The revised Early Years Foundation Stage and its Characteristics of Effective Learning provide an opportunity to change practice in Key Stage 1 - and the new Ofsted inspection framework allows...
The Department for Education (DfE) wants to hear from providers interested in opening high-quality provision in deprived areas as part of a national project.
Use our directory to help you access the many short courses and workshops designed to keep early years professionals up to the minute with good practice across all aspects of provision from management...
OBSERVING, EVALUATING & DEVELOPING AREAS OF PROVISION The nursery environment provides the context for children's play and learning and should be responsive to the particular needs and interests of...
Kicking off a new series exploring the revised Development Matters guidance, Dr Julian Grenier looks at the first two key features of effective practice within the document: ‘The best for every child’...
Check if all areas of provision in your setting promote creativity, by asking yourself: Does role play provision offer: * opportunities to observe adults undertaking home and community roles?
Readers of Nursery World Scotland have sought to defend private nurseries against the accusation that they are 'havens of bad practice' made in a recent letter published in the magazine. Jean Simmons...
The battle for Reception? Is this most crucial of years about curriculum or about skills/child development? In this Best Practice Focus, we consider the latest on the controversial Reception year...
One in five children aged under eight now have access to a registered childcare place, according to Ofsted - but increased provision has also led to falling occupancy levels in day nurseries and...