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* 900 50-place nurseries are to be set up by 2004 in the bottom fifth of deprived wards in England and other pockets of extreme deprivation. These could be in new or refurbished premises. Some...
As an active member of the National Childminding Association I object to Anthea Thomas's comments in her letter ('Same old panic', 10 April) that the NCMA is conducting a panic campaign regarding the...
Great media prominence is being given to the Government's early childhood policy, with Penelope Leach's and Oxford University's recent research finding that, all other factors being equal, young...
DfES officials have moved to correct a mistake in the Early Years Foundation Stage Statutory Framework after it was brought to their attention by an EYFS improvement manager in Leeds. Teresa Todd...
School nurseries provide children of three-plus and four years of age with just two-and-a-half hours of mostly supervised free play every day. There is a limited structure to this, such as story time...
The DfES conferences on 'What makes an effective reception class' seems to be causing quite a stir. Professor Tina Bruce has contacted us with her thoughts on their importance (see 'In my view', page...
We have a long way to go in our thinking before true inclusion of the disabled can be achieved, writes Mary Dickins I have spent much of the past year travelling around the country meeting and running...
Pre-school Learning Alliance Chief Executive Neil Leitch says the Government must look at the evidence when revising free hours funding
1. A = 3 B = 2 C = 1 So that's every day accounted for, then, if you chose A. A better option would be B because it gives you both time to decide, together with the child, whether it's a good idea to...
Staff training programmes by early years providers are not a case of all present and correct, say the inspectors. <STRONG> Mary Evans </STRONG> looks at how they are getting into shape