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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
Managers of half the playgroups in England hold a childcare or education qualification at only NVQ level 2 or under, a major study funded by the Department for Education and Employment has found. The...
I read with interest Patricia Slatcher's excellent feature 'First choice' (26 July). I felt it was a clear, concise guide for college leavers to help them make informed choices about their careers....
Teacher training courses do not equip teachers for working with the youngest learners, members of the National Campaign for Real Nursery Education said at their AGM last week.
If we want to preserve our valuable early years services, we must seek to influence politicians, says Dr Julian Grenier, national chair of Early Education
With such an assortment of exhibitors on show and seminars to attend you'll be spoiled for choice at this year's Early Years and Primary Teaching Exhibition in Glasgow. It is the only one of such...
The Pre-school Learning Alliance has launched a new approach to training by offering busy nursery managers a free consultation to help them choose training specific to the needs of their staff.
Members of the Scottish Childminding Association (SCMA) have voted in favour of changes to training requirements for childminders. A resolution was passed at the SCMA conference in Perth last week...
Fourteen more local authorities are set to extend the free early education entitlement for three- and four-year-olds to 15 hours a week from next September.
In the second part of our feature on early years careers, Patricia Slatcher talks to the staff of nursery classes and schools as well as day centres in the maintained sector Nursery classes and...