A new report looking at ways to reform childcare recommends staff: child ratios be relaxed further than the proposed 1:5 in 'good' and 'outstanding' nurseries and suggests childminder agencies take on...
MPs have urged school reform minister Nick Gibb to give parents of summer-born children a right of appeal if their requests for a later school start are turned down.
If a child overreacts to tactile experiences it may be down to sensory processing, says Anne O'Connor.
Practitioners with the right knowledge and resources can make maths meaningful for children and promote it throughout a setting’s provision, discovers Nicole Weinstein
In 'On Course' on 15 April we published the incorrect date and contact details for 'Babies as Researchers and Inventors'. The date should have been 31 July and the contact details Lincolnshire...
Settings catering to disadvantaged threes and fours offer lower quality, according to new research from the University of Oxford and published by the Nuffield Foundation. Lead author Sandra Mathers...
What are the 20 largest nursery chains in the UK up to? Alison Mercer on who did what in the past six months. Since summer 2001, when we first compiled our league table of the 20 largest nursery...
A new study suggests free early education places have little impact on children’s long-term attainment.
The number of children eligible for the early years pupil premium has risen to 116,500, the highest on record, reveal national statistics.