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Best practice in information sharing and the barriers to it are highlighted in new reports by the Task and Finish group
Professor Kathy Sylva, one of the authors of the EPPSE study, explains why new research into early education places and children's outcomes contradicts their findings.
A review of the Code of Practice will take place in the autumn alongside a consultation on introducing eligibility criteria that early education providers will need to meet in order to receive funding...
Quality in childcare matters. High-quality provision imp- roves child development, school readiness and longer-term outcomes for children, from earning potential to life expectancy. Low-quality...
In the third part of this series marking Early Education and Nursery World’s tenth decades, Dr Peter Elfer explains why the job of raising the status of, and investment in, caring for the under-twos...
Sharing stories and rhymes with children right from the earliest years will help them develop vital communication skills. Judith Stevens explores the opportunities and benefits across the age groups.
Teachers in Scotland can access information and resources about health and well-being at school through a website set up by the Scottish Executive's Scottish Health Promoting Schools Unit. The Unit's...
What impact is current policy having on children's instinctive drive to play? Gordon Sturrock argues that the move towards excessive intervention and measurement of outcomes could cause great harm The...
The Government is making progress in tackling child poverty but must make extra efforts to help the poorest families each year if it is to get anywhere near targets set for 2004. That is the blunt...
In the second part of his series exploring the revised Development Matters guidance, Dr Julian Grenier looks at the newly included terms ‘curriculum’ and ‘pedagogy’ and explains what they mean in the...