In this year's Nursery World student essay competition, we asked participants to write on the theme of 'caring for birth to threes'. Here we reprint in full the winning entry, with extracts from the...
Concerns have been raised over the standards of care and education in some voluntary and community sector-run children's centres after the first round of pilot Ofsted inspections produced judgements...
The influence on children of the time and place in which they grow up is considered by <B>Professor Tricia David</B>
The four-year pay deal for Scotland's teachers has been criticised by union leaders representing striking nursery nurses. The award, announced last week and backdated to 1 April, is worth 10.4 per...
Children have been invited by Highland SAFE KIDS Coalition to design their ideal play space for a competition launched on 1 August to coincide with National Play Day. Open to all children throughout...
Unions are in negotiation with Nottingham City Council to agree a pay deal similar to the one signed earlier this year with neighbouring Nottinghamshire County Council (Special report, 28 June 2001)....
The National Union of Head Teachers last week complained angrily to the home secretary about the Criminal Records Bureau and the way it had more than doubled its fees for Disclosure checks on people...
Settings often struggle with planning for under-threes, to the detriment of provision. Jennie Lindon explains some key aspects of developmentally appropriate planning for young children Effective...
Initiatives on nutrition are timely and well-meaning, but directed at the wrong age group.
Training to become an Early Years Teacher doesn't have to take an entire year. Charlotte Goddard meets an experienced nursery practitioner who took a shorter route to the qualification.