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Areas of rural isolation are set to benefit in the latest round of lottery funding for childcare places. The grants from the New Opportunities Fund (NOF), the National Lottery distributor, were...
It is time that Labour moved away from its highly targeted policies for early years childcare and education towards universal provision, according to MP and former secretary of state Stephen Byers. Mr...
A leading academic has claimed that the Government's policy of allowing childcare provision to be driven by market forces has led to appalling standards in some private nurseries in deprived areas.
Lucy Powell, MP for Manchester Central, was appointed as Labour's new shadow minister for childcare and early years in October. Katy Morton met her to discuss her party's policies.
With foreign language learning being introduced in primary schools for Key Stage 2, practitioners have an opportunity to help children prepare. Opal Dunn considers the best approach.
The idea of providing free part-time nursery places for all three-year-olds sounds good, but is it working out in practice? Mary Evans looks at the realities
Joanne Ryan is the head of assessment for the Early Years Professional Status programme at Edge Hill University. She gained EYPS herself through the Validation pilot scheme in 2006. Here she describes...
A round-up of books, posters, games, puzzles, gardening kits and other resources to help you get the most out of a topic on growth We have five each of the All year round herb kit and the Indoor...
* Putting equality into practice is the subject of a new guide for early years settings by the Early Years Trainers Anti-Racist Network (EYTARN). A Policy for Excellence: developing a policy for...
National Day Nurseries Association’s new head of policy and external affairs