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By Jane Drake, a partnership advisory teacher in Leeds and author of Planning Children's Play and Learning in the Foundation Stage and Organising Play in the Early Years (David Fulton)

When selecting premises for a childcare setting, safety, security and suitability for the purpose seem obvious priorities. These elements provide a good starting point when considering what a high-quality environment...

* This 12-part series aims to support practitioners in achieving and maintaining high-quality provision in the Foundation Stage. * The series is underpinned by the principles for early years education...

'To plan an early years environment well, you need to know a lot about child development and how children learn,' says Joanne White, head of the 85-place Portman Early Childhood...

10 steps to quality 1 Is your setting clean, well-lit, warm enough and furnished with appropriate chairs, tables and storage equipment for Foundation Stage children? Are all members of staff...

Nursery World's past two series of collectable, pull-out guides, 'Around the Nursery' and 'Birth to Three', proved incredibly popular with our readers, and we're sure that this year's series on...

Up to 200 nursery nurses in Greenwich who earn up to £4,000 less than their counterparts in other nearby areas of London are threatening to take strike action over low...

(Photograph) - Five-year-old Georgina Davidson from St Mary's Primary School in Askham Richard, north Yorkshire, listens to her sick teddy bear's chest with help from York University medical student Aaron...

Nursery schools 'must maintain the connection with the school system if they have any hope of surviving', an early childhood expert said last week. The warning came following the National...

(Photograph) - Children from the A-Zoo Nursery, which opened this month at Blackpool Zoo, meet their new neighbour, Hindra the elephant. The 64-place setting, boasting direct views over the elephant...