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Heads threaten to boycott phonics reading check

Tuesday, May 8, 2012

| Nursery World

Head teachers have threatened to put an end to the phonics reading check for all six-year-olds, if it is seen to be politically motivated and used as a weapon to attack teachers.

Campaigners to deliver letter to PM calling for more funding to save children's centres

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Wednesday, March 28, 2018

| Nursery World

Campaigners against cuts to children's centres will march on Downing Street to hand a letter to the Prime Minister demanding more funding to save early years services.

Child-related benefits may be capped for families with more than two children, says Iain Duncan Smith

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Thursday, October 25, 2012

| Nursery World

Poorer families could lose their entitlement to extra support if they decide to have more children, the work and pensions secretary has said.

NDNA wins two-year-old support contracts

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Friday, November 30, 2012

| Nursery World

The National Day Nurseries Association has won ten contracts to support 62 local authorities in England with the rollout of free early education places for disadvantaged two-year-olds

One in five teachers has given food to hungry pupils, a survey suggests

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Wednesday, December 19, 2012

| Nursery World

Large numbers of pupils in London are starting the day without breakfast, a survey claims.

Speech and language therapy for children rationed due to budget cuts, finds survey

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Wednesday, January 2, 2013

| Nursery World

Children are missing out on vital speech and language therapy and starting school without the language skills they need, according to new research by the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists.

Adopted children will be entitled to a free nursery place at two

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Thursday, January 3, 2013

| Nursery World

The free early education entitlement for two-year-olds will be extended to all adopted children from 2014.

Falling occupancy levels and chronic underfunding threatens high-quality nursery provision

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Tuesday, January 15, 2013

| Nursery World

Under-funding of free early education places and the tough economic climate are threatening sustainability of the nursery sector and the viability of the two-year-olds programme, the National Day Nurseries Association has warned.

Think tank calls for fresh impetus in improving the quality of early years teaching

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Monday, January 28, 2013

| Nursery World

Policy Exchange is recommending that the Teach First scheme be extended to the early years to attract high-calibre graduates to settings that serve disadvantaged areas, as figures show children in these parts of the country receive poorer quality care.

Nursery campaigners to meet children's minister

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Wednesday, May 16, 2018

| Nursery World

Representatives of the campaign to save Salford’s five local authority nurseries have been invited to meet children and families minister Nadhim Zahawi today (Wednesday 16 May).?

'More Great Childcare': Expansion for Ofsted as councils lose early years quality work

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Monday, January 28, 2013

| Nursery World

Local authorities are set to lose their early years quality improvement role, as Ofsted becomes 'the sole arbiter of quality in the early years', in the Government's 'More Great Childcare' shake-up.

Boris Johnson and Peter Andre launch under-fives reading scheme

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Wednesday, June 15, 2011

| Nursery World

The London Mayor and singer Peter Andre have launched a new literacy project to support three-to-five-year-olds in the capital.

Rise in the number of children cared for by relatives

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Thursday, June 16, 2011

| Nursery World

A major study has revealed for the first time the number of children being brought up by family members other than their parents.

New teaching standards set out

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Friday, July 15, 2011

| Nursery World

All teachers in England will need to meet new standards of teaching practice and conduct from September 2012.

Rise in female unemployment fuelled by cuts to childcare tax credits

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Monday, August 8, 2011

| Nursery World

More than one-in-four women have been out of work for more than a year, according to research, which says that cuts to childcare tax credits are partly to blame for female joblessness.

Changes to early years goals and Profile planned

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Friday, September 15, 2017

| Nursery World

The Government is proposing to revise the Early Learning Goals, and to cut the number that are assessed in the EYFS Profile.

Exclusive: 30 hours saves poorest parents least

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Monday, September 18, 2017

| Nursery World

The 30 hours policy will save some of the poorest households £5 per week, while the richest will gain ten times that, analysis finds.

College nursery rescued from closure

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Friday, August 26, 2011

| Nursery World

A students' union is to take over the running of a campus nursery after leading a year-long campaign to save it.

Families trapped by 'compulsive consumerism'

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Wednesday, September 14, 2011

| Nursery World

Parents in the UK feel under pressure to buy their children the latest consumer goods, often to compensate for long working hours, according to research by Unicef.

Government considers parenting classes for all

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Tuesday, September 20, 2011

| Nursery World

The Government has announced plans to trial the use of vouchers for parenting classes to mothers and fathers with children under the age of five.

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Heads threaten to boycott phonics reading check

Campaigners to deliver letter to PM calling for more funding to save children's centres

Child-related benefits may be capped for families with more than two children, says Iain Duncan Smith

NDNA wins two-year-old support contracts

One in five teachers has given food to hungry pupils, a survey suggests

Speech and language therapy for children rationed due to budget cuts, finds survey

Adopted children will be entitled to a free nursery place at two

Falling occupancy levels and chronic underfunding threatens high-quality nursery provision

Think tank calls for fresh impetus in improving the quality of early years teaching

Nursery campaigners to meet children's minister

'More Great Childcare': Expansion for Ofsted as councils lose early years quality work

Boris Johnson and Peter Andre launch under-fives reading scheme

Rise in the number of children cared for by relatives

New teaching standards set out

Rise in female unemployment fuelled by cuts to childcare tax credits

Changes to early years goals and Profile planned

Exclusive: 30 hours saves poorest parents least

College nursery rescued from closure

Families trapped by 'compulsive consumerism'

Government considers parenting classes for all

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