A new consultation on how information sharing can help drive the 30 hours entitlement will happen later this year, the childcare minister said this week.
Early years practitioners are caught between what policymakers and educationalists mean by readiness for school, as David Whitebread and Sue Bingham explain.
Congratulations to Nursery World for instigating a debate on whether babies and children under two years old should be sent to nursery. Encouraged by the Government, there is a huge change (we can't...
This is the fifth year of the Nursery World Awards, which have become the top accolades for the early years education and childcare sector. Our 2012 awards are now open, so take the time to enter and...
Managers of early years, childcare settings and children's centres should take heed of the key messages from Ofsted's report into school readiness, says James Hempsall.
<P> Encourage the behaviour you want to see at nursery by first considering things from the children's perspective, says Jennie Lindon </P>
Putting aside time to spend with the children is vital for maintaining the right perspective on the job, says Sarah Presswood, manager of George Perkins Day Nursery in Birmingham.
It is perhaps a measure of how far the early years sector’s relationship with Ofsted has improved that after chief inspector Amanda Spielman’s speech at our Business Summit last week, there was no...
Child psychologist Jennie Lindon answers your letters about child behaviour Q In our nursery, some parents always seem to greet their child with, 'What have you done today?', meaning that they want to...