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Youngest children not active enough

Wednesday, January 20, 2016

| Nursery World

Just nine per cent of children aged between two and four are doing the right amount of physical activity, experts have claimed.

Children who go to high quality pre-school 'twice as likely' to go on to Sixth Form

News

Friday, December 11, 2015

| Nursery World

Children who experience a good home learning environment in the early years and attend pre-school continue to benefit educationally at the age of 18, new research shows.

Nick Gibb signals move to change school start for summer-borns

News

Wednesday, September 9, 2015

| Nursery World

Schools should allow summer-born children to start Reception at the age of five, the schools minister has said.

Hunt blames smartphones for children 'not speaking properly'

News

Thursday, August 6, 2015

| Nursery World

Shadow education secretary Tristram Hunt has said that smartphone use among parents is to blame for children’s speech and language delays.

A question of logic

Opinion

Monday, July 27, 2015

| Nursery World

Sue Cowley asks what summer-born children need

Restricting 30-hour offer to workers could widen gap on disadvantage, says expert

News

Monday, July 13, 2015

| Nursery World

One of the leading figures behind a landmark 17-year study into pre-school education has criticised the Government for restricting the 30-hour offer to working families.

Petition calls for a more joined-up approach between health and education

News

Wednesday, June 17, 2015

| Nursery World

A new petition calls for the Government's Health and Education departments to work more closely together to tackle 'critical issues' affecting children's development.

Turning on the light

Opinion

Monday, June 1, 2015

| Nursery World

Camila Batmanghelidjh calls for a revolution in caring for vulnerable children.

Tristram Hunt urges parents to play more with their children

News

Tuesday, May 5, 2015

| Nursery World

Children are starting school unable to speak properly because their parents are not playing with them enough, Labour’s shadow education secretary has claimed.

Education policies: Current certainties to new visions

News

Monday, May 4, 2015

| Nursery World

A new book looks at the ways we teach children and how we assess their progress - and sets out a vision for improving our methods. One of the book's editors, Dominic Wyse, explains.

Early childhood policies - Recycling the past

News

Monday, April 20, 2015

| Nursery World

Current intervention strategies to tackle social inequality aren't working - so perhaps it is time for a complete rethink of our approach to early childhood services, argues Helen Penn.

'This little piggy...'

Opinion

Monday, April 20, 2015

| Nursery World

With the election just weeks away, Professor Cathy Nutbrown urges politicians to see childcare as an essential service for the common good.

Projects for disadvantage get share of £1m fund

News

Monday, April 6, 2015

| Nursery World

Six projects designed to raise the attainment of disadvantaged children from the age of two have been granted a share of £1m in funding.

Valuing the journey

Opinion

Monday, March 23, 2015

| Nursery World

In an essay published in 1893, educational reformer and philosopher John Dewey said we should 'cease conceiving of education as mere preparation for later life, and make it the full meaning of the present life'.

Why is the 1001 Critical Days Manifesto so important?

Opinion

Wednesday, February 25, 2015

| Nursery World

Tim Loughton MP calls for cross-party support and a policy rethink on supporting children in their earliest days, as a new report is launched

Lords call for redistribution of early years funding

News

Tuesday, February 24, 2015

| Nursery World

A cross-party group of peers is calling for fairer funding for PVI settings and for spending to be targeted at disadvantaged children who benefit the most.

What are the options for the baseline assessment?

News

Monday, February 23, 2015

| Nursery World

Following confirmation of the Reception baseline providers earlier this month, schools that want to use the baseline during the pilot year from this September have until April to sign up.