Alison Featherbe: 'Lessons from past safeguarding cases have driven the need for clarity'
Early years expert Alison Featherbe delves deeper into the DfE's plans to change the safeguarding...
Early years expert Alison Featherbe delves deeper into the DfE's plans to change the safeguarding...
Head of education, Rebecca Taylor, and Carla Phillips, head of health and nutrition, both at...
Is the Chancellor’s proposal to move to using household income as a measure for Child Benefit a good...
LEYF has created a guide for early years settings – Supporting Children with a Parent in Prison – so...
When CACHE Alumni launched in late 2017, the online service aimed to provide early years...
The chief executive of Triple P UK and Ireland and honorary associate professor at the University of...
LEGO® bricks are loved by many children, and building LEGO or DUPLO models is a powerful tool to...
Why the Government should allow postgraduate students to access childcare schemes such as the grant...
The Government’s pilot of offering a cash bonus to new-starters in early years shows how desperate...
The National Literacy Trust’s head of school programmes, Martin Galway, says that schools should...
Are Labour’s plans to fund more nursery places within existing primary schools a good way to achieve...
An upcoming Planning Framework will help local authorities ensure that Family Hubs meet the needs of...
Instead of setting goals, we should increase the quality of provision by encouraging staff teams to...
An educational psychologist (EP) explains why she chose to go on strike with others in her...
Ofsted must engage in deep reflection and re-direction following years of controversy and its role...
Talk of a childminder exodus misleadingly ignores the fact that Childminder Agencies (CMAs) are...
Buckler says that the inquest of Ruth Perry and Ofsted's contributing role in her death, highlights...
The sector is in complete disarray so why are the Government promising parents 'free childcare' when...
The MANDELA model for Early Childhood Education and Care is a new framework for the EYFS which aims...
Why international collaboration is vital for quality early years education to reach children in...
We asked a philosopher, an educational psychologist and an education lecturer to share their views...
In all aspects of early years work, settings and parents rely on trust, but this valuable commodity...
The Autumn Statement is the Chancellor’s big moment and could be his chance to show that his...
It’s hard to recall a time when there was as much widespread interest in the early years as there is...
If Labour win the next election, they will have a lot of work on their hands to repair more than a...
An increase in exclusions from primary school highlights the need for the education system to better...
Following on from NCFE's Spotlight report which highlighted a skills gap within the workforce, its...
There is a professional community out there for everyone, says Tapestry's Juliet Mickelburgh.
In light of claims that the DfE is monitoring the social media activity of some early years experts,...
Early years lecturer Aaron Bradbury and trainer Ruth Swailes on how they were deemed 'unsuitable' to...
There appears to be a worrying new trend in the early years sector. In order to access the new...
Sorry might be the hardest word to say these days, but we should show children how to make genuine...
Does the rise in private equity investment in England’s childcare sector put nurseries at risk of...
How the University of Northampton is offering early years practitioners flexible online learning...
An inability to obtain landlord permission is one of the most common reasons trainee childminders...
The director for early years at the Education Policy Institute says that the focus of early...
By remembering the 1984 Islington Nursery Workers Strike, we can ask what might be achieved if early...
The debate around whether or not parents should take their children to the pub misses a wider issue...
The UK is currently facing extremely worrying rates of poor child dental health which is fast...
The former nurse, turned sleep practitioner, who works in educational settings and with families,...
Jane Harris at Speech and Language UK explains why she believes the Government’s proposed changes to...
Tapestry’s Ben Case explains how attending the recent Nursery World curriculum conference helped him...
Take-up of the funded two-year-old offer might be at an all-time high– but eligibility for the...
With cases of measles in England rising, Dr Sara Kayat says it's more important than ever to...
Responding to latest findings from Coram Family and Childcare, the director of the Out-of-School...
Jenny Oldham, age 25, on how she became deputy manager of Meadow Lane Children’s Nursery in St Ives,...
In the wake of Labour's plans for a graduate-led early years workforce, Professor Sally Pearse makes...
The co-founder of the Early Years Equality action group and director of The Children's Garden Day...
Drawing on their new research on nursery closures for the Local Government Association, the director...
Research-driven practice and ‘influencer-informed’ approaches all have their place, but settings...