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Jan Hutt, minister for health and social services at the National Assembly for Wales, has approved a play policy for Wales that will be published in the autumn. The policy is a broad statement of...
A leading academic has claimed that the Government's policy of allowing childcare provision to be driven by market forces has led to appalling standards in some private nurseries in deprived areas.
Maintaining high-quality provision is ‘challenging but achievable’, Nicole Weinstein discovers, as she talks to small and large nursery groups about how economic and staffing pressures are impacting...
Babies, toddlers and two-year-olds and the outdoors are a natural combination, with endless benefits for learning and development. Jan White explains where to find them.
The pre-school movement is staging a comeback with moves to empower parents and extend services. Catherine Gaunt reports on its new campaign Throughout its 40-year history, the pre-school movement has...
Problems with Scotland's childcare systems have been highlighted by the children's charity Barnardo's. As part of its current 'Silver Spoon' campaign against child poverty (pictured above), Bar-...
Lala Manners explains the principles behind the many approaches to physical development and the training available for practitioners.
Ofsted scores need to better reflect child outcomes and should be brought in line with the 'internationally respected' ECERS and ITERS scales, according to a think tank report on bridging the gap...