When it comes to vulnerable children, how should settings approach areas such as assessment and planning and performance management, asks Pennie Akehurst
According to the latest Childwise Monitor report, the number of children who own a phone has increased from 38 per cent in 2019 to 47 per cent this year.
Nearly a decade of closing the attainment gap between disadvantaged children and their peers is ‘likely’ to have been wiped out by school closures as a result of coronavirus.
Just over 70 per cent of dads have had to cut their paternity leave short as they couldn’t afford to stay off work that long, finds new research.
Maureen Smith and Yvonne Nolan, co-founders of Duo Consulting and developers of the new APEL qualification APEL Level 3 Certificate in work with children(Early Years or Playwork), Unit 2: reflect on...
Relegating the Chief Medical Officers' physical activity guidelines to a footnote in the revised EYFS is a dereliction of duty, says Dr Lala Manners
The early years sector is likely to fall down the list of the new Government’s priorities, but there is still cause for optimism
Education secretary Ruth Kelly attracted some positive attention last week when she declared that she was kindly disposed to considering the introduction of national pay scales for teaching assistants...
The increasingly high profile of the nursery business means that the mainly female entrepreneurs who run them are also getting more recognition. In our news section this week (page 9) you can read...
Daisy Chain Childcare has received a rating of Outstanding for both its Lofthouse and Rothwell settings following recent Ofsted inspections of the nurseries.