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The new Level 2 early years practitioner qualifications criteria have been welcomed by the sector for 'raising the bar'.
The establishment of the long-awaited Sector Skills Council (SSC) bringing together those working in early years and childcare as well as children's social care was expected to be announced this week.
Help is at hand for settings preparing to offer funded places for two-year-olds in 'Are you ready for me -now I'm 2?'. Its authors, the Cheshire East Early Years and Childcare Team, explain how it...
The new Scottish Commission for the Regulation of Care has been recruiting new officers - but has not specified that they should have any early years experience. A recent advertisement in The Scotsman...
Despite DfE claims that childcare settings will now receive a ‘boost’ in funding rates (as of last week - 1 September), many providers say they are to receive £5 or less per hour for three and...
One-year-old infants who show no response when their name is called could be autistic, according to new US research. Researchers from the University of California Davis, Sacramento, spent two years...
Significant expansion of the Early Years Teacher programme is underway with the number of training providers set to increase from the existing eight to more than 40 for 2014/15.
Childcarers can now access training from the comfort of their own home following the launch of an internet college for early years professionals. The Yorkshire-based Internet College for Early Years...
By Sue Allingham, Foundation Stage and infant co-ordinator at a primary school in Richmond upon Thames While it is good news that the Government is proposing a national programme for Foundation Stage...