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Two reports highlighting the abrupt transition that children undergo when moving from reception class to Key Stage 1, from play-based learning to a more formal approach, will be welcomed by...

The success of a new Government scheme to encourage more apprenticeships in the early years will hinge on the creation of a national Sector Skills Council (SSC) to represent the...

(Photograph) - Minister for children Margaret Hodge met Teri Fisher, who has cerebral palsy, on an early morning visit to Ethelred Nursery School and Children's Centre in south London last...

'A combination of starting school too young, not enough men teaching and the lack of a boy-friendly curriculum' Psychologist Steve Biddulph on why he thinks boys are underperforming at school,...

Senior staff working in children's centres in England can embark on a new qualification from this autumn. The National Professional Qualification in Integrated Centre Leadership is being led by the...

(Photograph) - Children at Battlefield Primary School in Glasgow teamed up with Scottish Olympic athlete Sinead Dudgeon (above) to launch the city's first School Travel Plan Resource Pack. With help...

Eamonn O'Kane, general secretary of the second-largest teachers' union, the NASUWT, died of cancer last weekend at the age of 58 after a long illness. He was born in Northern...

The true number of children in the UK who have type 2 diabetes may be going unnoticed, claims a report in this week's BMJ. It said that cases of children...

The private nursery sector has been praised by children's minister Margaret Hodge for its contribution to the Government's national childcare strategy. Opening the National Day Nurseries Association (NDNA) annual conference...

Nursery nurse members of public services union Unison in Edinburgh will vote this week in a postal ballot to decide whether or not to accept the local authority's latest pay...