Thousands of campaigners against the closure of maintained nursery schools have signed a mass petition presented to Parliament yesterday by more than 30 MPs.
The MP for Hampstead and Kilburn replaces Tracy Brabin, MP for Batley and Spen, who had served as Labour’s shadow early years minister since July 2017 and was named shadow culture secretary last week.
More than 300 childcare providers have collectively raised thousands of pounds to pay for an advert in a national newspaper to highlight to families the impact of underfunding on the sector.
An exodus of white men have left the teaching profession over the last decade, but the proportion of black and minority ethnic male teachers is representative of the wider population for the first...
Up to 2,000 childcare practitioners are set to benefit from the second phase of the Government’s Early Years Professional Development programme (PDP) to boost children's early language and numeracy...
After coming to the UK from India Thangamma Ponnappa opted to study with Modern Montessori International (MMI) to fulfil her ambition to work as a Montessori practitioner. Find out about her...
Active Learning has ambitious plans for expansion as it seeks to reinvent the sector. Laura Marcus reports The entrepreneurial team behind Active Learning are looking to raise the bar for nursery...
All the most disadvantaged two-year-olds are to be offered free part-time nursery places as part of a 'fairness premium', deputy prime minister Nick Clegg announced last Friday.
The Government’s two-year-old offer has closed the gap between the most disadvantaged and advantaged children taking-up early years education, a new report claims.
Early years providers have duties towards children with special educational needs and those with disabilities under two new codes. Radhika Holmstrom explains how settings can fulfill their obligations...