A new free resource emphasising the importance of play in children’s early years and how educators can promote play, has been ...

Parents campaigning to save a school nursery from closure say they were not consulted by the school, and that the situation ...

A petition calling for all nurseries to be exempt from employer National Insurance Contributions (NICs) has been signed by ...

A new inquiry on the first 1,001 days of life, the period from conception to age two, has been set up by the Health and ...

A new early years qualification checking service for nursery managers has been launched by the DfE to replace the existing ...

Early Years Voice has been set up by nurseries and childminders to launch a legal challenge against the Government should it ...

Concerns have been raised more children will be pushed deeper into poverty with the Chancellor’s decision to reduce ...

Let it be said that our interview with Margaret Mason in this issue (page 13) is an absolute gem. While Margaret sold her ...

A survey of over 1,100 childminders by PACEY has highlighted 'significant' concerns among respondents that they are being ...

Margaret Mason, founder of Maggie's Day Nursery and the Children 1st Charity Trust, sold her nursery group Children 1st last ...

Despite vaccines and the work of professionals including early years practitioners, too many children still suffer poor ...

Sensory activities involving light and colour include making and using lightboxes and exploring shadows, explains ...