The voluntary sector has improved more than any other type of provision, according to the first large-scale study of childcare across England since the Effective Provision of Pre-School Education...
'We will not apologise for raising standards and we are not about to change a strategy admired around the word. Children cannot learn anything until they get the basics right.' A DfES spokesman...
We have been undertaking a 'healthy eating' policy at our pre-school when we have snacks each morning and have been promoting this instead of the usual milk and a biscuit. We recently received this...
For my ADCE qualification I am researching practitioners' regard for combined outdoor play and learning environments. I have prepared a questionnaire that takes about ten minutes to complete. I would...
Most parents find that there are moments in their children's lives that seem particularly special. One of those must be the point when your child turns around and says 'Look, I can write my name now!'
Looking back over nine decades of Nursery World magazines, from the Jazz Age to the Noughties, gives a wonderful insight into changing attitudes to children and the professionalisation of the nursery...