The Children’s Commissioner for England has reiterated her call for the legal defence of ‘reasonable chastisement’ to be ...

More than 100 organisations representing anti-poverty charities, teachers, doctors, social workers and health visitors have ...

Gordon Brown has called for the ‘total abolition’ of the two-child limit which he says is responsible for increasing numbers ...

Awareness of attachment theory has grown over recent years, with the rise among the wider public of interest in therapeutic ...

The new minister for early education, Olivia Bailey, said she has the ‘best job in Government’ in a video address to ...

The founder of the Old Station Nursery, Sarah Steel, has received an OBE for her outstanding contribution to the early years sector.

Busy Bees’ international lead for quality and safeguarding, Gill Jones, emphasised that children’s experiences before they ...

Absence rates among children in Reception and Year 1 rose last year, according to a survey by the Education Policy Institute. The latest data on post-pandemic school absences in England reveals ‘a ...

The current approach to support children with SEND is no longer fit for purpose as demand for EHC Plans has soared 250 per cent since they were introduced, argues a new report. PHOTO: Adobe Stock The ...

The Government is being urged to ban schools that evict PVI settings from their site from applying for funding under the School-Based Nursery scheme. PHOTO: Adobe Stock The Early Years Alliance (EYA) ...

The latest DfE advertising campaign is focusing on recruiting more men into the early years sector, in a renewed attempt to challenge outdated stereotypes. The DfE's 'Do Something Big campaign aims to ...

Amid a rise in longer nappy use and awareness of its impacts on the environment and children, some in the sector are advocating earlier toilet training. By Annette Rawstrone The average age at which ...