While the number of children passing the phonics check has increased year-on-year, teaching staff are unsure of its value.
Playwork training and qualifications are underpinned by essential values and assumptions. The first assumption is that: 'Children's play is freely chosen, personally directed behaviour, motivated from...
Official figures from Ofsted show the number of childcare providers and places has fallen since last year, raising fears over how the expansion of the funded hours will be met.
A group of mothers from across the country went to 10 Downing Street on Mother's Day and handed in a petition with 50,000 names against cuts to Sure Start Children's Centres.
How can settings best support the particular maths development needs of three-year-olds, asks Judith Dancer in the fourth part of this series