Early years & childcare news & best practice

Outdoor - Fine days at Little Foxes

Children’s fine motor skills are developing speedily at Little Foxes Forest School, an outdoor nursery in Bristol, thanks to the range of activities on offer, Nicole Weinstein discovers
The Adult Role, Part 4 - Value judgement

Organisation of the learning day is key to offering children an appropriate balance between child-led and adult-led learning, explains author and adviser Julie Fisher in the final article in this series...
Guide to: Promoting the early years

What resources and initiatives are out there to help the sector promote itself to potential new and future recruits? Hannah Crown reports
Recruitment: Part 4 - Higher purpose

Funding has been cut and the Government has scrapped plans to boost graduate employment, so how can you attract higher-qualified staff, asks Charlotte Goddard

Latest News & Analysis

Tops Day Nurseries buys eight settings

The Hadland Care Group, which runs Tops Day Nurseries, has acquired Plymouth-based Noah's Ark Childcare Centres.

Home deeds stop childminders from working

Childminders could be stopped from running businesses from home on new developments

Parents oppose 30 hour ‘extras’ charges

Parents are increasingly unwilling to pay additional costs to take up the 30 hours offer, Nursery World has learned.

Cost of raising a child tops £150,000

Low-income families are struggling to meet the cost of raising a child, faced with the freeze to tax credits and the benefits cap.

The Big Picture - Garden centre

Stewart and Jeannie Pickering, who set up kidsunlimited, have returned to the early years sector after ten years to partner with the McGoff Group to open a new nursery in Altrincham.