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A 'Mini Mozart' session by the Lancashire Sinfonietta entertained children at Preston East Children's Centre in Brookfield. The music played was chosen to appeal to under-twos and included lullabies, action...

A new campaign to encourage families to read together was launched last week in Hackney, London, by children's author Geraldine McCaughrean.

Nurseries involved in healthy food promotion projects are being invited to apply for funding from the Organix Foundation, a new charity promoting the links between food quality and child health.

Name: Natasha Trinder Position: Daycare manager, Early Years @ Highfield Highfield Children's Centre, Ipswich What was it like to get an outstanding Ofsted report after only being open six months?...

A mother who once enlisted the services of television's Supernanny, Jo Frost, to bring her unruly sons under control has been left homeless after one of the children set the...

The future of 'home-grown' children's television is under threat from a lack of investment and a reliance by broadcasters on imported programmes, according to a report by media regulator Ofcom...

The free early years entitlement is to be offered by Kent County Council for private, voluntary and independent providers by the hour rather than by two-and-a-half hour sessions from next...

The Government's ten-year childcare strategy is failing to deliver affordable and flexible childcare, according to the Daycare Trust.

More consultation with pupils and parents is the key to improving the take-up of school meals, Ofsted said last week.

A young learner explores counting exercises in Liverpool Central Library at the launch of the city's Count Me In numeracy initiative. Nurseries and childminders will be able to borrow Count...