Each year we publish our popular First Class supplement featuring photographs of reception classes from across the area. It’s becoming more and more popular with teachers, parents, carers, readers and ...

Ministers are overhauling how teachers judge the progress made by pupils by the end of reception class in skills such as listening and speaking, reading, writing and numeracy. Pupils are graded as ...

Children entering the school system are increasingly unprepared to spend their first chunk of time away from home. That means extra workload for teachers and their assistants, changing nappies, doing ...