In the 12 months since Nursery Chains was last published, nursery groups have been living with the twin challenges of implementing the Early Years Foundation Stage and the economic crisis.
Ofsted’s planned reforms could be the springboard needed for the inspectorate, Government and sector to work better together
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In order to think and learn, three- and four-year-olds must believe they can do so. They need support to gain that confidence. Photographs at Trimdon Grange Infant and Nursery School by Guzelian.
While the politics in Westminster were heating up, the early years sector was hit by a heatwave that many were not equipped for
'Training the trainers' has become something of a buzz phrase of late, and it is likely to stay on everyone's lips as the drive to reform the early years workforce steps up. If there aren't enough...
The private nursery sector is facing uncertain times at the moment, in large part due to increasing competition from Government-funded childcare schemes and the Government's continuing lack of clarity...
Letter of the week wins 30 worth of children's books I agree with Irene Russell's opinion (In My View, 25 August) that most children who turn four in August are not ready to start school in September....