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Plans to reform school funding to end ‘a historical postcode lottery’ will see a redistribution of money with schools in big cities like Manchester, and London boroughs losing out in favour of schools...
The use of outdoor areas is the most critical issue in implementing the Foundation Stage, according to a survey of an education union's members working in primary schools. Sixty per cent of...
Guests at the launch of the Kids' Clubs Network's blueprint for out-of-school care, 'The Next Steps for School Age Childcare', were told by education minister Stephen Twigg that he was 'happy to take...
Encouraging children to learn a musical instrument will boost their memory capacity and may give them an advantage in school, according to research by psychologists at the Chinese University of Hong...
Pen Green, the research centre recently appointed by the Department for Education to lead on raising standards in early years settings, has 'rejected' the revised Early Years Foundation Stage.
Leading neuroscientist Baroness Susan Greenfield has spoken out about her concerns about the impact of screen technologies on young children's development.
More than 40 schools and early years settings across Wales are due to start piloting the Foundation Phase for three- to seven-year-olds next month. The new framework, which takes a play-based approach...
Reflections Nursery in Worthing, West Sussex, is holding an exhibition this week of the children's artwork dating back to 2006 to mark the setting's fifth anniversry.
As a male nursery nurse I feel I must reply to the management feature on employing male childcarers, 'Men at work' (9 May). The managers and staff at Rossett House Nursery where I work are very...
Early years settings seeking advice on how to achieve the Every Child Matters objectives for disabled children can attend free seminars and workshops on inclusion until Easter 2006. The initiative is...