A national directory that allows parents to search for childcare providers and family services online is to close at the end of the month with the end of its Department for Education funding.
Jackie Basquill, Edge Hill University lecturer, describes how a full-time pathway EYP student found evidence for Standard 16: Engage in sustained shared thinking with children.
Try these ten questions to help you to evaluate your setting's key person system. 1. Does a child have more contact with his or her key person during the day than with other members of staff? If not,...
Ask yourself these ten questions to help you evaluate your setting's approach to special educational needs 1. Does your setting make it clear that it is positive about children with special needs?...
The title of the government consultation ‘Primary Assessment in England’ might have led the early years sector to conclude it didn’t much involve them.
Plans to rationalise the sector's 361 early years qualifications have been put on hold by the Children's Workforce Development Council in the light of the Nutbrown Review .
A Kids 1st Nursery is being investigated by Ofsted, following an incident at the setting where a nine-month-old girl lost the tip of her finger after it was trapped under a door.
What's seasonal in May? As we head into warmer days at last, spinach provides some of the nutrients and antioxidants needed as we come out of the dark days of winter. The freshest, tenderest spinach...
The Ministry of Stories project has a positive impact on children’s creativity through writing, explains Professor Dominic Wyse