Catherine Gaunt

Downfield Primary School in Dundee celebrates World Book Day in an inclusive way for all children PHOTO Child Poverty Action Group

News 28 March 2022

Children in poverty miss out on dress-up days

Child Poverty

Many early years settings say they feel like 'the forgotten sector' PHOTO Adobe Stock

News 25 March 2022

Nursery group's 'open letter' calls for Government action to save sector

Funding

MPs say the Government's catch-up scheme is not reaching the children who need it most PHOTO Adobe Stock

News 11 March 2022

National tutoring catch-up scheme failing disadvantaged pupils, say MPs

Policy & Politics

The Nuffield Early Language Intervention scheme is a catch-up scheme for Reception class children PHOTO Adobe Stock

News 11 March 2022

Two-thirds of primary schools sign up to early language scheme

Closing the Gap

Nursery software management company Famly has bought nursery software pioneers FirstSteps

News 11 March 2022

Famly buys FirstSteps nursery software company

Management

Many children starting school last September lacked basic language skills, the survey found PHOTO Adobe Stock

News 10 March 2022

Huge numbers of children starting school developmentally delayed - study

Closing the Gap

Boris Johnson visiting Busy Bees at Stockley Park in his constituency on Monday 7 March

News 9 March 2022

Boris Johnson visits Busy Bees nursery in Heathrow

Provision

Bright Horizons is removing the age-related National Minimum Wage (NMW) for under-23s, which means that all employees will be on or above the NMW for 23-year-olds and above PHOTO Bright Horizons

News 8 March 2022

Bright Horizons invests £10m to boost salaries and pay scales

Management

Philippa Vigor (left), former owner of Townsend Nurseries, and Sarah Steel, CEO of The Old Station Nursery group, which as bought six of the group's seven nurseries

News 4 March 2022

The Old Station buys Townsend Nurseries

Management

Children and nursery practitioners from Kidzrus The Lodge nursery in Swinton, Manchester, celebrated World Book Day with the theme of Dodie Smith's classic, The One Hundred and One Dalmatians PHOTO Twitter

News 3 March 2022

Nurseries and schools celebrate World Book Day

Equipment & Resources

News 2 March 2022

N Family Club claims top spot in Nursery Chains 2022 Ofsted table

Management

Kids Planet Lymm - the nursery group is now the third largest in the UK

Features 1 March 2022

Nursery Chains 2022: Groups by Size - Big business

Management

From left: Former owner of The Village Nursery Julie Lightly, director of operations Emma Jones, CEO of Thrive Cary Rankin, Thrive chief financial operator Will Newton and, and former owner of The Village Nursery Ian Lightley

News 23 February 2022

Thrive Childcare and Education acquires The Village Nursery group

Business

Staff in early years settings will no longer be required to take Covid tests twice-weekly PHOTO Adobe Stock

News 22 February 2022

Change to Covid rules on testing and isolation provokes mixed response among nurseries and childminders

Coronavirus

From today (21 February) early years settings will no longer need to notify Ofsted of any confirmed Covid cases among staff or children PHOTO Adobe Stock

News 21 February 2022

Nurseries and childminders will no longer need to report Covid cases to Ofsted

Coronavirus

Early years funding announced in October's spending review is a fraction of what was initially announced PHOTO Adobe Stock

News 27 January 2022

Sector accuses Government of misleading it over early years funding

30 Hours Free Childcare

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