In the first instalment in a new series on the integrated review, Dr Kay Mathieson looks at why the process is a key opportunity to improve relationships with parents and carers.
Children's Commissioner for Wales Keith Towler has expressed his frustration over the lack of consistent implementation of Government policies and the failings of local authorities to put children's...
How do they manage? A review of the research on leadership in early childhood. Findings from a University of Warwick review of literature on leadership in early childhood. Identifies a paucity of...
Early years organisations and the childcare workforce have given a mixed reaction to the announcement by children's minister Sarah Teather that the Government is to review the Early Years Foundation...
Proposals to raise the admission age for nursery schools and classes in Northern Ireland to ensure that two-year-olds remain in a more age-appropriate environment have been welcomed by the early years...
The Government's investment in improving children's literacy has made almost no impact, the Primary Review has claimed.
It is vital that children with speech and language difficulties are spotted before they start school, the independent review into speech and language services has found.
Put young children first when responding to the final report from Nutbrown, says Chelle Davison, senior lecturer at Leeds Metropolitan University, chair of SEFDEY North East Region, and member of the...
The Government’s Review of childcare costs is supposed to set the sector’s mind at rest – but it only muddies the water further, says Neil Leitch, chief executive of the Pre-school Learning Alliance
Just 3 per cent of early years providers failed their inspections in the past three years, according to Ofsted's latest review of childcare and early education, published yesterday (27 August).