Children in England could begin the national curriculum from the age of three, following the start of a Government consultation on extending the national curriculum to include the Foundation Stage....
Laura Henry-Allain is one of several leading early years figures named in the 2021 New Year Honours List.
Staff are poorly paid, settings heavily reliant on Government funding are worse off financially, and qualification levels looks to be falling, finds Ceeda’s first About Early Years survey
A 3m package to help early years professionals with using computers in a pre-school environment has sparked claims by practitioners that the money could be better spent elsewhere.
A pioneering training centre for early years, which has inspired home-grown practitioners and international visitors, celebrates its tenth anniversary this month.
Ceeda has released the findings from its About Early Years Workforce Roundtable, held last month to discuss solutions to current recruitment and staffing challenges.
In our regular series on the Foundation Stage curriculum, Helen Moylett shows how to help children settle in so that they can approach the early learning goals with confidence The Foundation Stage...
Some food for thought in your professional career Parent Partnership in the Early Years. By Damien Fitzgerald. (Continuum, ISBN 0826466443, 34.99, 020 7922 0880)
Anti-racism and inclusion guidance specifically for early years settings has been launched with the aim of supporting practitioners to nurture open and inclusive attitudes in young children.
A website launched by the Qualifications and Curriculum Development Agency aims to help teachers implement the new primary curriculum from September 2011.