The destinations of strands of money in the Sure Start Early Years and Childcare Grant allocated to local authorities are outlined by Simon Vevers.
18 more local authorities to pilot payment-by-resultsParents and community groups given right to run their own centres
Ofsted is calling for academics, researchers and practitioners to apply to take part in a new early years forum to debate early years teaching and practice.
A 4 billion cash injection over three years to take the number of children's centres to 3,500, accelerate training of the early years workforce and ensure sufficient childcare places has been broadly...
A new early years framework for Scotland unveiled this week puts a focus on the first three years of a child's life.
Getting the right balance between assessment and curriculum in the EYFS is tricky - but who said it was going to be easy? Dr Julian Grenier and Lydia Cuddy-Gibbs, head of early years at Ark, give...
Learning without limits in the early years relies on creating opportunity for all. By Dame Alison Peacock
A new programme in Oxfordshire is empowering early years practitioners to lead best practice across the county.
Evidence is growing that the early learning goals for literacy do not support a play-based ethos and are too stressful for under-fives. But will the Government listen? asks Wendy Scott.
The Welsh Assembly plans to expand and improve early years provision by boosting staff recruitment and training, guaranteeing part-time places for three-year-olds and introducing a statutory...