The supply of Level 3 staff, and student placements, have been hit by the pandemic, leaving knowledge gaps in the workforce
The Under 12s Exhibition features lively, informative and relevant seminars for workers in all sectors of childcare and education. Lindy Sharpe talks to four of them. Alison O'Brien
Children's charity Coram Family has named Carol Homden as its new chief executive. Formerly commercial director of the Prince's Trust, she succeeds the interim chief executive John Hart, who took over...
Tapestry’s Ben Case explains how attending the recent Nursery World curriculum conference helped him to reflect on the importance of being culturally inclusive and taking an evidence-based approach.
'The big problem with the national curriculum is that we put the Foundation Stage in last, so there's a conflict between what's coming up from pre-schooling and what's coming down from Key Stage 2.'...
A programme of action for education from now up to 2010 has been launched by the Welsh Assembly. 'The Learning Country 2: Delivering on the promise' identifies key actions the Assembly aims to take in...
The Government’s decision to bring back a baseline assessment in Reception, just two years after it was forced to scrap the previous attempt, is a controversial one (see Analysis, page 14).