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David Bell's appointment as the new head of Ofsted was confirmed last week following a meeting by the Privy Council. Last month, education secretary Estelle Morris said she was recommending his...
Name: Jacqueline Harding Job title: BBC Education Editor for Children's Magazines
Returning to the campaign trail after just two days' paternity leave following the birth of son Donald last week, Liberal Democrat leader Charles Kennedy was said by the Independent to joke that 'he...
A home corner should be a permanent fixture and plenty of resources are readily available It is quite common these days for role-play areas to be developed with great imagination. You name it, we...
Of all the initiatives pushed through by the Government in the past few years, the Transformation Fund seems to have caused the most confusion and suspicion. It is very difficult to engage with...
Voluntary organisation Craigmillar Childcare Services has been saved from liquidation following a dramatic U-turn by Edinburgh City Council. Over 200 nursery and out-of-school places and 28 jobs were...
The research and thinking about infant development available to early years practitioners is highlighted by Jools Page and Cathy Nutbrown from the University of Sheffield's School of Education.
There are always different ways of looking at things, and Government reports tend to be more open to interpretation than most. Take the new research into childcare and early years providers that has...
With the national daycare standards about to come into force from September, the Government might have been hoping that the furore over qualifications and training for early years workers had died...
Margaret Hodge's appointment as minister for children continued to attract a barrage of criticism last week from the press and opposition MPs (see News, page 4). One unfortunate consequence of the...