The sector has welcomed Ofsted’s more ‘nuanced approach’ to early years inspections that sees the single effectiveness grade ...

Ofsted’s new early years inspection toolkit outlines the areas under which settings will be evaluated against from November ...

Ofsted’s ‘blunt’ one word-judgement is to be replaced by a five-point grading scale across a range of evaluation areas for early years settings and schools, ranging from ‘exceptional’ to ‘urgent ...

Early years minister Stephen Morgan has been promoted to government whip in the reshuffle, as a new team of ministers has ...

A new head of Coram PACEY has been appointed succeeding Helen Donohoe who is leaving the organisation at the end of the month.

Cross-party MPs have launched an inquiry into the early years sector, looking at issues around the sustainability of the ...

New research by the University of Bath’s Institute for Police Research finds that nursery fees have risen fastest in the ...

Understanding how children's environments affect their development is more important than ever with AI on the horizon ...

Low pay and a high turnover of staff in nurseries could hamper the government’s expansion of funded childcare, according to research by the NFER, released to coincide with the extension of 30-hours of ...

The minister for early education, Stephen Morgan, on the importance of PVI settings in delivering the 30-hour offer for ...

In the first of a new series on early life e, Professor Sam Wass, Dr. Gemma Goldenberg and Martin Ellory examine current ...

Babyzone was launched in 2019 in response to rising child poverty rates and the closure of more than 1,300 Children's Centres ...