Ministers are proposing a new way of working, building on the 'co-production' process, to draw up a 'covenant' between the early years sector, the DfE and local authorities.
Four-year-old Kristopher Young and friends have a go with ICT at Scaraway Nursery in Glasgow A 3m package to help early years professionals with using computers in a pre-school environment has sparked...
Cambridge Education, a division of Mott MacDonald, is now running early years and school services for Slough Borough Council.
More than 40 schools and early years settings across Wales are due to start piloting the Foundation Phase for three- to seven-year-olds next month. The new framework, which takes a play-based approach...
Primary schools are the fastest route for the Government to develop universal early years provision, according to the head of a leading children and family research institute. Gillian Pugh, chief...
Sheffield Hallam University’s (SHU) early years initial teacher training (EYITT) programme is the first in the country to be rated outstanding by Ofsted.
Two major research projects commissioned by the Department for Education and Skills are set to show early years workers how they can best support young children's learning and development. In one...
A group of Early Years Teachers has set up the UK’s only organisation dedicated to raising the profile of the profession.
The Government is to extend the Teach First leadership development programme to the early years from September to encourage bright graduates to the sector.
Tracy Brabin, Labour MP for Batley and Spen, has been appointed as shadow minister for early years in Jeremy Corbyn’s reshuffle.