Managers of half the playgroups in England hold a childcare or education qualification at only NVQ level 2 or under, a major study funded by the Department for Education and Employment has found. The...
A unit that can help prepare new practitioners for dealing with parents and multi-agency working is examined by Mary Evans.
A two-tier childcare tax credit should be introduced to bring free early years provision to the families that need it most, according to a new report. At present, middle-income working families win...
Nursery provision in Wales could be hit by cuts to the local Government budget.
In the first of a new six-part series, Charlotte Goddard explores Level 1 qualifications
More than 500 early years staff embarked upon the newly-created Level 5 early years apprenticeship in the first two quarters of the 2022-23 academic year.
Special needs provision By Anne Longfield, chief executive of 4Children
Karen Hart unpicks Standard 1 of the Early Years Teacher criteria, and offers an insight into how trainees might demonstrate the standard and embed it into their practice.
Adopting a key person approach requires careful preparation and organisation by the staff team in any setting, as well as reviewing practice once they have started using it, writes Anne O'Connor.
The RNID information line telephone number is 0808 808 0123, not 0808 9808 0123 as stated on page 5 of last week's Nursery World.