Readers of Nursery World Scotland have sought to defend private nurseries against the accusation that they are 'havens of bad practice' made in a recent letter published in the magazine. Jean Simmons...
The battle for Reception? Is this most crucial of years about curriculum or about skills/child development? In this Best Practice Focus, we consider the latest on the controversial Reception year...
Meeting the minimum standards is no longer enough for settings to keep customers loyal and stay ahead of the growing competition within the early years sector, and conscientious settings will always...
How Emmi Pikler’s approach to care-giving for the under-threes can be incorporated into modern best practice at settings and at home. By Dorothy Marlen
The Children's Workforce Development Council is endorsing the Foundation Degree in Early Childhood Policy and Practice offered at University Centre, Doncaster.
The Montessori Group has launched a €90,000 fund to develop research into educational practice and the Montessori approach in the 21st century.
By Wendy Scott, member of the national executive committee, OMEP (World Organisation for Early Childhood Education and Care) Many Nursery World readers are deeply concerned by the episodes of...
Early years practitioners in Scotland and London have been benefiting from each others' expertise thanks to an exchange visit made by students of a course provided by the Scottish Independent...
A review of the Foundation Phase, the curriculum for Welsh primary children, reveals a large variation in practice across settings and areas of learning.
The introduction of child tagging technology in nurseries has been criticised as a 'gimmick' that is fuelling parental paranoia. Tagging systems similar in design to the electronic tags used in...