At a recent Lobby Day in Parliament, early years providers voiced their concerns to those with the power to correct current policies
With official guidance on early years learning and development hard to find, we should welcome a new resource for music
Some subjects can be a challenge to approach in the classroom, but are made easier by looking at them from children’s perspectives
Assessing children against a framework intended to promote good practice doesn’t make sense – except, perhaps, to the Government
What do we know about the science behind learning through play in early childhood development? And how can we use it to move the field forward for all our children, asks Dr. Jack P. Shonkoff, the 2019...
Wales has introduced a Bill to abolish the ‘reasonable punishment’ defence for hitting a child – and the rest of the UK will hopefully follow
Andrea Quincey is head of primary English at Oxford University Press, which has today published a policy report, Language unlocks reading, with the National Literacy Trust and the APPG on Literacy....
How a home-visiting programme could help prevent inequalities in child development and health by supporting families early on
The Government needs to put its money where its mouth is when it comes to releasing more funds for the early years
Ahead of the next general election, pledges will likely be made about childcare, but will they have any substance?