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Influenced by the principles of heuristic play, staff at Stepping Stones Childcare Centre have developed sand areas that give the under-threes choice and unrestricted access. Manager Jill Tomlinson...
Local authorities have raised concerns that many of the childminders coming forward to offer funded places for two, three and four year olds are not sufficiently well-qualified to provide high quality...
A consultation into primary and nursery school provision in east Lancashire which threatens at least one nursery school with closure has been extended until next spring. Lancashire County Council...
The performance of children’s centres continues to lag behind that of other childcare providers, the latest Ofsted figures show.
Delegates at Nursery World's conference were the first to hear more details of the new birth-to-five framework from Lesley Staggs, national director of the Foundation Stage, whose team is developing...
A drop in the uptake of the MMR vaccine has led to an increase in this virus with the spotty rash. The WellChild helpline offers advice.
Children have joined the debate on physical punishment by overwhelmingly voting against smacking. More than 90 per cent of children rejected the use of physical punishment in a survey conducted by...
A survey looking at the wellbeing of early years staff, workload and recent Government policy announcements for the sector, has been launched by online learning journal Tapestry.
Now that they've seen the requirements of the new Code of Practice, early years providers around the country are doubting they can ever fulfil them. Catherine Gaunt investigates.