The early years sector has given a mixed response to the Government's second consultation into the Healthy Start scheme that proposes offering a choice of free milk or fruit to children under five in...
There is a wide variation in the quality of care for the youngest children in Neighbourhood Nurseries, according to the latest DfES evaluation of the scheme. It found that 'on the whole' the...
Good practice Meeting the minimum standards is no longer enough for settings to keep customers loyal and stay ahead of the growing competition within the early years sector
The North West is developing fast. Find out what it's like for a childcarer to live and work there, as Mary Evans discovers, and see the jobs from p35.
A mixed bag of books that lend themselves to being shared with a group of young children is reviewed by Alison Boyle Halibut Jackson by David Lucas (Andersen, 10.99, ISBN: 1-84270-218-1)
The bestselling children’s author and poet of more than 200 books – includingThe Gruffalo, Room on the Broom andSuperworm – has had many of her lyrical, rhyming stories made into animations and...
London Early Years Foundation chief executive June O’Sullivan explains why the nursery group is setting up an Early Years Social Enterprises Collective
Sharing stories is the key to learning to read, says Cassie Surrey
The gains from engaging in an international meeting of early years practitioners reflecting on practice are extolled by June O'Sullivan of the Westminster Children's Society At the beginning of...