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The EYFS profile could be scrapped and replaced by a formal test when children start school.
Over recent weeks we have been bombarded with news reports regarding the physical and mental well-being of young children. Some of our most eminent early years specialists have voiced their concerns,...
The Scottish Executive's planned overhaul of the children's hearing system must restore its original aim of reducing the number of young people ending up in court for anti-social behaviour, a leading...
I am writing in response to 'Who's going to do it?' (Letters, 7 April). As a nursery nurse with an NNEB, currently studying for a degree, I can tell you why more mature people (mothers) do not go back...
Maureen Smith and Yvonne Nolan, co-founders of Duo Consulting and developers of the new APEL qualification APEL Level 3 Certificate in work with children(Early Years or Playwork), Unit 2: reflect on...
Following Debbie Hemingway's letter detailing her nursery's positive experiences of heuristic play (14 June).
A children's charity has called for urgent action to help the thousands of children who are emotionally scarred by domestic violence in Britain. Barnardo's made its call in a report, Bitter Legacy,...
The number of children in England prescribed the controversial drug Ritalin more than doubled between 1997 and 2001, figures obtained by the Liberal Democrats have shown. Paul Burstow, Liberal...
Diversity in the early years is not just about a shortage of men in the workforce, says Beatrice Merrick - we need to look at whether all communities are represented too
Staff training in 2002 will continue to be an added hurdle for early years managers as they struggle to deliver high quality childcare in a sector undergoing rapid expansion and wide-ranging reforms.