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18 May 2026
Whether your school already has a nursery or is considering opening one, Nursery World's on-demand webinar offers practical insights into expanding early years provision and creating environments where all children…
View22 April 2026
The government has issued, as part of primary school offer day, new guidance and practical advice for families to help them prepare children for the transition to school, urging key…
View21 March 2026
The DfE has published a guide to the government’s universal support to help schools improve the quality of reception-year provision. Improving reception-year quality supports the government’s ambition for 75% of children…
View8 February 2026
This first episode of the 'Early Years Guide for Primary Teachers' podcast focuses on primary schools with helpful advice and ideas to support practitioners to not only know more about the…
View29 January 2026
For the past six years, Kindred² has surveyed thousands of teachers and parents to source robust evidence of the proportion of children that are considered ‘school ready’, comparing this to…
View10 January 2026
The EEF have relaunched Maths Champions and are working to reach more early years settings than ever before. This fully funded programme, delivered by the National Day Nurseries Association, builds practitioner…
View8 December 2025
Thousands of primary schools offer pre-school provision but how should this be structured alongside reception class and the wider school to ensure effective joint working? Given that school-based providers of…
View27 November 2025
In this podcast explore why learning to count is more complex than simply reciting 'one, tow, three'. Drawing on classic work from Piaget and Gellman and Gallistel, alongside more recent…
View20 September 2025
In this SEND Network podcast episode, Izzy and early years specialist Jayne Carter discuss developing the language of emotions in the early years – looking at different approaches and the…
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Governors say they need more support on the issue of children being school-ready, with the government making it a top priority. Four in 10 governors are not aware of how…
View24 June 2025
The Department for Education has collated the range of online and in-person school support and professional development available for improving teaching and leadership of reception. The 'Reception improvement offer' is…
View4 June 2025
The DfE updated its guidance on nutrition in the Early Years Foundation Stage. From September 2025, the EYFS statutory framework will include a safeguarding and welfare requirement that asks providers to follow…
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