Girls do better than boys in every area of learning before they are five, the first national results of the Foundation Stage profile revealed last week. Statistics published by the Department for...
The use of outdoor areas is the most critical issue in implementing the Foundation Stage, according to a survey of an education union's members working in primary schools. Sixty per cent of...
Huge funding cuts to children's services being planned by a local authority could lead to the closure of 14 after-school clubs and 23 summer play schemes in deprived areas.
Richard Willis, visiting professor at the University of South Wales, reviews a book which integrates early years theory and practice, and aims to encourage readers to start a conversation about their...
Are you too attached to the childrenin your care? Find out with this quiz by Sue Hubberstey and Jan Hurst 1 The child you care for likes to come into your room before school starts. Do you:
With language development a growing issue among children on free school meals, Nicole Weinstein reports on the vital supporting role that early years settings are playing
Children with speech and hearing difficulties are put on the right course by the detective work done by professionals at a leading centre. Olivia Silverwood-Cope reports Two-and-a-half-year-old Peter...
The Duchess of Cambridge has launched a national survey on early childhood.
Spring is a common project for early years settings, but our work with children at this time of year needn't be restricted to a tired selection of traditional 'spring activities'. Of course, we will...
By Ruth in Chesterfield, Derbyshire, who hopes to be a childminder soon Last July I applied to be a childminder. I sent the completed forms to Ofsted, together with details about my husband, as...