Name: Linda Harrison Job title: Manager, Regional Childcare Centre of Vocational Excellence
Reported notifications of Covid in early years settings during the recent Omicron wave were far higher than originally published – and in some weeks double the number - analysis of Ofsted data shows.
A cat that became famous for catching the same bus every day and that was tragically killed will be immortalised in a children's book to be published by Simon and Schuster, reported the Daily Mail....
Our judging panel, made up of 18 leading figures from every part of the early years sector, met at Haymarket's offices tasked with the tough job of selecting the award winners. A big 'thank you' for...
What are the effects of air pollution on children, and how can settings tackle the problem? Meredith Jones Russell looks at what is being done in London
As someone in childcare for 20 years, a qualified teacher and mother of a child who started school at four years and two weeks - ie, an August-born child - I am resolutely against four-year-olds in...
The value of the Healthy Start scheme, which helps women with children under the age of four with the cost of food and milk, needs to increase by 20 per cent to cover the cost of essentials such as...
Our understanding of how children's thinking develops owes much to the work of Chris Athey, as Cath Arnold explains
Find out how this free resource was developed by the Early Intervention Foundation and the PEDAL Centre – and how it can be used effectively in the setting. By Meredith Jones Russell