Early years & childcare news & best practice

Sensory Processing, Part 4: In touch

How the tactile sense develops in young children, and its purpose in relation to physical and emotional health. By Anne O’Connor and Dr Kath Dickinson
EYFS training: Part 4 – Birth to 18 months - Baby brain

What are the statutory training requirements for staff working in baby rooms and what relevant courses are available? Charlotte Goddard reports
Health & Well-Being - Universal problem?

How are the financial difficulties facing some families affecting early years settings, and what are they doing to help, asks Meredith Jones Russell
Ofsted: best practice guide - Planning for challenge

Bristol-based setting The Nursery has won praise for its approach to planning to best challenge children and taking into account their next steps. By Hannah Crown

Latest News & Analysis

Hundreds of children and parents march against Reception baseline

More than 200 four-year-olds, their parents and teachers marched to Downing Street today demanding the Government halt its plan to test children when they first start school.

Low wages driving childcare workers into retail jobs

Childcare wages are falling, while those in retail are rising, according to research highlighting the risk of a growing exodus from the early years workforce.

Guidance recommends no screen time for under-twos

The first ever World Health Organisation (WHO) physical activity guidelines for under-fives, recommend no screen time for one-year-olds and no more than an hour for two- to-four-year-olds.