Nursery staff in four local authorities are testing a new training programme to help support families with low basic skills. First Step training has been developed by the Basic Skills Agency, so ...

Nursery staff and childminders are able to work at pre-school groups without basic literacy or numeracy skills, according to a new report. Colleges demand more qualifications for students training to ...

Nursery staff and childminders are allowed to work at pre-school groups even if they lack basic literacy or numeracy skills, according to a Government-commissioned report by Professor Cathy Nutbrown, ...

A group of youngsters at a South Tyneside Nursery have become mini first aiders after learning the basic skills needed to save a person's life. Did you know with a Digital Subscription to Shields ...

Every nursery worker will be forced to have basic Maths and English qualifications under new plans to lift standards among childcare workers. By Christopher Hope and Christopherhope 26 January 2013 • ...

Some children attending school for the first time lack even the most basic skills, one Indianapolis charter school operator says. Some can't count beyond 10. Others don't know the letters of the ...

Crows are arguably among the smartest creatures on the planet, possessing some cognitive abilities that rival those of 5- to 7-year-old human children. Now, a new study adds basic geometry to the list ...