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Alison Featherbe: 'Lessons from past safeguarding cases have driven the need for clarity'

Tuesday, April 23, 2024

| Nursery World

Early years expert Alison Featherbe delves deeper into the DfE's plans to change the safeguarding requirements in the EYFS.

A new conversation has begun!

Opinion

Friday, October 14, 2022

| Nursery World

The arena of Early Childhood Education (ECE) has always been, and continues to be, an intense area of discussion and debate, says James Hempsall, founder of hey!

The Government needs to catch up with early years professionals

Opinion

Monday, March 22, 2021

| Nursery World

Early years assessment needs rethinking in light of the pandemic's effects, say Dr Guy Roberts-Holmes, Dr Siew-Fung Lee and Dr Diana Sousa of UCL Institute of Education.

EYFS consultation: Question of responsibility

Opinion

Monday, January 6, 2020

| Nursery World

Making ‘positive attachments’ to adults and ‘forming friendships with peers’ should not be part of the Early Learning Goals for children, says early years expert Anne O'Connor

Editor’s view - A puzzling situation

Opinion

Monday, November 25, 2019

| Nursery World

As the election draws near, policy on funding, training and revisions to the EYFS don’t make much sense

Boris Johnson would know more if he knew eight nursery rhymes by heart

Opinion

Friday, November 22, 2019

| Nursery World

Seeing Boris Johnson painfully mumble his way through The Wheels on the Bus while on the campaign trail, was a catalyst for many to lament that teaching children nursery rhymes had fallen out of fashion.

Practitioners must speak out about the failings of proposed ELGs

Opinion

Wednesday, November 13, 2019

| Nursery World

Early years consultant Helen Moylett is urging early years staff to make clear in the revised EYFS consultation the 'failings' of the proposed ELG for communication and language.

Editor’s view - Talking about the ‘B’ word

Opinion

Monday, March 18, 2019

| Nursery World

Baseline just keeps returning despite great unpopularity with some and concern about its effects. Now what does that remind you of?

Editor’s view - Getting a move on

Opinion

Monday, August 6, 2018

| Nursery World

With levels of childhood obesity in crisis, everyone must take swift action to tackle poor diets and lack of physical exercise

A school waiting room?

Opinion

Monday, May 14, 2018

| Nursery World

From the 30 hours to Bold Beginnings to a new Baseline pilot, the DfE is consistently ignoring our sector’s concerns, says Sue Cowley

Editor’s view – Falling on deaf ears

Opinion

Monday, April 16, 2018

| Nursery World

It seems that the Government has not been listening to the strong case against the REception Baseline, says Liz Roberts

Correcting the primary assessment imbalance

Opinion

Monday, May 1, 2017

| Nursery World

As a former primary head teacher, I am no great fan of statutory assessment.

To the Point - Digging up the future

Opinion

Monday, November 14, 2016

| Nursery World

Professor Cathy Nutbrown says that the downgrading of classical studies at A level could have ramifications for the early years.

Readiness for what?

Opinion

Tuesday, April 26, 2016

| Nursery World

Replacing Baseline assessment with a 'school-readiness' check would not be a simple matter, warns Karen Wickett

A question of logic

Opinion

Monday, July 27, 2015

| Nursery World

Sue Cowley asks what summer-born children need

Editor's view - Wales the brave

Opinion

Monday, June 1, 2015

| Nursery World

The Welsh Government deserves plaudits for its bravery in implementing the play-based Foundation Phase for threeto seven-year-olds - radical indeed compared to the way that things are progressing in England.

Re-examine the baseline

Opinion

Monday, January 26, 2015

| Nursery World

How, why and when we should assess young children's learning is once more a matter for debate in English policy.

Why young children are too young to fail

Opinion

Thursday, October 3, 2013

| Nursery World

Wendy Ellyat says the Government response to 'Too Much Too Young' is inadequate and issues an invitation to join the campaign

Why Early Years Teacher standards fail the youngest children

Opinion

Monday, July 22, 2013

| Nursery World

The Early Years Teacher standards have a vital role in shaping the nature of the work that early years teachers will undertake and the training towards meeting those standards.

Editor's View - Development Matters matters

Opinion

Friday, July 12, 2013

| Nursery World

Does the fact that Development Matters has been moved from the Department for Education's EYFS section of its website matter?

The ''Tesco-isation'' of England's Early Years: The Choices before Us

Opinion

Wednesday, April 24, 2013

| Nursery World

Those who lived through the bleak days of the Woodhead/Blunkett Education regime of the late 1990s scarcely imagined that early-years policy-making could be any more Dark-Aged, but in this respect the current Wilshaw/Gove regime is breaking all previous records.

To the Point - Do you read me?

Opinion

Friday, January 25, 2013

| Nursery World

I often get into heated discussions with people about reading. I find that one of the reasons for the heat is that, as we get deep into the discussion, I discover that we are using the word 'read' in different ways.

To the Point - Mixed messages

Opinion

Friday, August 3, 2012

| Nursery World

With just one month before the EYFS revisions come on stream, it would be fantastic if we were all pulling in the same direction. But instead there is a serious mismatch in some of the messages coming from forces that affect services for our youngest children.

Editor's view get ready for the revised EYFS

Opinion

Friday, May 25, 2012

| Nursery World

Only three months to go - so make sure you're prepared for the launch of the new EYFS

Exclusive: The Minister's View - It's common sense

Opinion

Friday, April 27, 2012

| Nursery World

I would hazard a guess that most early years professionals did not choose their career because they love ticking boxes and filling in forms.

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Alison Featherbe: 'Lessons from past safeguarding cases have driven the need for clarity'

A new conversation has begun!

The Government needs to catch up with early years professionals

EYFS consultation: Question of responsibility

Editor’s view - A puzzling situation

Boris Johnson would know more if he knew eight nursery rhymes by heart

Practitioners must speak out about the failings of proposed ELGs

Editor’s view - Talking about the ‘B’ word

Editor’s view - Getting a move on

A school waiting room?

Editor’s view – Falling on deaf ears

Correcting the primary assessment imbalance

To the Point - Digging up the future

Readiness for what?

A question of logic

Editor's view - Wales the brave

Re-examine the baseline

Why young children are too young to fail

Why Early Years Teacher standards fail the youngest children

Editor's View - Development Matters matters

The ''Tesco-isation'' of England's Early Years: The Choices before Us

To the Point - Do you read me?

To the Point - Mixed messages

Editor's view get ready for the revised EYFS

Exclusive: The Minister's View - It's common sense

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