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The battle for Reception? Is this most crucial of years about curriculum or about skills/child development? In this Best Practice Focus, we consider the latest on the controversial Reception year...
Good quality joined-up services have won praise from children's minister Margaret Hodge for Islington council in London, after Archway Early Years Centre and Margaret McMillan Nursery School were...
Creating additional places for two-year-olds in some areas is proving more challenging than in others. James Hempsall describes how one centre has set up a mini-bus service to bring children in from...
The environment we provide for children should meet their needs to a point where they can direct their own play and learning, says Anne O'Connor.
Improve your practice. Use our directory to help you access the many short courses and workshops designed to keep early years professionals up to the minute with good practice across all aspects of...
Nick Hudson, Ofsted early years director, explains priorities for quality improvement in the coming months
Local authorities in England will receive at least £500,000 this year to support children with special educational needs and disabilities, including those in early years settings, the Department for...
The Government climbdown on the proposal to relax the staff:child ratios in nurseries and childminders felt like a huge victory for the early years sector.
Parents of young children have been warned that they are likely to face a shortage of available holiday childcare this Easter because many providers are struggling to recruit qualified staff.
Are schools dedicated to one religion less inclusive by definition than they should be, according to EYFS principles? Mary Evans looks at how diversity can be promoted amid their uniqueness.