Early years & childcare news & best practice

Learning & Development: Digital Technology - A tangled web

To prepare young children for life spent increasingly online, parents and early years practitioners need to monitor their web use and lead by example, writes John Bolton
EYFS Activities: We’ve explored… Humpty Dumpty

How a ‘crime scene’ based on the rhyme sparked lots of investigation. By Annette Rawstrone
Funding - A black hole?

The National Funding Formula for schools is changing from this month. What does this mean for early years, asks Hannah Crown
Unpicking Ofsted Reports, Part 3: Monitoring And Self-Evaluation

Pennie Akehurst, former head of the Early Years and Childcare Service at Derbyshire County Council, looks at how settings can replace the recently axed Ofsted self-evaluation form

Latest News & Analysis

Court rules looked-after children will be exempt from two-child cap on benefits

Families looking after children on behalf of relatives will no longer be penalised by the two-child benefits cap, thanks to a high court ruling.

Bright Horizons buys Zoom

Bright Horizons has bought Zoom Nurseries in London.

Early Years Teachers 'doing more work for same pay'

Most early years teachers don’t receive graduate-level pay, unlike the majority of those with Qualified Teacher Status, a survey has found.

Labour commits to introducing an additional health check for all babies

Labour’s shadow health secretary has pledged to introduce an additional health check for babies, as part of the party's commitment to making Britain’s children the healthiest in the world.