Search

Coronavirus: Scotland unveils £11m in childcare grants to help nurseries reopen safely

Thursday, July 16, 2020

| Nursery World

Early years organisations have welcomed transitional funding from the Scottish Government as ‘a vital lifeline’ for childcare providers.

Coronavirus: Parents report closer bonds developing with children in lockdown

News

Thursday, July 9, 2020

| Nursery World

Parents have reported both benefits and challenges of having young children at home during the lockdown, new research reveals.

Reception Baseline on hold until September 2021

News

Thursday, June 25, 2020

| Nursery World

The Reception Baseline has been postponed for a year to autumn 2021 due to the ‘challenging circumstances’ schools face with the Covid-19 pandemic, the Government has announced, in a move welcomed by campaigners.

Coronavirus: Children who have been shielding can return to school in September

News

Monday, June 22, 2020

| Nursery World

Children who have been shielding because of Covid-19 are very unlikely to need to do so in the future and can return to school in September, according to the deputy chief medical officer.

Shadow minister calls for explanation as to why early years excluded from Government catch-up plan

News

Friday, June 19, 2020

| Nursery World

Shadow early years minister Tulip Siddiq has written to the children and families minister Vicky Ford, calling for an explanation as to why the early years sector has been excluded from the Government’s £1 billion ‘catch-up’ funding.

Early years services should be kept open and funding flexible in future lockdowns, says children's commissioner

News

Thursday, August 6, 2020

| Nursery World

Early years settings, schools and children’s centres should be kept open 'wherever possible' in the event of lockdown due to Covid-19, the children’s commissioner for England has said.

MPs criticise delay in Government response to childcare funding petition

News

Thursday, July 30, 2020

| Nursery World

A report calling for an urgent review of childcare funding and how new parents are supported due to the impact of Covid-19 will not be addressed until later this year.

Councils warn that a quarter of childcare providers could close in rural areas

News

Friday, September 25, 2020

| Nursery World

Councils in England are warning that up to one in 10 childcare providers could close this winter, and that as many as one in four are at risk in rural areas.

Disadvantaged children need 'long-term' catch-up support as learning gap grows

News

Tuesday, September 1, 2020

| Nursery World

Teachers estimate that children are on average three months behind in their learning, while the gap between disadvantaged children and their peers has risen by 46 per cent, according to new research.

Coronavirus: Scottish childminders to receive £330,000 in extra funding

News

Friday, September 11, 2020

| Nursery World

New financial support for childminders in Scotland ‘falls short’ of offering the level of support needed and is lower than that of other childcare settings, the Scottish Childminding Association (SCMA) warns.

Mounting pressure on Government to extend free school meals for October half term

News

Wednesday, October 21, 2020

| Nursery World

MPs will debate funding the provision of free school meals over the school holidays this afternoon (21 October), following mounting pressure from the Labour party in the run-up to October half term.

What does Wales 'firebreak' mean for childcare?

News

Wednesday, October 21, 2020

| Nursery World

All childcare providers are permitted to remain open in Wales during the two week ‘firebreak lockdown’ which starts on Friday evening.

Ofsted chief highlights ‘Covid pressure cooker’ on vulnerable families

News

Friday, November 6, 2020

| Nursery World

Chief inspector Amanda Spielman has issued a stark warning about the risks to vulnerable babies during Covid-19.

MPs discuss early years workforce challenges

News

Wednesday, December 16, 2020

| Nursery World

An urgent independent review is needed to ‘alleviate the pressures’ facing the early years workforce, the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Childcare and Early Education has heard.

Coronavirus: Urgent action needed to improve ‘inadequate’ food parcels

News

Wednesday, January 13, 2021

| Nursery World

The Government has demanded ‘urgent’ action on ‘completely unacceptable’ food parcels sent to children as replacements for free school meals during lockdown.

Exclusive: Some early years workers set to receive Covid-19 vaccine as a priority

News

Tuesday, January 26, 2021

| Nursery World

Early years practitioners in Doncaster are ‘over the moon’ that they are receiving the Covid-19 vaccination in recognition of them being priority frontline workers.

Coronavirus: MPs to debate petition calling for vaccinations for early years workers and teachers

News

Thursday, January 7, 2021

| Nursery World

Prioritising Covid-19 vaccinations for childcare staff and teachers will be debated in Parliament on Monday (11 January), following a petition which has so far received more than 342,000 signatures.

Coronavirus: DfE updates early years guidance in response to PM 'roadmap'

News

Tuesday, February 23, 2021

| Nursery World

Wraparound childcare, including care provided by childminders, can restart from 8 March, as part of the gradual easing of lockdown restrictions announced yesterday.

Budget 2021: Business rates relief extension will include nurseries

News

Wednesday, March 3, 2021

| Nursery World

Nurseries will continue to be exempt from business rates, but there was no new funding earmarked for the early years or schools in the Chancellor’s budget.

Coronavirus: Nurseries and pre-schools start to receive home-testing kits

News

Friday, March 12, 2021

| Nursery World

Nurseries and pre-schools have started to be sent lateral flow devices for regular testing, which staff can use from 22 March.

Children's commissioner launches major survey of children's lives for post-Covid wishlist

News

Monday, April 19, 2021

| Nursery World

The biggest ever consultation with children in England is being launched by the children’s commissioner today to investigate post-Covid childhood.

Parents 'will be turned away' due to Level 3 staffing crisis

News

Tuesday, May 4, 2021

| Nursery World

While recruiting Level 3-qualified staff has been an issue for several years, settings have told Nursery World that the situation is now so dire they fear they will be forced to turn families away because of staff shortages.

Working parents air concerns over 'backward slide' for family life

News

Thursday, June 17, 2021

| Nursery World

Research from Working Families reveals the extent to which parents are worried about juggling their jobs with childcare and other responsibilities, when restrictions are lifted.

Labour urges Conservative MPs to vote for its education catch-up plans

News

Wednesday, June 9, 2021

| Nursery World

Labour will use an opposition day motion on Wednesday to push for Conservative MPs to end the ‘catalogue of chaos’ and back 'an ambitious plan' for children's education recovery, ahead of the school summer holidays.

Change to test and trace and self-isolation rules causes 'utter confusion' in nurseries

News

Wednesday, July 21, 2021

| Nursery World

Early years settings and schools have been thrown into confusion following the Government's change to the rules on tracking coronavirus cases and self-isolation, as the number of Covid-related absences among children and staff continues to rise.

Search Results

Coronavirus: Scotland unveils £11m in childcare grants to help nurseries reopen safely

Coronavirus: Parents report closer bonds developing with children in lockdown

Reception Baseline on hold until September 2021

Coronavirus: Children who have been shielding can return to school in September

Shadow minister calls for explanation as to why early years excluded from Government catch-up plan

Early years services should be kept open and funding flexible in future lockdowns, says children's commissioner

MPs criticise delay in Government response to childcare funding petition

Councils warn that a quarter of childcare providers could close in rural areas

Disadvantaged children need 'long-term' catch-up support as learning gap grows

Coronavirus: Scottish childminders to receive £330,000 in extra funding

Mounting pressure on Government to extend free school meals for October half term

What does Wales 'firebreak' mean for childcare?

Ofsted chief highlights ‘Covid pressure cooker’ on vulnerable families

MPs discuss early years workforce challenges

Coronavirus: Urgent action needed to improve ‘inadequate’ food parcels

Exclusive: Some early years workers set to receive Covid-19 vaccine as a priority

Coronavirus: MPs to debate petition calling for vaccinations for early years workers and teachers

Coronavirus: DfE updates early years guidance in response to PM 'roadmap'

Budget 2021: Business rates relief extension will include nurseries

Coronavirus: Nurseries and pre-schools start to receive home-testing kits

Children's commissioner launches major survey of children's lives for post-Covid wishlist

Parents 'will be turned away' due to Level 3 staffing crisis

Working parents air concerns over 'backward slide' for family life

Labour urges Conservative MPs to vote for its education catch-up plans

Change to test and trace and self-isolation rules causes 'utter confusion' in nurseries

Current filters

Filter by

Article Types

Tags

Journals