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How can we best engage parents in the work we do in early years settings? After all, although there is clear evidence of the importance of high quality early education and childcare, a child's home...
Suzi Gray, Early Years Technical Advisor - City & Guilds, unpicks the draft level 3 apprenticeship standard
In the concluding part of our guide to the Level 3 Diploma, Mary Evans gauges opinion on where the qualification needs to be strengthened, and finds this echoes the Nutbrown review.
Nurseries are among the 104 educational settings in England that have been told by the DfE to shut buildings made with a certain type of concrete until safety measures are introduced.
Childminder agencies are a hot topic again now that the DfE has drafted in the charity 4Children to support interested organisations, but the model still divides opinion. Charlotte Goddard reports
Early years settings are overwhelmingly against Government plans to change ratios, with just 2 per cent of the opinion that the rule change would enable them to lower fees for parents, according to a...
The risk of injury to children in playgrounds and other play areas remains low in comparison to other risks they are exposed to in everyday life, the first Government report on the state of Britain's...
One in four teenagers who had meningitis during infancy will not pass any GCSE exams, according to new research published in Archives of Disease in Childhood. The findings are based on the GCSE exam...
Nurseries need to stand their ground over potties, says Sian Nisbett, nursery director of Dizzy Ducks Day Nursery, which owns two nurseries in Essex.
Best practice has the emphasis firmly on fun at this time of the year – when children can enjoy being energetic and creative outdoors. We’ve got lots of ideas to try. Why not display their...