25 February 2004
Ensuring that early years practitioners know how to use the Birth to Three Matters framework is a huge task that first requires training for the trainers. Catherine Gaunt reports
25 February 2004
The search is on to find the UK childcare stars of 2004. This is your chance to nominate a dedicated childcarer for a glittering award. Nicole Curnow has the details
4 February 2004
Pre-five and primary school services across Glasgow are set to be redesigned in a £50m investment plan.
4 February 2004
Children become the victims, directly or indirectly, of violence by their parents in the home. Mary Evans looks at what early years practitioners can do in a tense family situation...
4 February 2004
Private day nurseries across England may be reluctantly forced to withdraw from the Government's nursery education grant scheme for three- and four-year-olds because it is no longer financially viable for...
4 February 2004
The creation of a high-quality, play-based Foundation Stage is being frustrated by Government pressure on reception teachers to prepare four-year-olds for formal education, according to research commissioned by the Association...
12 February 2004
Childminders should be left in no doubt about their
importance to the Government's National Childcare Strategy after this week's
announcement of a £20m scheme to support new entrants to the...
12 February 2004
Early years providers in England have been praised for
their high standards by Ofsted chief inspector David Bell. Speaking in London
last week at the publication of Ofsted's report for...
12 February 2004
(Photograph) - Children's author Sue Nicholls leads
three- to five-year-olds through activities from The Sound Foundation Handbook
at the Croydon Clocktower in Surrey. The book for Foundation Stage
practitioners features...
12 February 2004
Families from ethnic minorities use informal childcare
because of a lack of culturally and religiously sensitive provision that meets
their needs, a report by the Department for Trade and Industry...