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Next month Labour will have been in power for ten years, a decade characterised by constant change in every aspect of early years provision and childcare. Yet as our Comment (see page 31) and Special...
The recent exchange trip made by Scottish early years practitioners to the headquarters of Westminster Children's Society (News, 22 May) was funded by Glasgow City Council, we have been asked to point...
Accessible, affordable, high-quality childcare has been the mantra of this Government, but two news stories this week highlight how far this has to go before it is within reach of all parents (see...
Young children will love it when you sit down to share the new 'Peekaboo!' books from Dorling Kindersley, with appealing touch-and-feel and lift-the-flap features. Both Baby Says and Bedtime are...
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.
The Neighbourhood Nurseries Initiative always seemed to have several flaws, not least in how the nurseries created would ever be sustainable. It started off at a gallop, achieving its target of 45,000...
The stereotypical picture of a day nursery crammed with babies who are placed there five days a week from 8am to 6pm is far from the truth, as the new survey from the National Day Nurseries...
More than 500 childcare places are to disappear with the demise of Scottish chain KidCare and the BBC's decision to phase out its workplace nurseries (see News, page 4). The two events, while...
The incredible pace of change within the early years and childcare sector is once again revealed in a major report this week (see News, page 4). But with its good news of continuing growth come...
The Government has finally begun to look at bringing independent schools under the national daycare standards and the Children's Act, where they are providing care for very young children (see News,...