The Government-endorsed Early Years Professional Status (EYPS) accreditation, launched in 2007, was designed to create a graduate-led workforce in the early years sector.
The work and pensions secretary Iain Duncan Smith has announced plans to change the way that child poverty is measured, as new Government figures show the target to halve child poverty by 2010 has not...
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The early years sector is at risk of becoming unsustainable without ‘immediate intervention and urgent action’, the Early Years Workforce Commission (18 January) has said.
Home is where the most important brain development is for babies and toddlers. Kim Roberts explains how early years practitioners need to work with parents to enable the best possible outcomes for...
The first children's centre in the country to achieve 'Outstanding' in every category of its Ofsted inspection has celebrated ten years of innovation and excellence. Rafiquel Islam explains its...
The gains that children in one far-seeing nursery made from using digital cameras are described by Wendy Scott Staff at Canterbury Children's Centre in Bradford, West Yorkshire, are convinced that...
ICT is playing an increasingly important role in early years. Professor John Siraj-Blatchford explains.
Although the top of the table remains the same, this year’s top 25 ranking reveals evidence elsewhere of the shifting early years landscape. Catherine Gaunt reports