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By Ruth in Chesterfield, Derbyshire, who hopes to be a childminder soon Last July I applied to be a childminder. I sent the completed forms to Ofsted, together with details about my husband, as...
In this case study, Sue Chambers focuses on assessing physical development for the Progress Check at Age Two, and deals with difficult conversations that may form part of some evaluations.
* Children are portrayed as victims in nearly one in three news stories, claims a global study of newspaper coverage. The study, conducted in 24 countries by the World Association of Newspapers, found...
Teaching unions and early years organisations told the Government last week that its plans to reform SATs and place greater importance on teacher assessment at Key Stage 1 in England were welcome but...
Young children's education is being overly structured in pursuit of targets and testing at the expense of free play, a new review of research has concluded. Free Play in Early Childhood, published...
The children’s commissioner for England is calling on the next prime minister to put family at the centre of policymaking.
Social workers should be freed up to respond to child protection issues locally without the restrictions of central Government targets, Professor Eileen Munro has recommended in the final part of her...
Unfortunately, it seems that often it takes a tragedy to prompt action over problems that have been brewing for some time. And so the murders of Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman have now led to...
The Department for Education has become the Government’s first foster family friendly employer.