This is the fifth year of the Nursery World Awards, which have become the top accolades for the early years education and childcare sector. Our 2012 awards are now open, so take the time to enter and...
Congratulations to Nursery World for instigating a debate on whether babies and children under two years old should be sent to nursery. Encouraged by the Government, there is a huge change (we can't...
As yet another review of childcare policy looms, early years experts are still calling for the divide between education and care to be abolished as part of a radical rethink about what we want for...
One award-winning school in London strives to be gender-neutral and help children embrace different family make-ups. By Nicole Weinstein
Hear, hear, Kate Rice! It is fantastic to hear somebody else consider issues of professionalism before issues of the balance sheet ('Make room for an extra pair of hands', Letters, 24 June). We have...
20 November. Understanding and managing behaviour in the early years This course by London University's Institute of Education will consider why some young children are difficult to manage and discuss...
The Government fails to understand the complex relationship between early years settings and ratios, Sue Cowley writes.
Sure Start and childcare funding is being cut by an average of 50 per child over the next financial year, according to new research, with some of the poorest areas of the country facing the biggest...
As the Government’s childcare expansion for working parents of two-year-olds in England gets underway, sector organisations and nurseries continue to warn of the challenges facing the sector.