Why has the recent proposal to extend the national curriculum to include the Foundation Stage got early years experts up in arms? Mary Evans asks them The Government's consultation on extending...
Replacing Baseline assessment with a 'school-readiness' check would not be a simple matter, warns Karen Wickett
Even very young children love to explore, and although nature is the key resource here, it can be given a helping hand. Nicole Weinstein reports.
Early years providers have had a lot of different issues to consider in the election campaign
I have worked as a nursery nurse in a Middlesbrough local authority school nursery for 20 years. In our authority all council employees are going through a local government single status job...
Awar of words broke out last week between two unions over the Government's workload agreement for schools in England. The row between the National Union of Teachers (NUT) and Unison, which represents...
The chance to deliver EYPS training may well have eluded many valued institutions.
New evidence on the potential value for money of early education and childcare (ECEC) to the individual and society has emerged.
It’s very difficult to switch attention away from the start of the 30 hours implementation – understandably given its likely impact on the early years sector.