There are some new faces in our Top 25 table of nursery groups this year, and in our extensive directory too. Catherine Gaunt analyses the latest moves in both size and quality of the chains.
With schools around the country facing an alarming funding crisis, how will they be able to improve pay and prospects for teaching assistants? Simon Vevers reports. When Nottinghamshire became the...
DOING YOUR EARLY YEARS RESEARCH PROJECT: a step-by-step guide. By Guy Roberts-Holmes. (17.99, Paul Chapman). Reviewed by Nicola Gray, BA nursery management student This book goes through the whole...
The Government's aim of having every early years practitioner qualified to at least Level 3 by 2015 is looking far from achievable, given the funding crisis for childcare work-based courses and...
Christmas is undoubtedly on its way, and to get you in the mood we're offering a sleighful of goodies in our great reader giveaway on page 18. Enter our prize draw for your chance to win books, DVDs,...
The Welsh Government deserves plaudits for its bravery in implementing the play-based Foundation Phase for threeto seven-year-olds - radical indeed compared to the way that things are progressing...
Nicole Weinstein looks at the English Hubs programme, which is currently seeing more than 1,000 schools across the country receive intensive support for their teaching of reading to Reception and Year...