Organisations representing the early years sector and school staff across the UK have called for the Government to tighten up its system of checks on all people working or applying to work with...
As an early years and primary educational consultant and member of the advisory body on the national play review, I welcomed this year's Playday (News, 7 August) and call on all children to exercise...
9, 16, 23, 30 AUGUST - The Early Years Foundation Stage and Observing Young Children
'These plans reek of the nanny state, and are an insult to Scottish parents.' Lord James Douglas Hamilton, the Scottish Tories' justice spokesman, on the Executive's proposal to ban smacking...
Nursery World wishes to make it clear that while examples of bad practice in beacon schools were cited by some delegates at a National Campaign for Nursery Education conference in London last month,...
Children's speech development is like a journey with the same destination whatever language they are using, says Penny Tassoni - but success depends on their guides The journey of how children learn...
Try a theme as overflowing with ideas for exploring as Noah's Ark is with animals, in this book-based project from Jean Evans The Other Ark by Lynley Dodd (Puffin, 5.99), author of the popular Hairy...
Giving the lowdown on the UK’s biggest nursery groups, Catherine Gaunt presents this year’s table, looks at their Ofsted performance and assesses the state of the market
The sector is anxiously awaiting news about who will take on the Government’s early years brief following the announcement that the former early years minister, Caroline Dinenage, has been moved to...