Thousands of nurseries, pre-schools and childminders are being invited to take part in a new independent research programme, set up to address the perceived gap in robust analysis of the early years...
A national campaign aimed at celebrating the sector’s move towards a fresh new chapter has been launched by London Early Years Foundation to mark Empathy Day.
Tapestry’s Ben Case explains how attending the recent Nursery World curriculum conference helped him to reflect on the importance of being culturally inclusive and taking an evidence-based approach.
Early years settings may be forced to wait until mid-February before they are notified of whether their local authority will become a second-wave pathfinder and implement the Early Years Single...
I believe that anti-male policy is preventing men from working in the early years sector. As a male single parent, grandparent and qualified pre-school practitioner, I have been made to endure...
Booktrust has been forced to put three of its prizes on hold, including its Early Years Awards, due to cuts in Government funding.
The Department for Education (DfE) says it is ‘making good progress’ on the commitments outlined in its Early Years Workforce Strategy, with work currently under way on the SEND qualification.
More rigour is required for Level 3 qualifications in order to equip a new generation of highly skilled Early Years Educators. But, asks Karen Faux, can the title live up to its ambition?
According to the Daycare Trust report Childcare in the Community: Community Nurseries in England (June 2000) there were 256 community nurseries in England and the majority of them were based in the...
Reform of primary school education has been abandoned, following the failure of proposals for curriculum changes to make it through the final stages of the Children, Schools and Families Bill before...