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A foothold on the ladder in the very earliest months of a child's life is why the original concept of the local Sure Start programme was so important.
Everyone agrees that children deserve the best possible start in life, and that our nursery provision should reflect the critical importance of the early years in shaping young lives. Yet it's a sad...
Childcare options need not be mutually exclusive, says Pat Broadhead.
We have always needed a voice of caution when faced with changes to our education and care systems.
Cedric is an endearing little character who helps children learn to count up to ten. He measures 44cm long and each segment of his body bears an embroidered number. These segments can be pulled apart...
Under the Government's new schools admissions plan, parents will be able to reserve places in reception classes for up to a year for their four-year-olds, while enjoying free full-time early years...
If friends ask us about the nursery business these days, we tell them to think of it as a hen coop in which several foxes have recently arrived.
A raft of rather depressing stories about increasing levels of inequality in Britain, particularly affecting under-fives, has been seen in the past month.
Those who choose a career in children's services have a special skill set that not everyone has, and a passion to make a difference to the children in whose lives they have been involved.
'Why stage a protest now?' and 'Why protest at all?' asked Nursery World's editorial when we launched the Open Eye campaign against the Early Years Foundation Stage becoming compulsory (6 December).