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Sure Start Local Programmes study finds benefits for families

Tuesday, November 30, 2010

| Nursery World

Children living in areas with Sure Start Local Programmes (SSLP) are less likely to be overweight and have better physical health than children in other areas, according to new research.

UK at bottom of league for family friendliness

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Tuesday, December 7, 2010

| Nursery World

The UK ranks in the bottom four countries in the developed world for being family-friendly, according to a new study.

Formal childcare boosts Foundation Stage Profile scores

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Tuesday, February 23, 2010

| Nursery World

Children who attend formal childcare before the age of three do better at the end of the reception year than those who do not attend a nursery or are looked after by a childminder, a new study suggests.

Nursery workers would lose £1,800 in tax credit cuts

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Tuesday, October 27, 2015

| Nursery World

Children’s charities have welcomed the move by the House of Lords to delay cuts to tax credits, as a new analysis shows nursery nurses would be among the hardest hit by the changes.

Bags promote better links between nursery and home

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Tuesday, August 31, 2010

| Nursery World

Resources designed to bridge the gap between nursery and home are helping to support children's communication skills, according to a new evaluation.

PACEY launches new project to improve school readiness

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Tuesday, April 21, 2015

| Nursery World

Early years settings and schools will work together to help prepare disadvantaged and BME children for school.

Analysis: Experience can bridge the gap in behaviour

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Tuesday, December 14, 2010

| Nursery World

A new report tries to unravel the apparent links between children's behaviour problems and their family backgrounds, says Karen Faux.

Early years settings invited to celebrate National Children's Day

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Monday, May 11, 2015

| Nursery World

The importance of play to children’s health and well-being is the focus of this year’s National Children’s Day UK on Sunday 17 May.

Childcare voucher users profiled

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Tuesday, February 9, 2010

| Nursery World

Eight out of ten users of childcare vouchers are basic-rate taxpayers representing all occupational and socio-economic groups, says a report by the Social Market Foundation. Vouchers are used more by lone parents than couples and manual and unskilled workers use them the most. The report comes after the Labour party abandoned plans to end childcare vouchers.

Northern Ireland education minister considers flexible school starting age

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Thursday, May 2, 2013

| Nursery World

School starting age campaigners in Northern Ireland have welcomed a commitment by the education minister John O'Dowd to look in to making the age summer-born children start school more flexible.

Asquith launches combined nanny/nursery service

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Friday, February 8, 2013

| Nursery World

Asquith Day Nurseries has launched a nanny agency alongside its nursery provision offering affluent parents the benefit of using a nanny alongside nursery care.

Elizabeth Truss faces a grilling from parents on Mumsnet

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Friday, February 8, 2013

| Nursery World

Hundreds of parents took to Mumsnet yesterday for a live webchat with the education and childcare minister to express their strong opposition to Government plans to reform childcare.

Children's screen time up by two hours a day in lockdown

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Thursday, April 30, 2020

| Nursery World

Young children are spending an extra two hours a day in front of a screen since lockdown began, according to research from children’s reading charity BookTrust.

Poll highlights concern about 'schoolification' of early years

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Tuesday, July 9, 2013

| Nursery World

Just a third of childcare workers believe that it is very important that children have basic reading, writing and maths before they start school, new research shows.

Labour MP calls for support for working parents across Government

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Friday, July 12, 2013

| Nursery World

Lucy Powell, MP for Manchester Central, has called for more joined-up thinking to confront the 'childcare triple whammy' facing parents of rising prices, plummeting places and cuts to financial support.

Government launches consultation on tax-free childcare

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Monday, August 5, 2013

| Nursery World

Around 2.5 million families will be able to claim up to 1,200 per child a year in tax-free childcare from 2015, under Government plans out for consultation.

Play spaces not accessible to disabled children

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Monday, August 12, 2013

| Nursery World

Parental concerns and a lack of accessible facilities continue to prevent disabled children from playing inclusively, according to a new survey by the charity Kids.

Charity to work with deprived areas to improve children's health

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Tuesday, August 13, 2013

| Nursery World

The British Heart Foundation has committed 1.2m to help deprived areas in the UK cut children's risk of heart disease.

New Government quality mark recognises charities that help separated families

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Thursday, August 15, 2013

| Nursery World

Relate and Family Lives are among the first charities to be awarded a new Government mark for their work in supporting separated families.

First national guidelines for early years nutrition in England launched

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Monday, January 16, 2012

| Nursery World

The first ever nutritional guidelines to support early years settings in providing healthy meals for children under five have been launched today by the School Food Trust.

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Sure Start Local Programmes study finds benefits for families

UK at bottom of league for family friendliness

Formal childcare boosts Foundation Stage Profile scores

Nursery workers would lose £1,800 in tax credit cuts

Bags promote better links between nursery and home

PACEY launches new project to improve school readiness

Analysis: Experience can bridge the gap in behaviour

Early years settings invited to celebrate National Children's Day

Childcare voucher users profiled

Northern Ireland education minister considers flexible school starting age

Asquith launches combined nanny/nursery service

Elizabeth Truss faces a grilling from parents on Mumsnet

Children's screen time up by two hours a day in lockdown

Poll highlights concern about 'schoolification' of early years

Labour MP calls for support for working parents across Government

Government launches consultation on tax-free childcare

Play spaces not accessible to disabled children

Charity to work with deprived areas to improve children's health

New Government quality mark recognises charities that help separated families

First national guidelines for early years nutrition in England launched

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