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Government to introduce paid neonatal leave

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Monday, October 14, 2019

| Nursery World

The Government is planning to introduce paid neonatal leave for working parents of premature babies.

UK's children's commissioners call for focus on children's needs in party manifestos

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Wednesday, November 6, 2019

| Nursery World

The four children’s commissioners have published an assessment of the UK’s progress on children’s rights, calling on all political parties to put the spotlight on children during the run up to the general election next month.

Electorate put education high on election agenda

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Wednesday, November 27, 2019

| Nursery World

Education is the third biggest issue for parents in the upcoming general election.

General Election 2019: 'The Conservatives would cost the sector the most if in power'

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Wednesday, December 4, 2019

| Nursery World

New analysis by early years research company Ceeda has found that the party which promises the least in terms of early years entitlements in its general election manifesto, would cost the sector the most.

Britain one of the most age-segregated countries, report finds

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Tuesday, January 7, 2020

| Nursery World

Think-tank United for All Ages has called for Britain to unite as a ‘country for all ages’ by 2030.

Gavin Williamson re-appointed education secretary and Michelle Donelan promoted

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Friday, February 14, 2020

| Nursery World

Gavin Williamson has been reappointed education secretary in Boris Johnson’s Cabinet reshuffle.

Budget 2020: Nurseries omitted from business rates holiday

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Thursday, March 12, 2020

| Nursery World

Nurseries have been omitted from the moratorium on business rates announced by the Chancellor in the Budget, which will apply to small retail, hospitality and leisure businesses.

DfE recommends parents use apps to help pre-school children learn at home

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Friday, February 21, 2020

| Nursery World

A number of educational apps for two- to five-year-olds have received a stamp of approval from the Department for Education, to encourage parents to boost their children’s learning at home in speaking, writing and reading.

Nursery owner re-launches business rates petition

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Monday, March 9, 2020

| Nursery World

A petition calling for business rates to be scrapped for childcare providers in England has been re-launched.

Coronavirus: Nearly half of childminders could stay closed for up to a year

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Friday, March 27, 2020

| Nursery World

Fewer than half of childminders that have closed due to the Covid-19 pandemic plan to re-open within the next year, findings from a survey of childminders and childcare providers suggests.

Around half of nurseries staying open for key worker families

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Thursday, April 9, 2020

| Nursery World

Around a half of nurseries in the UK are staying open for children of key workers and vulnerable children, a survey by the National Day Nurseries Association suggests.

Creative Learning - Allowing individuals to flourish

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Monday, August 11, 2014

| Nursery World

Creative thinking is hugely undervalued in our society - but we must learn to think beyond the status quo, says Philip Bujak, recently retired chief executive of the Montessori St Nicholas Charity.

IFS warns of cuts to school budgets amid rising costs

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Tuesday, August 2, 2022

| Nursery World

Schools spending per pupil in 2024 will be 3 per cent lower than 2010 in real terms, according to research by the Institute for Fiscal Studies.

Scotland: School and early years staff to strike in September

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Thursday, August 25, 2022

| Nursery World

Early years workers in nine Scottish council areas will strike for three days next month, it has been confirmed.

Early years and schools call on new education secretary for urgent help for sector 'on its knees'

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Wednesday, September 7, 2022

| Nursery World

With early years and schools in the midst of a crisis in funding, soaring costs and recruitment challenges, sector leaders have called for urgent financial support from the new education secretary Kit Malthouse.

MPs urge education secretary to ensure further child deaths are avoided at 'failing councils'

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Tuesday, September 27, 2022

| Nursery World

Cross-party MPS have written to the education secretary Kit Malthouse outlining their concerns about child services in Solihull and Bradford after the deaths of Star Hobson and Arthur Labinjo-Hughes in 2020.

Campaigners call for Academies Bill amendment to give parents a say

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Tuesday, June 15, 2010

| Nursery World

The group 38 Degrees is urging people to write to their MP to support an amendment to the Academies Bill to ensure that schools seeking academy status will have to consult the local community.

Scotland to review how to boost children's early years

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Tuesday, June 29, 2010

| Nursery World

Former Scottish health minister Susan Deacon has been appointed to lead a wide-ranging review on how to improve children's early years in order to reduce the need for more costly crisis interventions later in life.

High cost of childcare cancels out benefits of working longer hours

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Tuesday, September 8, 2015

| Nursery World

London parents on the minimum wage risk little gain from working extra hours due to the high-cost of childcare.

Funding, not EYFS, is the main problem, say nurseries

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Tuesday, July 13, 2010

| Nursery World

Nurseries and early years organisations have been telling Nursery World that resolving issues with the Early Years Single Funding Formula and suspending the Code of Practice are more urgent for Government business than reviewing the EYFS.

Children to lose free places as council stops funding nurseries

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Tuesday, July 20, 2010

| Nursery World

Three nurseries in Scotland have been told they will no longer receive funding for the early years entitlement, meaning that parents will have to move their children elsewhere or miss out on a free place.

Early years capital grant for nurseries could be withdrawn

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Tuesday, July 20, 2010

| Nursery World

Private and voluntary settings that have applied for funding for improvements from the early years capital grant could lose out on millions of pounds.

SEND: The route to diagnosis

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Monday, June 13, 2016

| Nursery World

Identifying young children with special educational needs and disabilities has changed, but challenges remain. Charlotte Goddard reports

Free school meals on the rise

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Tuesday, May 18, 2010

| Nursery World

The number of pupils eligible for free school meals has risen dramatically, figures from the Department for Children, Schools and Families reveal.

Two-year-olds Q&A: Determined to extend reach

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Friday, June 28, 2013

| Nursery World

With the Government planning to ramp up the two-year-olds programme for 2014, Karen Faux breaks down the facts and figures to ask what it means for the sector.

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Government to introduce paid neonatal leave

UK's children's commissioners call for focus on children's needs in party manifestos

Electorate put education high on election agenda

General Election 2019: 'The Conservatives would cost the sector the most if in power'

Britain one of the most age-segregated countries, report finds

Gavin Williamson re-appointed education secretary and Michelle Donelan promoted

Budget 2020: Nurseries omitted from business rates holiday

DfE recommends parents use apps to help pre-school children learn at home

Nursery owner re-launches business rates petition

Coronavirus: Nearly half of childminders could stay closed for up to a year

Around half of nurseries staying open for key worker families

Creative Learning - Allowing individuals to flourish

IFS warns of cuts to school budgets amid rising costs

Scotland: School and early years staff to strike in September

Early years and schools call on new education secretary for urgent help for sector 'on its knees'

MPs urge education secretary to ensure further child deaths are avoided at 'failing councils'

Campaigners call for Academies Bill amendment to give parents a say

Scotland to review how to boost children's early years

High cost of childcare cancels out benefits of working longer hours

Funding, not EYFS, is the main problem, say nurseries

Children to lose free places as council stops funding nurseries

Early years capital grant for nurseries could be withdrawn

SEND: The route to diagnosis

Free school meals on the rise

Two-year-olds Q&A: Determined to extend reach

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