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Nurseries to be exempt from business rates, as Government brings in powers to close or keep them open

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Thursday, March 19, 2020

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All private, voluntary and independent nurseries will be exempt from business rates for one year from 1 April.

Worries about children's safety putting parents off sending children back to nursery and school

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Friday, May 29, 2020

| Nursery World

Concerns about their child’s health and safety mean that thousands of parents will not be sending their children back to nursery next week, despite Boris Johnson giving the go-ahead for early years settings and primary schools to open from Monday.

Coronavirus: Scotland issues guidance ahead of reopening of nurseries

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Wednesday, June 17, 2020

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Childcare providers in Scotland have been issued with new guidance to help plan for reopening settings once it is deemed safe to do so.

Coronavirus: Under-fives' mental health at risk

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Monday, June 8, 2020

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Covid-19 is likely to increase the strain on the mental health of under-fives and their parents, warns the National Children’s Bureau (NCB), at the start of this week’s Infant Mental Health Awareness Week.

Parents face challenges accessing childcare as lockdown eases

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Tuesday, June 2, 2020

| Nursery World

Working parents will continue to have problems finding the childcare they need for the foreseeable future, a social enterprise specialising in intergeneration care has warned.

Around a quarter of early years providers still closed, research suggests

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Monday, June 15, 2020

| Nursery World

Around a quarter (24 per cent) of nursery and pre-school settings remained closed in the week beginning 1 June, despite the Government giving the go-ahead for opening early years provision to all children, a report by independent sector analysts Ceeda has found.

Coronavirus: Call to reopen playgrounds as 'a priority'

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Friday, June 12, 2020

| Nursery World

Guidelines for when and how playgrounds will be brought back into use ‘must be provided immediately’ if the Government serious about tackling obesity amid the pandemic, the Association of Play Industries has warned.

Coronavirus: Early years sector snubbed by Government in catch-up funding plan

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Friday, June 19, 2020

| Nursery World

Early years organisations have slammed their omission from sharing any of the £1bn funding package that schools will receive as part of a catch-up plan for children who have fallen behind from missing education in lockdown.

Coronavirus: Playgrounds under threat as councils face pandemic costs

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Wednesday, July 29, 2020

| Nursery World

Local authority budget pressures are leading to children’s playgrounds being closed in Nottingham, with the Association of Play Industries (API) warning that more areas could be affected if the Government does not provide funding.

Coronavirus: Toddlers from poorest families 'missing out' on outdoor space and books in lockdown

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Wednesday, October 28, 2020

| Nursery World

Babies and toddlers from disadvantaged families spent less time outdoors and reading and playing with their parents during lockdown than their better-off peers, according to new research.

Coronavirus: Government revises guidance for children of key workers

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Monday, January 11, 2021

| Nursery World

Children of keyworkers should stay at home ‘if they can’, the Government has said, in the latest change to school guidance.

Labour wants 'big conversation' on early years

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Friday, March 5, 2021

| Nursery World

Labour plans to hold ‘a big conversation’ with those in the early years to hear from providers about what needs to change to transform the sector, including ensuring providers receive the 'proper funding' they 'deserve'.

Tax-free childcare 'will not cut childcare costs'

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Wednesday, December 4, 2013

| Nursery World

Families will continue to spend more than a quarter of their household income on childcare, even after Tax-Free Childcare is introduced, a think-tank has warned.

Special report - Settings collect donations for families in war-torn Ukraine

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Tuesday, March 29, 2022

| Nursery World

Early years providers in the UK have received supplies from parents to be sent to children and their families affected by the conflict with Russia. Catherine Gaunt reports

Call for universal pre-school funding at end of parental leave

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Thursday, September 22, 2022

| Nursery World

The high cost of childcare means that thousands of mothers are effectively paying to return to work after having children, according to the IPPR, which is calling for universal pre-school to start at the end of parental leave.

Adviser calls on DfE to set up a single children and families strategy

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Friday, September 30, 2022

| Nursery World

With a new ministerial team at the Department for Education appointed, a former adviser to Michael Gove is calling for a joint parental engagement and family learning policy.

Conservatives pledge to double free childcare hours

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Tuesday, April 14, 2015

| Nursery World

A Conservative Government would increase free early education for three- and four-year-olds to 30 hours a week and boost hourly rates paid to providers.

SEED: Government-funded study highlights value of early years education for all

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Wednesday, July 12, 2017

| Nursery World

All children benefit from early education and care from the age of two, with those from poorer backgrounds likely to benefit even more, a major new report out today shows.

30-hour childcare to be extended to foster carers next year

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Wednesday, December 20, 2017

| Nursery World

Foster carers will be able to access 30 hours funded childcare for the children in their care, the Government has confirmed.

DfE asked to define ‘disadvantage’

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Monday, July 25, 2016

| Nursery World

What do we mean when we say children and families are ‘disadvantaged’?

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Nurseries to be exempt from business rates, as Government brings in powers to close or keep them open

Worries about children's safety putting parents off sending children back to nursery and school

Coronavirus: Scotland issues guidance ahead of reopening of nurseries

Coronavirus: Under-fives' mental health at risk

Parents face challenges accessing childcare as lockdown eases

Around a quarter of early years providers still closed, research suggests

Coronavirus: Call to reopen playgrounds as 'a priority'

Coronavirus: Early years sector snubbed by Government in catch-up funding plan

Coronavirus: Playgrounds under threat as councils face pandemic costs

Coronavirus: Toddlers from poorest families 'missing out' on outdoor space and books in lockdown

Coronavirus: Government revises guidance for children of key workers

Labour wants 'big conversation' on early years

Tax-free childcare 'will not cut childcare costs'

Special report - Settings collect donations for families in war-torn Ukraine

Call for universal pre-school funding at end of parental leave

Adviser calls on DfE to set up a single children and families strategy

Conservatives pledge to double free childcare hours

SEED: Government-funded study highlights value of early years education for all

30-hour childcare to be extended to foster carers next year

DfE asked to define ‘disadvantage’

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