Girls continue to do better than boys in every area of learning before they are five, the latest national results of the Foundation Stage Profile show. The statistics for 2005, published by the DfES...
Some essential principles should guide conversations with children, says Julie Fisher in part four of her series on adult roles in early learning.
The National College for Teaching and Leadership has confirmed that while EYPS and Early Years Teacher are equivalent, they are distinct awards with different standards.
Nearly 200,000 people have signed a petition urging the health secretary to introduce routine screening for Group B Strep in pregnancy.
The chains in our directory can be as little as a three-setting group or big enough to cater for tens of thousands of children. Annette Rawstrone looks at the pros and cons of each
The best way to represent children’s age and stage of development is continuing to be deliberated as work progresses on ‘Birth to Five Matters – Guidance by the sector, for the sector’.
In response to Beatrix Cambell about starting childcare from the view of the parent (To the Point, 5 January), as a mother of two who works in childcare I have seen both sides of this argument. When...
A new service providing childcare to families in rural communities in Scotland has been launched in the Highlands. Direct Childcare, led by Highland Pre-school Services, is a new voluntary...