The quality of provision in early years settings has risen in the past year, according to the latest inspection figures from Ofsted, with more providers judged to be outstanding or good.
The Nursery World Show returns to the Business Design Centre on 2 & 3 Feb 2024 with an exciting range of speakers including independent consultant Jan Dubiel, trainer Alice Sharp and early years...
Children’s charity ERIC has launched a new campaign to support children starting school in September to get ready to use toilets independently, and to remove some of the stigma associated with toilet...
Gaps in data available to local authorities about children from birth to five could make it difficult for children's services to target early intervention strategies effectively, a survey of...
The government must ensure it bases early years policy decisions on qualitative as well as quantitative evidence, and avoid prioritising research that only supports particular policy agendas, a group...
New analysis by the National Education Union (NEU) shows that 961, 127 children in England are in classes of 31 or more pupils, up from 747, 531 in 2010.
Good physical development (PD) practice starts in the setting, says Dr Lala Manners in this first part of a new series exploring how staff can increase knowledge and balance in-house activities with...
Nominations for the Heinemann and Nursery World Childcare Student of the Year Award 2009 must be made by 31 March, to recognise oustanding childcare students who show the potential to be brilliant...
Apprentices and students are taking out loans, cutting back on food, or missing out on teaching time because they cannot afford to travel due to the cost of living crisis.
The Department for Education (DfE) has been slammed for missing the Government’s own target for creating apprenticeships, according to Labour analysis released at the start of this week’s National...