Almost 200 schools that initially signed up to the Reception Baseline pilot have dropped out.
Despite the Government spending 7bn on childcare per year, British parents currently pay 27% of their income on childcare.
Let children's imaginations fly high, while steering their learning with activities based on a favourite story book as suggested by early years adviser Judith Stevens.
Make the most of growing your own with a pizza that the children can customise to their own taste using vegetables and herbs plucked straight from the garden, says Mary Llewellin
Preparing for the new Education Inspection Framework. By Gabriella Jozwiak
You'll find some new names in our Top 25 table of nursery groups this year, and in the directory too. Catherine Gaunt analyses the ups and downs in both size and quality of the chains.
Early Education is warning that local authorities are eroding high-quality provision.
Early years workers can extend their career prospects with a new higher education degree. Mary Evans reports