Every Child Matters than local government workers, at 69 per cent and 90 per cent respectively, according to a survey published by the...

The conception rate among under-18s saw a slight fall in figures released by the Office of National Statistics last week. In 2004, pregnancies among 15- to 17-year-olds in England and...