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Nursery group the Childcare Corporation has launched a new nursery brand offering higher staff ratios for babies under one, with the opening of Westchester House Nursery School in Farnham, Surrey.
Charlotte Goddard looks at what early years settings can do to narrow the ‘attainment gap’ and alleviate hardship and other issues that have increased during the pandemic
Thoughtful practitioners will identify what may be preventing children from doing their best, as Chris Dukes and Maggie Smith demonstrate.
Parents and Children Together (PACT), a new parent-delivered teaching programme, has led to gains in children’s early language and reading skills. Kelly Burgoyne, Rachel Gardner, Helen Whiteley and...
More legal requirements for the employment of childcare staff are outlined in our series on the EYFS framework by Laura Henry. The 'suitable people' requirement in the Statutory Framework for the...
By 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...
As the Government's lifelong learning reforms turn to the under-threes, Mary Evans asks what the forthcoming framework of effective practice should offer The programme of reforms with which the...
Young children take to learning other languages more readily than most people think. Emma Haughton explains why the early years are the ideal time to start. Fifteen four-year-olds are crammed into the...
Leapfrog Day Nurseries has been praised for its Advanced Modern Apprenticeship scheme, following a 20-day inspection by the Govern-ment's Adult Learning Inspectorate (ALI). After visiting some of...
Amusement is a useful trick to have up your sleeve. Children's entertainer Tommy Donbavand shares his trade secrets 'Knock, knock.'Go on, play along. Just for a minute or two.'Knock, knock.'