Ofsted could help boost gender equality by rating settings on how they engage with fathers, campaigners claim.
Thoughtful practitioners will identify what may be preventing children from doing their best, as Chris Dukes and Maggie Smith demonstrate.
Around a quarter (24 per cent) of nursery and pre-school settings remained closed in the week beginning 1 June, despite the Government giving the go-ahead for opening early years provision to all...
Taking a tour of the local community is providing new learning opportunities for both children and staff, says Sarah Presswood of George Perkins Day Nursery in Birmingham.
Department of Trade and Industry, Employment Agency Standards Inspectorate, Room UG65, 1 Victoria Street, London SW1H 0ET (enquiries tel 0845 955 5105; website http://www.dti.gov.uk/er). Can help you...
A final draft of the national care standards for childcare and early education was presented to the Scottish Commission for the Regulation of Care last week. A Scottish Executive spokesman said that...
Family charity 4Children has been awarded a two-year Government-funded contract to pilot 'community childcare hubs'.
Barbie princesses and dinosaur dragons: narration as a way of doing gender In a Swedish project eight pre-school children made their own books, using narratives acquired from traditional and popular...
Show me the child at seven: the consequences of conduct problems in childhood for psychosocial functioning in adulthood Data were gathered during the Christchurch Health and Development Study (a...