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The Cambridge Primary Review has garnered compliments from the early years sector for its recommendation of extending the EYFS approach upwards and raising the school starting age to six (see News,...
Understanding the early years sector is vital to making policies work, and the signs are that the new Government is listening
To mark a milestone in the business of placing nannies, Debbie Elliff looks back at changes personal and public This summer at Little Masters and Misses nanny and babysitting agency, I've been...
Messy play in museums, painting in parks, storytelling in shopping centres and cooking in community libraries are among the events offered in National Family Learning Week from 6 to 14 October. To...
The call by Alan Bentley, chairman of nursery group Childcare Corporation, for the private nursery sector to form a new trade association to represent its interests may seem to have come out of the...
Make plans over time for one of the most important areas of a setting's provision with this advice from Jane Drake Long-term planning
I left school and qualified as an NNEB from Cornwall Tech in 1981 and have stayed in childcare. I have nannied and worked in day nurseries - social services, private, charity-run and local authority....
Education spending is falling at the fastest rate since the 1950s, with early years one of the hardest hit areas, the Institute for Fiscal studies warns.
How should I talk to my baby? Taking turns to make noises is the first step towards having a conversation. Copy your baby's babbling noises, then look at them and wait for a 'reply'. Later on, babies...