EYE SUPPLEMENT: Professional Book Review - Studying infancy

Charity calls for a ban on physical punishment against children in England

Safeguarding & Welfare Requirements

Expanded entitlement 'forcing' new mums to return to work sooner, suggests poll

Families

Concerns raised over early years students using artificial intelligence to cheat on assignments

Training

Essential Resources: How to equip indoors for babies

Essential Resources

Children at risk of going hungry during the holidays if support fund not continued by Government

Families

New resource to help early years settings develop privacy notices

Management
The cost of delivering childcare has increased by 20 per cent since last year, finds the DfE survey

Less than £5m of the £100m Government Childcare Expansion Grant has been distributed to providers

Funding

Government to publish its Child Poverty Strategy in Spring 2025

Child Poverty

Study reveals babies understand and take part in pretend play from just a few months old

Research

‘Our children deserve better than this’

Viewpoint
ERIC's training course, running in May, is designed to help early years practitioners support children with potty training

Busy Bees toilet training scheme helps support parents and children and cuts nappy use by a quarter

Child Development