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...
Local authorities may have received news of the allocations they will receive to fund places for disadvantaged two-year-olds in 2013-14, but providers remain in the dark about how much of the rate...
Sure Start needs to be given time to draw in the most disadvantaged, say its defenders. Simon Vevers reports Press reaction to the National Evaluation of Sure Start was almost unremittingly negative,...
The children at one setting got stuck in planning and then building an outdoor play house, hears Annette Rawstrone
Early years practitioners have a vital role to play in developing healthy sleeping habits for the babies and young children in their care. Jackie Hardie explains her nursery’s approach