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An independent review of early years qualifications is to scrutinise the content of current qualifications and determine how they can be strengthened.
After many years of lobbying by childcare organisations, the Government's proposals to extend tax breaks for employer-supported childcare look set to make significant advances (see News, page 4). Tax...
The Department for Education has launched two schemes to help close the ‘word gap' that exists between disadvantaged children and their peers at the age of five.
Michael Bichard's inquiry notes that decisions about individuals will only be as good as the information on which they are based (News, 1 July). If significant information is missing, the risk...
A 'language-rich' environment both at home and in the nursery is vital if a child is to progress easily through the many stages of early speech development. In the first of a series on communication...
The review of the Early Years Foundation Stage might consider the option of an increased emphasis on personal, social and emotional development and communication and language, according to...
The Communication Trust, a 38-strong consortium of private and voluntary-sector providers, will be spearheading a nationwide 'National Year' campaign in 2011 which will highlight the importance of...
Talk to Your Baby, the National Literacy Trust's campaign to promote communication with babies and toddlers, is urging parents and childcarers to be more sociable when pushing buggies with a 'Walkie...
May I please make two points about the use of terminology in Nursery World (24 November)? The first is the use of the term 'ethnic' in the headline 'Guide fosters sensitivity to ethnic families'...
The Prime Minister has promised a full review of business rates, if the Conservatives win the general election.