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Amid the debate about the national evaluation of Sure Start and the review of the teaching of reading, which will lead to a focus on phonics as the primary method for very young children, it would be...
The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child can serve as a guide to good practice in early years settings, says Pat Gordon-Smith.
A Social Mobility and Child Poverty Commission has been created to monitor the Government's progress in tackling child poverty and inequality.
Test your knowledge about child development, the value of play in the early years and the importance of observing and assessing young children by answering true or false. By early years authors Jackie...
More than one in five children starting school are obese or overweight, according to the latest statistics from the Government's National Child Measurement Programme in schools.
Recent strategic reports on poverty and deprivation are leaving Peter Moss feeling that something is being overlooked. Here he explains why.
Training company PBD has introduced a new higher qualification for childminders, in response to demand from the sector for a specialist childminding qualification.
The Healthy Lives, Brighter Futures strategy extends the role of children's centres in promoting health. Ruth Thomson looks at what's on the agenda.
BookTrust, the UK’s largest children’s reading charity, will hand out 700,000 copies of the children’s picture book The Bumblebear to every Reception-aged child in England this Autumn.
New guidance is being issued to professionals who work with children on how to recognise if a child may be suffering from abuse linked to witchcraft.