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By Ross Midgley, director of Crocus Early Years Centre, Essex I cannot comment on Jean Brown's Ofsted inspection, although after reading her 'In my view' (Nursery World, 27 January, page 35) I looked...
Speech and language therapists in south Wales are encouraging parents to take part in an early language campaign that focuses on their baby's first words. Dressed in 'What is your baby saying?'...
Baseline just keeps returning despite great unpopularity with some and concern about its effects. Now what does that remind you of?
Preparing for the new Education Inspection Framework. By Gabriella Jozwiak
Ensuring that childminders have the skills in place to deliver the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) continues to be a challenge, Ed Balls, Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families,...
A leading early years organisation has called on the Government to abandon Key Stage 1 SATs. Members of Early Education said they felt there was a clash between the 'welcome, play-based philosophy of...
Lack of outdoor space and excessive bureaucracy are just some of the issues that make it difficult for early years professionals to deliver the Foundation Stage curriculum effectively, according to...
When Newcastle University's Childsplay Nursery was threatened with closure, the parents rallied to rescue it. Deputy manager Diane Gregory says,'They did not want to own it as a private concern. They...
The role of play in the learning process was the central theme of a national conference attended by more than 100 early years inspectors and advisers. The annual conference of the National Association...
Ofsted's evaluation of the Primary National Strategy, published last week, has found that overall it was having 'a positive impact' on primary schools. The report also looked at transition from the...