Early years & childcare news & best practice

Nursery Management: Working Poverty, Childcare Practitioners - Childcare’s dirty secret

We know early years education suffers from a pay problem, but just how does this affect practitioners’ ability to afford to lead ‘normal’ lives? Hannah Crown has these shocking findings from our exclusive...
EYFS best practice in schools - Happy families?

Establishing effective relationships with parents is crucial to engaging them in their children’s education. Annette Rawstrone finds out how some schools are doing it
Around the Nursery: Sand and water - Making progress

How can settings ensure their sand and water provision meets the requirements of the new Education Inspection Framework, asks Penny Tassoni in part one of her new series
EYFS training: part 9 – Literacy - The write way

What training is available to help practitioners support children’s early literacy? Charlotte Goddard reports

Latest News & Analysis

Childcare places in Scotland have risen, ahead of the expansion of 1,140 hours of funded early learning and childcare next year.

Schools have been asked by the Government to explain their plans for ensuring they have enough food in the event of a no-deal Brexit.

Social workers are trialing the use of finger puppets and a ‘talking stick’ to use in their conversations with young children.

Almost 200 schools that initially signed up to the Reception Baseline pilot have dropped out.

More than 700,000 Reception children will receive a free book this week, as a study finds reading helps children to open up about their feelings.

How can settings ensure their sand and water provision meets the requirements of the new Education Inspection...

Establishing effective relationships with parents is crucial to engaging them in their children’s education....

How can practitioners use digital documentation systems in a way that recognises every child’s capacity and...

Too much containerisation – such as in a pushchair or car seat – is bad for babies. Meredith Jones Russell...

How to combine mark-making activity with the outdoors environment. By Julie Mountain