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Schools to clamp down on primary school absence in Reception

Monday, April 16, 2012

| Nursery World

For the first time schools would collect data on absences from reception class children to help stem the tide of increasing absence in primary school, in proposals put forward by the Government's expert adviser on behaviour.

In Numbers

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Friday, April 13, 2012

| Nursery World

Nearly 21,000 calls to the NSPCC helpline resulted in a referral in 2011.

Parents fight to save children's centre nurseries

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Monday, April 2, 2012

| Nursery World

Two children's centre nurseries in the London borough of Southwark are set to close because the council says there is no longer a need for places.

Early years sector raises concerns about revised EYFS amid a broad welcome

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Monday, April 2, 2012

| Nursery World

The revised Early Years Foundation Stage has received a broadly positive response from the early years sector, although some reservations have been raised over the requirement for progress checks on two-year-olds.

Government adverts warn of danger to children's health of second-hand smoke

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Friday, March 30, 2012

| Nursery World

A new TV and radio campaign highlighting the effects of second-hand smoke on children is to air this evening.

Lowest-paid spend highest percentage of wages on childcare

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Friday, March 30, 2012

| Nursery World

Childcare costs account for more than a third of salaries in the UK, according to research, with clerical office workers among the worst hit.

Free parenting classes trial starts next month

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Thursday, March 29, 2012

| Nursery World

The Montessori Schools Association, Coram and the National Childbirth Trust are among 14 organisations chosen to run parenting classes in a Government-funded trial from April.

Kinship carers find local authority support lacking

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Wednesday, March 28, 2012

| Nursery World

Family and friends carers raising children are being left to fend for themselves and suffer significant levels of hardship, as local authorities fail to implement Government policy, according to a new study.

Serious conflict at home affects four million UK families

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Monday, March 26, 2012

| Nursery World

More than five out of ten families with children experience serious or frequent conflict in the home, according to new research.

Ofsted grades should not be only way of measuring quality

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Tuesday, March 20, 2012

| Nursery World

Ofsted grades should not be used on their own by local authorities or parents when assessing the quality of childcare an early years setting provides.

Adoption: children's futures must not be 'put on hold', PM says

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Friday, March 9, 2012

| Nursery World

David Cameron will set out plans to change the adoption system on a visit to a children's centre in West London today (9 March).

Parents call for ban on TV junk food ads before 9pm

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Tuesday, March 6, 2012

| Nursery World

More than half of parents believe that there should be a watershed for advertising unhealthy food and drink on television, a new survey suggests.

'Earning less is better than not getting the business'

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Friday, March 2, 2012

| Nursery World

Nursery World's facebook page was inundated with comments last week, as childcare providers debated the issue of increased financial pressure on parents' incomes, versus raising fees to cope with the rise in provider costs.

Childcare fees struggling to match costs

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Friday, March 2, 2012

| Nursery World

Nurseries and childminders have been sharing their experiences following last week's publication of the Daycare Trust's annual childcare costs survey, which revealed the growing gap between parents' wages and childcare fees.

Family champion Emma Harrison quits role

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Friday, February 24, 2012

| Nursery World

Emma Harrison, the head of welfare-to-work training company A4e, has stepped down from her role as 'family champion'.

Prime Minister considering law change to speed up the adoption process

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Thursday, February 23, 2012

| Nursery World

The Government will legislate to ensure that adoptions are not being delayed due to problems matching prospective adopters with the same ethnic background as the child.

Pre-School Learning Alliance warns of debt danger in childcare loan plan

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Friday, February 10, 2012

| Nursery World

The early years and childcare organisation has slammed proposals put forward by a think-tank to allow working parents to borrow up to 10,000 to pay for childcare.

Mothers going back to work pushed into lower-paid jobs

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Wednesday, February 8, 2012

| Nursery World

Women are being forced into lower-skilled, part-time work after having children, according to a new survey.

Think-tank proposes scheme to make childcare more affordable

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Wednesday, February 8, 2012

| Nursery World

Parents would be able to borrow up to 10,000 to pay for the cost of childcare which they would then pay back on a monthly basis through the tax system, under plans proposed by the think-tank the Social Market Foundation.

Babies are people

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Tuesday, February 7, 2012

| Nursery World

All peope have rights, so what about babies' rights? asks Penelope Leach Ph.D, C.Psychol, FBPsS

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Schools to clamp down on primary school absence in Reception

In Numbers

Parents fight to save children's centre nurseries

Early years sector raises concerns about revised EYFS amid a broad welcome

Government adverts warn of danger to children's health of second-hand smoke

Lowest-paid spend highest percentage of wages on childcare

Free parenting classes trial starts next month

Kinship carers find local authority support lacking

Serious conflict at home affects four million UK families

Ofsted grades should not be only way of measuring quality

Adoption: children's futures must not be 'put on hold', PM says

Parents call for ban on TV junk food ads before 9pm

'Earning less is better than not getting the business'

Childcare fees struggling to match costs

Family champion Emma Harrison quits role

Prime Minister considering law change to speed up the adoption process

Pre-School Learning Alliance warns of debt danger in childcare loan plan

Mothers going back to work pushed into lower-paid jobs

Think-tank proposes scheme to make childcare more affordable

Babies are people

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