We know that early years practitioners are very concerned to help parents understand the Foundation Stage and how their children will learn and develop through these vital years. Nursery World's...
It is an indication of just how quickly things are moving in the world of nursery groups that no sooner had we published our latest Top 20 league table in the new Nursery Chains magazine (3 June) than...
The report into the UK's early childhood education and care system by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (see News, page 4) has been ready for publication since February....
The issue of nursery nurses' pay is filling our news pages once again this week. In Glasgow, Unison members are taking to the streets later this month in support of a national pay claim for Scotland...
Figures from the Office of National Statistics show that one in ten children and young people suffer from a serious mental health disorder.
The Department for Education's early years steering group is to look at whether sector qualifications are 'fit for purpose'.
A Cambridgeshire nursery where a baby died after choking on a piece of apple is to close this Friday, following revelations that a TV reporter worked undercover at the nursery and exposed serious...
Primary school education should build on the principles of the EYFS rather than being shaped by a 'downward push' from the secondary curriculum, a new report argues.
People working in early years have been urged to tell the Government their ideas about the future of the sector through the Big Conversation, launched last week by prime minister Tony Blair. Daycare...