The proportion of seven-year-olds achieving Government targets for writing has fallen by five percentage points over the past year.
Nursery owners paying staff the national minimum wage (NMW) have warned they will have to make cutbacks when the salary rate increases later this year.
Fifteen local authorities are taking part in a 4m pilot to test methods of providing nursery places to the poorest two-year-olds in England.
What students can gain from reflective study and where it can take them are explained by Professor Tina Bruce The influence of Friedrich Froebel is strong today in quiet and influential ways. Froebel...
A round-up of courses relevant to the early years curriculum by Simon Vevers Art
Use the following pointers as possible lead-ins for discussion at a staff meeting or with children's parents and carers. 1 As a team, have you discussed how children's daily tasks, such as putting on...