Pressure is building on the Scottish Executive to instigate a review into early years education and the status and career pathway of nursery nurses, after the Scottish Parliament's Public Petitions...
David Cameron will today unveil plans for a funding review to start ‘before the summer’ in advance of a pilot of 30 hours of free childcare from September 2016.
The Early Years Foundation Stage should be extended to age six and Key Stage one should be abolished, according to the final report from the Cambridge Primary Review.
The voluntary sector's capacity to engage in the new commissioning framework of local authority contracts is the subject of a review published this week by VCS Engage. Sally Whitaker, VCS Engage...
Early years organisations have welcomed Government plans to create centres providing health, education and childcare services for families in the poorest parts of England, and to create a new unit to...
One of the largest nursery groups in the country has launched a petition calling for the Government to urgently review funding for three- and four-year-olds, after losing more than 10 per cent on the...
Negative views of children as only victims, problems or threats should give way to a more positive one that empowers them and builds on what they can do as learners and social beings, the director of...
Primary school education should build on the principles of the EYFS rather than being shaped by a 'downward push' from the secondary curriculum, a new report argues.
While the Chancellor confirmed that the schools budget will remain protected under the Spending Review, worries have been raised about what it will mean for the early years sector.
Increasing the early years pupil premium and introducing a new qualified teacher status for the sector are among a number of measures recommended by Sir David Bell in his unpublished review, details...