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...
Do staff leave the organisation or the leader? In the second of a four-part series on staff retention, regional director of Childbase Partnership Sarah Rotundo elaborates on how good leadership is a...
Could it be that the worst is over for the private nursery sector, in terms of their fears for their survival? Certainly, several speakers at last week's Laing and Buisson conference thought that...
The phonics check will go ahead in the Autumn term with children in Year 2, the education secretary has confirmed.
A teenage mother's question has inspired a DVD designed to explain why and how to promote early language development.
We have ten copies of Clapping Games by Jenny Mosley and Helen Sonnet (Positive Press, 15.99) to give away to Out of School readers. Send your name and address on the back of a postcard or envelope,...
A Liverpool nursery has devised a new way of giving news updates to parents as part of a 12,000 investment in IT and security.
It's hard to remember when a Government appointment was met with quite such an enthusiastic welcome. The news that Lesley Staggs has become the first-ever national director of the Foundation Stage is...
Home corner We have five kitchen sink sets (Hope, Pounds19.95) to give away. Send your name and address on the back of a postcard or envelope, marked 'kitchen sink', to the address on page 3. Winners...
The National Child Minding Association (NCMA) joins other childcare organisations in regretting the sensationalist messages that have recently hit the national news about babies, toddlers and...