In recent times, the media has been awash with disturbing reports revealing a mounting malaise at the heart of the British education system, and within the teaching profession in particular....
Recruitment and training of the children's workforce is a major element of the Government's ten-year childcare strategy just released. And the recent EPPE study findings highlighted the importance of...
The pilot of 30-hour childcare in York is under threat after nurseries warned that the low funding rate puts their businesses at risk of closure.
I have just read the letter (13 October) complaining about paying VAT. May I please set the record straight? I am a committee officer of a registered charity pre-school playgroup, and like all...
With childcare ratios yet again in the spotlight, what do the Government’s plans to align England with Scotland really mean for early years settings? Catherine Gaunt reports
Introduce a vegan recipe to your menus with Avital Mediony’s lentil soup.
The transition to formal learning needs to be handled with sensitivity to help children and parents adapt, says Working Mum.
Get children in the habit of exploring, observing and recording their environment as they embark on a new project with activities from Jean Evans This four-part project on 'My Neighbourhood' starts...
Plan activities that will lead to the achievement of the early learning goals for physical development Three-year-olds are usually exclusively motor-active. They have been 'learning through doing'...
Start a new project on pattern with these activities based on the natural world from Lena Engel By the end of the Foundation Stage, children should have learned in mathematics to 'talk about,...