A survey of parents for children’s charity the Early Intervention Foundation, shows there are differences when it comes to levels of physical activity between poorer children and more privileged children, and the cost of living may worsen the situation.
Four-and five-year-olds were less likely to meet the ‘expected’ levels of development in 2021 than before the pandemic, new research has shown.
The Department for Education will consult 'before the summer' on proposals to change the childcare ratios in early years settings in England, the children and families minister Will Quince has confirmed.
June 2022 issue of EYE is out - take a look at an overview of the articles featured this month. This month we have a number of articles which either give us new insights, challenge our thinking and practice or really reinforce in a new way what we know is important.
The early years sector has shown solidarity with the anti-racism trainer and consultant, Liz Pemberton, the director of The Black Nursery Manager.
The shortfall between funding and delivery costs means nurseries in deprived areas are struggling to provide healthy meals to children in families already facing food poverty.
A petition against plans to reduce adult supervision in early years childcare has been launched by the parents of a baby boy who died after a medical emergency at a nursery.
The nursery group and charitable social enterprise the London Early Years Foundation aims to more than double its settings from 39 to 80.
The Early Years Alliance has announced details for its second National Week of Play in June, which is centred on eco-sustainability.
New research by The Royal National Institute of Blind People has found that significant cuts and a “postcode lottery” in provision mean that many children with vision impairment lack specialist education support.
Three new reports by the Department for Education emphasise the impact of the pandemic, staffing issues, and sustained Government underfunding of the early years sector.
Early years organisations have criticised Boris Johnson’s reported proposal to cut childcare costs by relaxing ratios.
Ofsted has launched a five-year strategy, which will include a stronger focus on the inspectorate’s work in the early years, recognising the impact of the pandemic on young children.
The Government will accelerate the roll-out of carbon literacy training to support at least one sustainability lead in every locally maintained nursery, as part of its strategy to ensure the UK education sector is a world leader in climate change by 2030.
Cosy Direct has received the Queen’s Award for Sustainable Development 2022, which is awarded to companies with commercially successful products, services and management that benefit the environment, society and the economy.
Polling for the children’s charity, the Early Intervention Foundation has found a general lack of awareness that children are considered to be victims of domestic abuse in their own right.
This issue of Early Years Educator magazine is a very important one due to quite a big change. As we say goodbye to the acquired supplement of Practical Pre-School, we welcome the brand new, EYE's very own created Practice Insight: Provocations for learning from across the sector.
Ofsted’s latest report shows the pandemic’s ongoing impact on early years is delaying children’s self-care and social skills.
Women are providing more than twice as much unpaid childcare per year as men new research has revealed.
April 2022 issue of EYE is out - take a look at an overview of the articles featured this month. This month we have a number of articles which either give us new insights, challenge our thinking and practice or really reinforce in a new way what we know is important.
ILT Education makes Polylino - its multilingual digital picture book service - available to Ukrainian refugees to use with their families for free.
One in four parents say that they have had to cut down on heat, food and clothing to pay for childcare, as more than a third or providers plan on increasing their fees this year, new surveys find.
National Day Nurseries Association (NDNA) has found that millions of pounds of early years funding intended to deliver childcare places to two, three and four-year-olds, are failing to reach childcare providers.
Sector organisations have voiced their disappointment that the Chancellor has not addressed early years funding in his Spring statement.
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