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The Department for Education and Skills (DfES) has been reorganised with the aim of bringing the childcare and early years divisions together and providing better services to Early Years Development...
30 March Investing in our future, investing in young people This conference by 4Children, in partnership with the Sure Start Unit, brings together Government departments, youth justice, health,...
Useful resources for sand and water play involve many factors for early years settings to consider, as they put them on test for Sue Hubberstey.
Early years services should be available for all and not targeted at vulnerable families, new guidelines for EU countries state.
The singular, structured approach to the teaching of reading and the speed at which it is being introduced alarms early years experts. Simon Vevers reports.
Val Buckett, the head teacher of Pembury House Centre for Childhood in Tottenham, London, is not proud. 'Early Excellence is not about people coming in to admire us,' she says. 'It is an attempt to...
Close observation of children involved with small-world play can provide a wealth of opportunities to develop their oracy and language skills, writes Anne O'Connor
There is no doubt the ability to read is crucial if our children are to make a success of their lives. There can be few better ways to improve a child's chances at school, and beyond, than to instil...
The DfE’s new minister Kelly Tolhurst has been given the joint brief of schools and childcare, responsibilities that were previously split between two ministers.