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By Maureen Smith and Yvonne Nolan, co-founders of Duo Consulting and developers of the new APEL qualification APEL Level 3 Certificate in work with children(Early Years or Playwork), Unit 2: reflect...
We liked the idea of babies getting in a real mess, as shown in the feature 'A fine mess!' (8 February). We tried this activity with our charges in the baby room at the nursery and found it to be most...
By Susan Stranks, co-ordinator of the National Campaign for Children's Radio.
Our resident employment lawyer Caroline Robins, Eversheds principal associate, answers your questions
A Pre-school Learning Alliance survey shows childcare providers are increasingly fighting to stay open, one year after the policy was introduced.
Evidence is mounting that private and voluntary nurseries' participation in the Nursery Education Grant scheme is at crisis point, with a survey from the Federation of Small Businesses (see News, page...
Children from low-income backgrounds who performed well in tests at age two are, by the age of six or seven, overtaken by previously less-able children from better-off families. This trend was...
At last, an official review of standards of food in early years settings has been launched (see News, page 4) - something called for by Nursery World and others for years.
It's vital for children's well-being to carry through the child-centred approach to learning in the reception class to Year 1, says Sally Featherstone, co-author of Smooth Transitions - Building on...
Families with working parents on the National Living Wage do not enjoy a basic quality of life because of high childcare costs, a charity has warned.