By Mary Dickins, early years consultant (All Together Consultancy/London Met. University)
Contrasts between early years provision in different countries can help us reflect on whether education is for teaching children readiness for life, argue David Whitebread and Sue Bingham.
Councils will receive a new minimum rate of £4.30 an hour in the new early years funding formula, the early years minister has confirmed.
Supporting children in making healthy choices about the food they eat works best when there is respect and no pressure, finds Nicola Watson
* A campaign to set up out-of-school provision for 11- to 16-year-olds, managed by the Kids' Clubs Network, has reported that it now has more than 300 clubs in development. Clubs belonging to the Make...
Monday I got this job through the nanny agency Family Match based in Winchester, and I've been a private ski nanny for Scott Dunn here in Courchevel, France, since the beginning of last December. I'm...
Data being gathered by the CWDC rings alarm bells for Alan Bentley.
Unfortunately Nursery World never seems to mention the Open University's childcare and education courses in the training supplements or articles where an overview is given. The OU is currently running...
Further to the news story 'Outdoor areas hinder Foundation Stage' (4 July). I teach reception children in our local primary school, and our outdoor facilities are poor - yet they have the potential to...
Around 10,000 fewer providers plan to offer parents 30-hour childcare than the number delivering the current 15-hour free entitlement, DfE statistics show.