Political party manifestos have been emerging left, right and centre over recent days. And as the NSPCC points out this week (see News, page 5), politicians of all persuasions have been quick to grab...
The CWDC has confirmed that it is reviewing the cut-off point for students to current Level 3 qualifications in early years and childcare, following a report by Ofqual, which criticises the new ...
Nursery staff have feared for their physical and mental health while working through successive lockdowns – many of them without access to full sick pay, a study led by the University of Leeds...
Thank you for printing the news story 'Ofsted advises staff leaving SARS areas' (8 May). I was one of 20 people to have returned recently from a two-week early years study tour to China. I was...
Outdoor furniture 'requiring zero maintenance' will be launched at this year's Education Show (at NEC, Birmingham, 20-22 March)
Childcare providers are challenging music licensing bodies which claim they must pay to play recorded music in their settings.
Test your knowledge about child development, the value of play in the early years and the importance of observing and assessing young children by answering true or false. By Jackie Harding and Liz...
An Ofsted survey has found that 107 out of 139 local authorities are making a good contribution towards developing better outcomes for the majority of children and young people. But 'Narrowing the...
Those who lived through the bleak days of the Woodhead/Blunkett Education regime of the late 1990s scarcely imagined that early-years policy-making could be any more Dark-Aged, but in this respect the...
Child Safety Week, an annual initiative organised by the Child Accident Prevention Trust (CAPT), is taking place between 23 and 29 June, on the theme of 'One moment changes everything'. The message of...