A polling station in Harlow on the morning of 4 July 2024

General Election 2024: Voters across the UK head to the polls

Policy & Politics
Children at Wainscott Primary & Nursery School in Rochester cast their votes PHOTO X/ Mrs Callaway

General Election 2024: Early years settings share who (or what) gets their vote

Policy & Politics
Dianne Lumsden-Earle, chief childcare & operations officer at iStep, with Home from Home manager Tamzin Page

Newly formed nursery group grows to 22 sites

Business
PHOTO Liz Roberts

Former editor-in-chief of Nursery World Liz Roberts in conversation with Professor Tina Bruce

Policy & Politics
PHOTO: Adobe Stock

More than half of settings only providing expanded funded places to existing families

Provision
Julie Fisher’s ‘Starting from the child?’ has now been published in its fifth edition.

An event to celebrate 'Starting with the child'

Child Development
The new Children's Laureate Frank Cottrell-Boyce, PHOTO: David Bebber

Author Frank Cottrell-Boyce named as the new Children's Laureate

Resources
PHOTO Adobe Stock

Two-thirds of parents of under-fives feel party manifestos don't go far enough in supporting families

Funding

The Big Debate: Should smartphones for children be banned?

The Big Debate

Brett Wigdortz: Childminders are the missing link in manifesto plans

Viewpoint
' Sometimes Happy, Sometimes Sad' is a free resource by Laura Henry Allain and published by mental health charity Anna Freud

New book to help educators have discussions about mental health with children

Resources
Catterick Garrison PHOTO Facebook

NDNA awarded £71,000 to run early years training for veterans and army families

Careers & Training