31 July 2008
A 26-year-old nanny working in rural Herefordshire has won Professional Nanny of the Year 2008.
31 July 2008
From September, parents of four-and five-year-olds will receive letters from their child's school telling them their child's weight.
31 July 2008
A headteacher who developed her nursery school into a thriving children's centre has won a prestigious teaching award.
31 July 2008
Two well-known children's authors have joined the Open Eye protest against the Early Years Foundation Stage becoming law in September.
31 July 2008
Ofsted inspectors in early years and social care are locked in a dispute over a three-year pay freeze, which is disrupting nursery and childminding inspections.
31 July 2008
Plans to extend flexible working and to lower the age for receiving the adult minimum wage to 21 will be included in Labour's next election manifesto, ministers agreed last weekend.
31 July 2008
Nursery nurse Rebecca Shiner, 21, became the sixth person to be voted out of the current 'Big Brother' house last Friday, reported the Daily Mail.
31 July 2008
Early Years Professionals should be subsidised to ensure they have decent wages and career development, the trade union representing EYPs has told the Government.
31 July 2008
Parents are spending more money on their holiday childcare than they need to, according to nursery chain Busy Bees.