Two reports highlighting the abrupt transition that children undergo when moving from reception class to Key Stage 1, from play-based learning to a more formal approach, will be welcomed by early...
The continuing refusal of the Government to contemplate registering nannies or allowing parents tax credits for employing them is leading to a boom in schemes that set nannies up as limited companies...
How predictable! Every time I say children should be given only the best in food and drink (Letters, 19 October), someone jumps in to say something like 'Oh, a little bit of junk won't do them any...
'The Education Bill promises to expose the battles between the Treasury, who want to rein in spending, the No 10 Policy Unit, who want to end public sector control, and the Department for Education...
Hundreds of readers entered the Nursery World competition to win a Lego set worth just under 140. The winner was Tracy Winkworth, supervisor of Pangbourne Valley Playgroup in Reading, Berkshire. The...
Sunderland City Council is investing 1.5m in the second phase of its children's centre programme, with six new centres at Hetton Lyons Nursery School, Oxclose Primary and Nursery Schools, Houghton...
Vandalising school buildings is an attack on the whole community, First Minister Jack McConnell said when he visited Hailesland Primary School in Edinburgh to see the serious damage done there by...
St Mark's Pre-School in Exeter has received a Community Dividend Award from the Co-operative Group (South West) to renovate its outdoor space. The garden has been resurfaced with Safagrass matting,...
We can pick up some hints about how the Department for Education is thinking.