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Proof of the strength of feeling against Key Stage 1 SATs has come in a survey for the National Union of Teachers (see News, page 9). More than nine out of ten teachers say they would support a...
Children start to understand the world by exploring objects, writes Jools Page, Senior Early Childhood Consultant, Kent
Everyday play provides plenty of chances to learn number skills. But it doesn't just have to be through tangible objects, says Jane Drake Counting, and use of numbers as labels, constitutes one strand...
The latest Oftsed review has found steady improvements in the quality of early years education and childcare provision in daycare settings year-on-year.
Early years practitioners are ‘failing’ young children over maths skills, a campaign group has said.
Use the following questions as starting points to evaluate the ways in which you approach parental involvement. 1 To what extent do the 'Common Features of Effective Practice' and the 'Principles for...
The Scottish Executive has put up for consultation its ambitious plans for Scotland's early years workforce, with new management qualifications, higher numbers of graduate-level staff and a single...
Early years organsiations that have long campaigned for early years funding reform have broadly welcomed the plans.
A service offering early years settings ideas and resources to help them make the most of their outdoor space is to launch in April. The subscription membership scheme Early Years Outdoors, run by...
Maggie Smith, director of Ofsted's Early Years Directorate (pictured), has resigned after less than two years in the post. An Ofsted spokeswoman cited 'personal and health reasons' for Ms Smith's...