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Practitioners and teachers play a key role in supporting five- to seven-year-olds to build on the bedrock of thinking skills acquired in the early years.
Under-funding of free early education places and the tough economic climate are threatening sustainability of the nursery sector and the viability of the two-year-olds programme, the National Day...
As his local children and family centre is forced to close successful services due to funding cuts, Warwick Mansell takes a personal view of the politics surrounding the Government's approach.
* Having worked for 25 years in various early years establishments, the past ten in management positions, what finally pushed me out was my local authority's insistence on introducing a policy on...
New shadow children and families minister Alison McGovern sets out Labour's policy priorities
Animal therapy is becoming increasingly popular in the early years. Ruth Beattie finds out why
There are lots of aspects of the current set of challenges for the early years sector that are of great concern, as many of our recent stories and features online and in the magazine illustrate.
How are the largest nursery groups bearing up in a difficult market? Catherine Gaunt reports on the latest ups and downs in the UK and Ireland's top 20 chains Aglance at the league table for our...
How can nurseries meet the nutritional needs of babies when they move from breast milk or infant formula to complementary foods? In the first of two articles on weaning, Nicole Weinstein looks at the...
Manchester Metropolitan University is investigating the impact of the Birth to Three Matters framework and how it lives on in practice today, and would like to hear your thoughts.