Her Royal Highness The Princess of Wales will today launch her new Business Taskforce for Early Childhood.

The Duchess of Cambridge has set up an early childhood research centre with the ambition of changing the way society thinks about the first five years of a child’s life, and transforming the lives of...

A study recently concluded babies first learn language via rhythm and tone instead of phonetic information. Professor Usha Goswami shares more about the BabyRhythm project.

Singer Zayn Malik has written to the prime minister calling for free school meals for all children in families on Universal credit, ahead of next week’s budget.

Nursery World is running an awareness campaign to show the public and policymakers why the vital work of the early years education and childcare sector should be better valued and funded.

WINNER – Dr Stella Louis, The Froebel Trust, London

One benefit of Covid restrictions is that settings have witnessed the positive effects of decluttering, finds Annette Rawstrone

The Government has backtracked on the amount of financial support that early years providers can access from ‘free entitlement’ funding and the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (furloughing) in a...

Nearly 9 in 10 teachers in a survey believe that the Reception Baseline is a waste of teaching time, according to a survey.

More than nine in ten workers in the early years sector feel they are not respected by Government and policymakers, while seven in ten feel a lack of respect from the public, according to a survey...

Shadow early years minister Tulip Siddiq is holding a virtual roundtable meeting next week with representatives from the early years and childcare sector to hear the challenges providers face in the...

The new education secretary, Bridget Phillipson, has resumed and expanded the existing Department for Education recruitment campaigns, including the one for the early years workforce.

Archfield House Nursery in Bristol was named Nursery of the Year at a glittering ceremony at The Brewery in London last night (30 September), while Naturally Learning in Cornwall came away with...

In its 95 years of publishing, Nursery World has chronicled the evolution of conventional thinking on women, children and, in later decades, newer mainstream debates on race equality and LGBT rights,...

In light of claims that the DfE is monitoring the social media activity of some early years experts, early years consultant Helen Moylett has urged people not to be silenced as 'healthy debate forms...

A free course, a finalist in the Nursery World Awards 2021, aims to train early years practitioners to boost young children's physical development. Dr Jackie Musgrave of the Open University, who...

When it comes to racism, Liz Pemberton questions how leaders can start conversations around the subject

The early years sector has raised concerns about children's safety following the announcement by the Chancellor today that settings will be able to operate at reduced childcare ratios.

Nearly 600 people have signed an open letter to Ofsted raising concerns about the negative inspection experiences of early years settings, maintained nursery schools, and schools, amid claims they...

Children at Dandelion Education Nursery in Marsham, Norfolk, are kept outside in all weathers and only allowed to play with toys they make themselves from nature.

The Level 3 Early Years Educator course is one of 400 free qualifications on offer, in the Government’s attempt to boost skills and jobs, as the country recovers from the pandemic.

Staff to child ratios in early years settings could be scrapped completely by the Prime Minister in a bid to make childcare cheaper, according to reports.

Having spent the majority of my career in the education sector, the current public debate on gender inequality in the UK has prompted me to engage in some professional soul-searching, says childmin...

What are the particular benefits of providing clay as a resource, and how are some settings introducing clay-making skills? Annette Rawstrone finds out

Children should be physically ready before they are expected to write, having experienced developmentally appropriate PD activities, explains Reception teacher Claire Martin

WINNER - Manor Wood Primary School, Leeds

A ‘landmark’ inquiry into children’s play in the UK has been launched in a bid to give children back their childhoods, tackle childhood obesity and poor mental health.