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A petition signed by more than 112,000 parents, teachers and campaigners calling for an end to new Baseline tests for children starting school this term was delivered to Downing Street on Thursday.
Dr Jools Page of the University of Sheffield is carrying out a research project on 'Professional Love in Early Years Settings.
As yet another review of childcare policy looms, early years experts are still calling for the divide between education and care to be abolished as part of a radical rethink about what we want for...
There are a dozen words that strike fear into a nanny employer's heart - 'I'm not feeling well and I can't come in to work today'. For many working mothers this message over the phone means an...
Early years professionals know from their work with young children that formal instruction at too early an age is counter-productive, but getting this message accepted and understood is not easy. So...
Treating males and females as equal is not always easy in early years settings dealing with an unbalanced workforce and families' different cultural beliefs, says Anne O'Connor.
This month's move towards a law against anyone smacking children, coming from Scotland (see page 4), is of course good news for children. But it's the same old thing for nannies, who are again seen as...
Being a Forest Schools practitioner requires a constant awareness of the opportunities presented for the children, writes Sarah Blackwell.
The new national occupational standards for classroom assistants (see News, page 4) are welcome for several reasons. The standards, and the forthcoming NVQs/SVQs that will follow, will be a big step...