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Stress and mental health problems taking their toll on early years staff

Friday, June 1, 2018

| Nursery World

One in four early years workers are considering leaving the sector due to stress and mental health problems, a major survey has revealed.

DfE scraps School Direct route to EYTS

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Friday, June 8, 2018

| Nursery World

The Government has scrapped the School Direct route to Early Years Teacher Status because it isn’t popular enough, Nursery World has learned.

Two-year-old pilot study finds high-quality settings make a difference

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Thursday, March 7, 2013

| Nursery World

Five-year-olds who took part in the initial two-year-old pilot of free early education places did no better at school at the end of the Reception year than other children, a Government study has found.

Labour pledges to scrap Tax-Free Childcare

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Friday, June 22, 2018

| Nursery World

Labour would abolish tax-free childcare if it come to power, the shadow childcare minister said today.

Government's childcare reforms 'put children at risk'

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Wednesday, March 13, 2013

| Nursery World

Reforms to increase ratios to allow nursery staff and childminder to look after more children are at odds with Government policy to foster close one-to-one bonds with children, an early years expert will say today.

Revised safeguarding guidelines focus on the child

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Friday, March 22, 2013

| Nursery World

More focus needs to be placed on the needs of children revised Government guidelines on safeguarding state.

Netherlands childcare sector runs into trouble

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Thursday, March 28, 2013

| Nursery World

Demand for childcare in the Netherlands has fallen sharply amid the economic crisis and cuts in childcare tax credits, leading to a huge rise in the number of centres going bankrupt.

Boris Johnson lends support to parenting course in primary schools

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Friday, September 23, 2011

| Nursery World

London mayor Boris Johnson has given his backing to the expansion of a scheme which offers free parenting classes to the parents of primary school children.

Four in ten disabled children live in poverty

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Friday, October 7, 2011

| Nursery World

Four in ten disabled children in the UK live in poverty, 'a staggering 320,000' children, according to a report by the Children's Society.

Row over call to lower childcare qualfication rules in Ireland

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Monday, October 30, 2017

| Nursery World

A campaign to relax the requirement for all childcare staff in Ireland to be qualified has been met with criticism from the sector.

Warning that universal credit will drive a million more children into poverty

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Monday, November 6, 2017

| Nursery World

New research suggests that under universal credit many families will lose thousands of pounds, forcing more children into poverty.

30 hours: How nurseries are making ends meet

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Monday, November 13, 2017

| Nursery World

Nursery World has spoken to a number of nurseries, including groups and standalone settings, across the country to find out how they are making the 30 hours work.

The Queen's Speech focuses on the family

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Wednesday, May 8, 2013

| Nursery World

The Queen has reiterated the Government's commitment to families in her speech at the state opening of parliament, highlighting plans for education and childcare.

Leaked Clegg letter intensifies ratios row

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Friday, May 10, 2013

| Nursery World

The row over childcare ratios escalated last night after leaked letters between education and childcare minister Liz Truss and Nick Clegg came to light.

Ofsted figures show drop in childminders

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Thursday, May 16, 2013

| Nursery World

There are more than 1,000 fewer childminders registered with Ofsted than there were six months ago, and the number of places has also fallen slightly, according to the latest figures released by the inspectorate.

Employers back campaign to keep childcare voucher scheme open

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Thursday, August 23, 2018

| Nursery World

More than 70 businesses and charities have pledged their support to a campaign to save childcare vouchers.

DfE 'refuses to respond' to Freedom of Information request

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Friday, May 31, 2013

| Nursery World

The Department of Education (DfE) has failed to publish the responses to the Childcare Commission consultation following the request from the Pre-School Learning Alliance.

Spending on Sure Start cut by two-thirds in nine years

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Monday, September 17, 2018

| Nursery World

Investment in Sure Start has further declined with the Government spending just over £576 million on children's centres in 2017-18, compared with £1.8 billion in 2009-10.

Local authorities say their quality role is critical for two-year-old offer

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Friday, June 7, 2013

| Nursery World

Recognition that the Government needs to keep its lines of communication open with local authorities around their changing role as the two-year-olds offer gathers pace, is a point that has been 'taken on board' by education and childcare minister Elizabeth Truss.

Nursery schools twice as likely to be in deficit than schools

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Thursday, October 11, 2018

| Nursery World

New Government figures reveal in each of the last three years, the proportion of nursery schools in deficit has been double that of all schools.

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Stress and mental health problems taking their toll on early years staff

DfE scraps School Direct route to EYTS

Two-year-old pilot study finds high-quality settings make a difference

Labour pledges to scrap Tax-Free Childcare

Government's childcare reforms 'put children at risk'

Revised safeguarding guidelines focus on the child

Netherlands childcare sector runs into trouble

Boris Johnson lends support to parenting course in primary schools

Four in ten disabled children live in poverty

Row over call to lower childcare qualfication rules in Ireland

Warning that universal credit will drive a million more children into poverty

30 hours: How nurseries are making ends meet

The Queen's Speech focuses on the family

Leaked Clegg letter intensifies ratios row

Ofsted figures show drop in childminders

Employers back campaign to keep childcare voucher scheme open

DfE 'refuses to respond' to Freedom of Information request

Spending on Sure Start cut by two-thirds in nine years

Local authorities say their quality role is critical for two-year-old offer

Nursery schools twice as likely to be in deficit than schools

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