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Coronavirus: Safety measures compromised in return to nurseries and schools

Friday, June 12, 2020

| Nursery World

Safe class sizes are just one of the measures that have been ignored by some nursery and primary schools as they reopen to more children, according to a survey published by Unison today (Friday).

Early years workforce: 'Forgotten key workers' driven out by low pay in increasingly volatile sector

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Tuesday, August 4, 2020

| Nursery World

One in 8 childcare workers is paid less than £5 an hour and many are forced to take on second jobs to make ends meet, a report commissioned by the Government’s Social Mobility Commission has found.

Coronavirus: Nurseries and schools pose low risk of infection to children

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Monday, August 24, 2020

| Nursery World

Children are more likely to catch Coronavirus at home than in childcare settings or school, finds study.

Early years attendance drops, latest official figures show

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Tuesday, August 11, 2020

| Nursery World

Less than a half (46 per cent) of early years settings were open at the end of July, according to the latest statistics from the Department for Education.

EXCLUSIVE: Nurseries consider legal action over rejected insurance claims

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Tuesday, May 5, 2020

| Nursery World

Nurseries around the country are considering joining a class action against their insurer and broker over failure to pay out as a result of closure during the coronavirus crisis, Nursery World can reveal.

Coronavirus: Calls for extended parental leave and emergency childcare funding dismissed by Government

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Wednesday, September 9, 2020

| Nursery World

Early years organisations have criticised the Government for its response to a recent Petitions Committee report on the impact of Covid-19 on parental leave and childcare.

Coronavirus: One in five schools report ‘significant’ absences due to Covid-19

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Monday, October 5, 2020

| Nursery World

One in five schools across England are experiencing 'significant' pupil absences, with almost as many having sent a whole bubble home, according to a survey of teachers.

Fears the pandemic pushing children further into poverty

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Wednesday, October 14, 2020

| Nursery World

Children growing up in poverty are living on a ‘cliff edge’ and the pandemic will sweep them ‘further into danger’, a new report which details the rising rates of child poverty in the UK, has revealed.

Duchess of Cambridge to reveal findings of early years survey

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Friday, November 27, 2020

| Nursery World

Kate Middleton is to warn of the crucial role the early years play in shaping children's futures, as she reveals the findings of the 'five big questions on the under-fives' study.

Scottish nurseries win relief from business rates until 2023

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Monday, December 7, 2020

| Nursery World

Nurseries in Scotland will be exempt from paying business rates until 2023, Scottish Government has said.

Councils have millions in unspent early years funding, investigation reveals

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Tuesday, February 2, 2021

| Nursery World

Early years settings in England are missing out on more than £55m in Government funding for childcare places, according to a Freedom of Information investigation by the National Day Nurseries Association.

Coronavirus: Nurseries speak out about confusion over priority for vaccine

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Tuesday, February 16, 2021

| Nursery World

Confusion and frustration is continuing among the early years sector around eligibility for the coronavirus vaccine.

DfE consults on minor changes to the EYFS

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Thursday, February 18, 2021

| Nursery World

The Department for Education has published the new draft EYFS, and is asking for comments on minor changes to do with the welfare and safeguarding elements of the framework.

Private and voluntary settings will be able to access early language catch-up scheme

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Tuesday, March 2, 2021

| Nursery World

Disadvantaged children in PVI early years settings will be able to share in the Government's catch-up scheme to boost their language skills.

Support for pupils with special educational needs is ‘erratic’ and ‘unequal’

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Friday, March 19, 2021

| Nursery World

Support for pupils with special educational needs across England varies widely and the pandemic has likely led to more children being missed, a study has found.

DfE brings in temporary change to early years funding to provide 'reassurance' to nurseries and childminders

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Thursday, March 18, 2021

| Nursery World

Childcare providers will receive funding based on actual attendance numbers during this year's summer and autumn terms, in a move designed to protect their funding, as children return to early years settings.

Charities join together to support healthy school holiday programme

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Thursday, March 18, 2021

| Nursery World

A new coalition has been formed to ensure that England’s poorest children have access to healthy, active and enriching school holidays through the Government’s Holiday Activities and Food (HAF) programme.

Scotland: lone parents need more support to find jobs, charities warn

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Wednesday, April 21, 2021

| Nursery World

Scotland’s child poverty targets are ‘destined for failure’ unless single parents and carers receive better support to obtain good-quality jobs, charities warn.

Coalition calls for 'credible' plan from Government to end Child Poverty

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Tuesday, May 18, 2021

| Nursery World

The End Child Poverty Coalition says the Government owes it to ‘our children’ to come up with a plan to tackle poverty as figures show a 'dramatic' rise.

‘Forgotten’ white working-class children let down by decades of neglect, MPs say

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Tuesday, June 22, 2021

| Nursery World

Action from early years through to higher education is needed to tackle the ‘forgotten’ white working-class pupils who have been let down by decades of neglect, MPs said in a controversial new report, which faced immediate criticism for a section on ‘White privilege’.

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Coronavirus: Safety measures compromised in return to nurseries and schools

Early years workforce: 'Forgotten key workers' driven out by low pay in increasingly volatile sector

Coronavirus: Nurseries and schools pose low risk of infection to children

Early years attendance drops, latest official figures show

EXCLUSIVE: Nurseries consider legal action over rejected insurance claims

Coronavirus: Calls for extended parental leave and emergency childcare funding dismissed by Government

Coronavirus: One in five schools report ‘significant’ absences due to Covid-19

Fears the pandemic pushing children further into poverty

Duchess of Cambridge to reveal findings of early years survey

Scottish nurseries win relief from business rates until 2023

Councils have millions in unspent early years funding, investigation reveals

Coronavirus: Nurseries speak out about confusion over priority for vaccine

DfE consults on minor changes to the EYFS

Private and voluntary settings will be able to access early language catch-up scheme

Support for pupils with special educational needs is ‘erratic’ and ‘unequal’

DfE brings in temporary change to early years funding to provide 'reassurance' to nurseries and childminders

Charities join together to support healthy school holiday programme

Scotland: lone parents need more support to find jobs, charities warn

Coalition calls for 'credible' plan from Government to end Child Poverty

‘Forgotten’ white working-class children let down by decades of neglect, MPs say

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