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A welter of statistics and reports has been released in the past week or so despite the fact that it is summer holiday season. Perhaps government and other bodies are hoping that no one will be...
Two reports highlighting the abrupt transition that children undergo when moving from reception class to Key Stage 1, from play-based learning to a more formal approach, will be welcomed by early...
A free conference for all children's centre leaders, organised by the DCSF, is taking place in London on Tuesday, 8 September.
Further to the news story 'Nurseries may quit education grant' (5 February), the issue of funding made me leave the early years sector after 15 years of working in various playgroups to work as an NVQ...
Understanding early years policy By Peter Baldock, Damien Fitzgerald and Janet Kay (Paul Chapman, 18.99, 1-4129-1028-5, 020 7324 8500) Reviewed by Jennie Lindon, psychologist and early years...
The new national occupational standards for classroom assistants (see News, page 4) are welcome for several reasons. The standards, and the forthcoming NVQs/SVQs that will follow, will be a big step...
BBC News said that the middle name of Chancellor Gordon Brown's second son James Fraser was chosen by elder brother John, who is nearly three. The BBC also reported on Brad Pitt's 'true joy' at...
The recent move by a primary school in south London to open a baby unit, funded and run by the school itself, raises quite a few issues, especially with current concerns about how local authorities...