Early years & childcare news & best practice

Outdoors - Ground work

The natural environment is benefiting children with sensory processing problems at Merseyside’s first outdoor nursery, explains Nicole Weinstein
Nutrition - Fuel up

One project is feeding children while teaching sustainability. By Meredith Jones Russell
Interview - Sir Kevan Collins

Chief executive of the Education Endowment Foundation
Late payments: Running dry

What can providers do if faced with late payments from their local authority? Do they have any legal redress? Meredith Jones Russell reports

Latest News & Analysis

Dame Martina Milburn has been named as the Government’s preferred candidate for chair of the Social Mobility Commission.

Exposing children to common harmless bugs, for example at nursery, could help prevent the most common type of childhood cancer.

Scientists have looked at the assumption that eating fish in pregnancy is a major cause of autism in children and found no evidence for the claims.

A charity has launched what it claims is the first hospital-based pre-school provision for patients in the country.

A new television programme investigates whether three- and four-year-olds can help elderly people with dementia.

The natural environment is benefiting children with sensory processing problems at Merseyside’s first outdoor...

With more children being born to older mothers, it is important practitioners understand their unique needs,...

One project is feeding children while teaching sustainability. By Meredith Jones Russell

The flexibility and abundance of ‘junk’ give children enormous learning benefits and unrivalled creative opportunities,...

Selective mutism and being a reluctant talker are different conditions, explain Anne-Marie Tassoni and Penny...