Creating a nursery that doubles as a training facility has given students from a rough estate a bright future. Their leader Hayley Marshall tells what it's all about.
Setting the scene for small-world play can be just as important as the play itself. Nicole Weinstein looks at some of the best resources on offer to inspire miniature worlds
Childbase has introduced an initiative to reward staff for the more hours they work. The group tells Nursery World about the scheme, as well as its other employee perks
Ipswich is the only one of the Opportunity Areas to have improved self-regulation as an early years target. Charlotte Goddard reports
Rather than obsess over whether activities are free-flow, child-led and so on, teachers should consider if they constitute effective learning and empower the child as a learner, says Jan Dubiel
Serving healthy school dinners the Italian way has children asking for seconds, and sitting with their teachers. Mario Matassa gets a taste.
How one award-winning setting in Cambridgeshire is immersing children in the basics of nutrition and where food comes from. By Meredith Jones Russell
On behalf of our readers, staff in nurseries and schools around the country have put a wide range of products through their paces to assess their value in the workplace and have given each item a star...
Don't miss the latest issue of the ever-popular Nursery Chains, with our Top 25 table of the largest chains and the rankings by Ofsted grades.