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Young children should have more opportunities for learning through play in Year 1 to help ensure a smooth transition from the Foundation Stage, according to a new study for Sure Start. Research...
The eligibility criteria for Teach First are currently being reviewed following complaints that applicants with early years degrees were unable to apply for the scheme.
Ahead of the next general election, the Education Policy Institute (EPI) is calling on the political parties to simplify the early years funding system and weight it ‘more heavily’ towards children...
A two-year project that aims to improve the quality, availability and flexibility of childcare has been extended for an extra year.
The report into the UK's early childhood education and care system by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (see News, page 4) has been ready for publication since February....
The government must ensure it bases early years policy decisions on qualitative as well as quantitative evidence, and avoid prioritising research that only supports particular policy agendas, a group...
Last week, new analysis of the early years workforce revealed a troubling picture of the sector, with a downward trend in the proportion of qualified staff and the prospect that in the future the...
The needs of families dominate the concerns of ordinary people up and down the country.
In the first of a four-part series, Rachel Buckler, a trainer and consultant specialising in safeguarding, looks at ways to strengthen safe practices in the early years workforce.