Ofsted - like Marmite, love it or hate it!
By June O'Sullivan, chief executive of London Early Years Foundation


Editor's view - who's the Daddy?
Why new TV series 'Daddy Daycare' isn't likely to boost recruitment of...

To the point: Know how to fight racism
When I was first working in schools, in the late 1980s, there...

To the point - Why favour the wealthy?
You can usually tell when a Government is gearing up to announce...
Editor's view - you won't stop the riots by smacking children
Violence is no solution to social unrest, so let's not backtrack on...

Exclusive: The Minister's View - Change for the better
2012 promises to be a challenging but rewarding year for the early...
Editor's View: taking back the free entitlement cash
Warning to parents - get to nursery on time or your 'free...

Why I believe the plans for EYFS reform don't make the grade
A Critical Commentary on Reforming the Early Years Foundation Stage (the EYFS):...

To the point: Bonds make us strong
In the week before Christmas, children from different schools in Tower Hamlets...

To the Point - Prioritising under-fives
So now we have it: the Government has abandoned the target of...
Editor's View - Is it worth waging war on the Government's refusal to change reception class ratios?
The tricky position of reception classes in the Early Years Foundation Stage...

Exclusive: The Minister's View - We need your input
For me, one of the Government's most important commitments has been our...

Exclusive: Why are nursery nurses going on strike?
Up to 30,000 nursery workers and teaching assistants are taking industrial action...

Childcare is becoming dangerously unaffordable
Ryan Shorthouse, researcher at the Social Market Foundation, says that action is...

Leadership - so much to say about books
At Southwark Primary School in Nottingham, nursery leader Pip Otter is exploring...

To The Point - Cuts by the thick skinned
I have recently moved to Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council in South Yorkshire,...

Passage to India: a nursery owner's experience of a new, fast-moving market
Sarah Steel, managing director of the Old Station Nursery group, has just...

To the point - A little goes a long way
If your child was born after the first of January this year,...

To the point: Babies' right to choose
An interesting debate about group times arose among a group of nursery...

To the Point - Poverty policies at odds
The debate about child poverty is currently taking place in two parallel...

To the point: It's just not 'good' enough
Sometimes it seems as if the language spoken in nurseries is evolving...

To the Point: Integrate and intervene
On 8 August, my daughter was born in St Thomas's hospital, London....

To the point: Making the first move
You would be forgiven for wondering what the new UK Physical Activity...

To the point : Supporting Families in the Foundation Years - A welcome document
By Naomi Eisenstadt, senior research fellow in families, early learning and literacy...
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