In our news story 'Scrapping of tax credits proposed' (24 April), we quoted directly from the Policy Exchange report a phrase including 'parents who prefer informal care (grandparents, childminders)'.
Key Stage 1 teachers will be breathing a sigh of relief that the SATs period is finally over for another year. But there is a growing lobby of educationalists and early years specialists calling for...
By pooling experience and expertise, early years practitioners could bring about real advances in under-threes provision, say Drs Peter Elfer and Jools Page
Part 1 of a monthly pull-out series to guide you through best practice in the Early Years Foundation Stage: Introduction
In the first of a four-part series on different regions, Gabriella Jozwiak discovers how some well-judged schemes and plenty of hard work are supporting Liverpool's early years sector network.
by Audrey Osler and Hugh Starkey (Trentham Books, 20.99, ISBN: 1!9781858563848)
The Liberal Democrats have announced plans to give all two-year-olds 15 hours of free childcare, if elected in 2015.
The extension of the nursery education grant for three- and four-year-olds, from 33 to 38 weeks a year from 1 April, should, on the face of it, be good news for non-maintained providers. But examine...
Winner - Magdalen Gates Preschool, Norwich