Free childcare for pre-school children should be significantly extended and the number of children's centres should be doubled, according to Capacity, a new public interest body for children's...
A combination of more family-friendly policies and migration from eastern Europe and other 'higher fertility' countries may be behind the highest birthrate for 35 years, according to Julia Margo,...
Men can only play a greater role in the early years sector if they are accepted by parents and treated as equals by colleagues, if their choice of career is respected and if the challenges they face...
Dr Helen Edwards provides insights into how the revised EYFS is influencing Ofsted's inspections and what its recent reports suggest about changes to practice and management.
I was interested to read the Ofsted report Early Years: Firm Foundations, and also Beatrix Campbell's comments about it (Nursery World, 1 September). I wholeheartedly agree with Beatrix Campbell when...
What do you get if you cross a frog with a bee? Well, the UK early years sector is about to find out, and the resulting creature will be the largest in the nursery garden.
Misunderstandings about the nature of extended schools seem to abound- that they involve keeping children cooped up in school for a mandatory 10 hours a day, or that teachers will be working as...
The weekend of action sparked a wealth of ideas from nursery owners, practitioners, and childminders, among others.