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Michael Pettavel disagrees with the chief inspector on the role of the sandpit in early number work.
I have read, with interest, recent letters about the concept of teachers working in nurseries to raise the standard of the care and education provided. My first point is that many teachers may well be...
Social enterprise could solve the problem of sustainable childcare provision, according to the charity 4Children. Its new manifesto, 'Creating new solutions', argues that while start-up funding for...
Check out our new series – including an in-depth guide to unlocking best practice outdoors, a management four-parter focused on anti-racist leadership and a managers’ problem page, designed to tackle...
Further to the news story 'Nurseries may quit education grant' (5 February), the issue of funding made me leave the early years sector after 15 years of working in various playgroups to work as an NVQ...
A raft of rather depressing stories about increasing levels of inequality in Britain, particularly affecting under-fives, has been seen in the past month.
A unit that can help prepare new practitioners for dealing with parents and multi-agency working is examined by Mary Evans.
Confidence is an essential ingredient for quality childcare provision. Katy Morton looks at why it matters and what to do when it falters.
Many parents and childcarers set an admirable example for children, but the media often undermines what parents and carers try to do.
Play and the characteristics of effective learning (CoEL) have been included in the first draft of ‘Birth to 5 Matters – Guidance by the sector, for the sector’ which is published today.