Maureen Smith and Yvonne Nolan, co-founders of Duo Consulting and developers of the new APEL qualification APEL Level 3 Certificate in work with children(Early Years or Playwork), Unit 2: reflect on...
More than 80 per cent of providers are Good or Outstanding under Ofsted’s new inspection framework, but this trend may not continue, an outcomes analyst has said.
Children’s centres in poor areas help disadvantaged families to develop parenting skills, improve mothers’ mental health and children's learning at home, research shows.
Busy Bees nursery at St Albans City Hospital celebrated its tenth birthday with a party.
Children from Holmsdale Manor Nursery in Ibstock, Leicestershire, toast marshmallows over a campfire at the setting's 25th anniversary celebration on their forest school site
Early years settings are being warned by councils about charging parents ‘top-up fees’ for the funded hours.
A nursery manager awarded more than 12,500 in compensation by an industrial tribunal after the nursery employing her closed at ten days' notice is continuing her fight after the owner failed to pay...
When doing cookery with disabled children, it is a good idea to keep the session quite short and make the groups as small as possible. Lots of praise and encouragement while the children are doing the...
Spring is a common project for early years settings, but our work with children at this time of year needn't be restricted to a tired selection of traditional 'spring activities'. Of course, we will...