The battle for Reception? Is this most crucial of years about curriculum or about skills/child development? In this Best Practice Focus, we consider the latest on the controversial Reception year...
Many child deaths could be prevented, researchers say.
Early years providers have duties towards children with special educational needs and those with disabilities under two new codes. Radhika Holmstrom explains how settings can fulfill their obligations...
Tailoring practice to children’s needs, a skilled and experienced workforce, and an open and reflective culture are highlighted as key in new research on good practice in early education.
Nurseries across the country have been sending us pictures of their Children in Need fundraising activities.
Edited by Phil Jones and Gary Walker (Sage, 22.99, ISBN 13978849203807)
I write to clarify a misleading impression that Sarah Baker's letter ('Giving up on Ofsted', 27 March) may have given. Introducing Childminding Practice is not a course on 'basic childcare'. It is...
Getting the whole team involved in formulating a setting's policy and practice can enhance their skills and establish a sense of ownership, says Laura Henry in a new series Mission statement
How are schools across England welcoming and supporting the needs of children who have fled catastrophe in their home countries? Charlotte Goddard reports
Gender and how to define it is rarely out of the headlines at the moment. Recent research is also prompting a rethink of what ‘gender’ means, by demolishing gender stereotypes and questioning the...
