




Cyber crime – Gone phishing
It may surprise some, but even childcare companies can be prey to online criminals. Annette...
It may surprise some, but even childcare companies can be prey to online criminals. Annette...
A new report from a coalition of charities reveals investment in early intervention support by...
Child cruelty and neglect offences jumped by a quarter in a single year, reveals new data published...
Nursery group Bright Horizons has been fined £800,000 over the death of a ten-month-old boy who...
The early years sector is up in arms about new Ofsted guidance that states providers must report any...
With referrals to social care and concerns about children rising during the pandemic, what is the...
What are the new rules and dispensations on inspection under the current restrictions? Melanie...
Soaring increases in child neglect, domestic violence and perinatal mental illness have been...
In the final part of this series, Jo Caswell covers how to support staff with safeguarding...
Settings and families are becoming more confident about returning to pre-lockdown activities, and...
Now is the time to encourage staff to see change as a positive process and to reflect on their...
Neighbours and workers, including delivery drivers and plumbers, are being targeted in a new...
Ten babies presented with abusive head trauma at the specialist children’s hospital in the first...
The Department for Education has updated guidance for early years and childcare providers, including...
Childcare providers have been told by the Government to ‘use their professional judgement’ and...
Childcare providers are receiving contradictory guidance over the supply of personal protective...
As nursery owners in England gear up to reopen from 1 June, an online conference run by Famly, with...
The Covid-19 response group, formed by more than 70 childcare groups and the sector membership...
A member of staff who worked for Bright Horizons’ Fulham nursery has been convicted of assaulting a...
Scotland has become the first country in the UK to make smacking a criminal offence.
Nursery paedophile Vanessa George, who was jailed for sexually assaulting the children in her care,...
Jack and Jill Childcare has suspended a member of staff following an incident at the setting that is...
An undercover investigation by Irish TV channel RTÉ has exposed the mistreatment of children at a...
How can settings ensure that staff are fully trained up on safeguarding procedures? Hannah Crown...
What is female genital mutilation and how can those who care for young children take action if they...
Nursery paedophile Vanessa George is to be released from prison after a parole board decided she no...
Early years settings are being asked to sign up to a global charter supporting boys who are the...
The Department for Education (DfE) wants to set up a home-educated register to help councils...
A new educational resource has been developed by the National Crime Agency (NCA) to help keep...
Dee Coleman, Principal Officer, Early Years, explains what Ofsted does and does not require for...
An ex-childminder has received a suspended prison sentence for continuing to provide childcare after...
Too many statutory requirements mean we are busy demonstrating compliance rather than getting on...
The Working Together to Safeguard Children guidance on multi-agency working was updated in June. So,...
Nearly 16,000 babies under the age of one are growing up in ‘toxic’ households at risk of severe...
Children awaiting adoption outnumber adopters by two to one, new figures show.
Nurseries should help parents and carers make their homes safer to prevent injuries in under-fives,...
A series of four articles covering all aspects of safeguarding is now out.
What exactly is expected of a ‘designated safeguarding lead’, legally and practically, asks Rachel...
The Government has updated its safeguarding guidance for schools to include the introduction of GDPR...
Many of the problems in safeguarding cases – lack of professional curiosity, inadequate information...
How does the EYFS best support children in need of protection, and what happens in practice? Rachel...
MPs and peers are calling for urgent action after a parliamentary inquiry finds that vulnerable...
Understanding why child abuse happens, and the role of settings in protection. By Eunice Lumsden
Many children in need are pre-school age, but early help is being cut. Rachel Buckler, trainer and...
Over two million children in England are growing up in families where there are serious risks,...
Tens of thousands of children at risk of abuse and neglect are being put at risk as cuts to council...
A new campaign to improve working conditions for social workers and raise children’s outcomes has...
Four nurseries in Devon are to be permanently closed, leaving more than 400 children without...
To prepare young children for life spent increasingly online, parents and early years practitioners...
Four- to seven-year-old children who are unaware of why they are in care are more likely to have low...