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Campaign calls on dads to read with their children

Wednesday, June 14, 2023

| Nursery World

BookTrust has launched a campaign to get the nation reading, after research reveals that only one in three children are read a story every day by their dads.

Labour considers making the funded childcare hours means-tested, not universal

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Wednesday, June 14, 2023

| Nursery World

Labour has ruled out offering universal free childcare in favour of a means-tested offer to reduce spending commitments, reveal reports.

Cross party MPs to consider whether Ofsted school inspections could be improved

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Tuesday, June 13, 2023

| Nursery World

The Education Committee has today launched a new inquiry into the way Ofsted inspects schools.

'Inadequate' schools with 'ineffective' safeguarding to be re-inspected sooner – Ofsted

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Monday, June 12, 2023

| Nursery World

Ofsted inspectors are to revisit schools graded inadequate due to ineffective safeguarding sooner, under plans by the inspectorate to improve aspects of its work.

Ofsted responds to comments around ‘culture of fear’

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Monday, June 12, 2023

| Nursery World

Delegates at the National Day Nurseries Association annual conference spoke about the ‘culture of fear’ surrounding Ofsted inspections and questioned why the inspection process has not been paused.

Ofsted to ‘significantly’ change complaints process

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Monday, June 12, 2023

| Nursery World

Ofsted has today (Monday 12 June) launched a consultation on plans to ‘significantly’ change its complaints process for both early years settings and schools.

‘Unacceptable’ that changes to Ofsted inspections only apply to schools and not early years

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Monday, June 12, 2023

| Nursery World

The sector has expressed its frustration at Ofsted for failing to recognise the impact of inspections on early years providers with the majority of its reforms applying to only schools.

More emotional support for mums needed as 1 in 10 struggle to bond with their newborn

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Monday, June 12, 2023

| Nursery World

A survey of mums, undertaken by the Parent-Infant Foundation, suggests pregnant women are not getting the support they need to help them bond with their babies.

Call to increase paternity pay so families avoid money struggles – poll

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Friday, June 9, 2023

| Nursery World

More than half of families struggle financially when dads/partners take paternity leave, according to new research by the TUC, which is calling for paternity pay to be increased to at least the national living wage rate.

Children’s minister pledges to re-examine local authority top-slicing of early years funding

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Friday, June 9, 2023

| Nursery World

The children’s minister has vowed to look again at the percentage of early years funding that local authorities are allowed to keep back from providers in the Early Years Funding Formula.

Nursery World's correspondent wins award for article on Ukraine

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Thursday, June 8, 2023

| Nursery World

Nursery World’s freelance correspondent, Gabriella Jozwiak, has won a journalism award for the live report she wrote for the magazine about the impact of the war in Ukraine on young children and their carers.

Busy Bees adds two more nurseries in Scotland

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Wednesday, June 7, 2023

| Nursery World

The UK’s largest nursery group, Busy Bees, has bought two settings in Midlothian, Scotland.

One person arrested as police investigate safeguarding concerns at Devon nursery

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Wednesday, June 7, 2023

| Nursery World

One person has been arrested as part of a police investigation into safeguarding concerns at Grafton Childcare in Newton Abbot.

Take part in an early years leadership survey

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Monday, June 5, 2023

| Nursery World

A former nursery manager turned lecturer is carrying out a leadership survey and wants to hear from leaders or managers working in private, voluntary or independent nurseries in England.

Harp Nurseries closes Colchester site, and now operates just a third of the nurseries acquired from Welcome

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Monday, June 5, 2023

| Nursery World

The Harp nursery group has been left with just 9 nurseries out of the original 26 it took on from Welcome Nurseries last August, after giving parents just a few days' notice of the closure of its Colchester setting.

New strategy to ensure that every deaf child receives the right support early on

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Thursday, June 1, 2023

| Nursery World

A new strategy to ensure deaf children receive the support they need as early as possible so they don’t fall behind their peers has been launched.

Proposed Government changes to childcare qualifications spark concern about 'de-professionalisation' of the workforce'

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Wednesday, May 31, 2023

| Nursery World

Early years organisations, experts and consultants are worried that Government proposals on changes to early years qualifications, outlined in a consultation launched today, could lower standards and ultimately, the quality of care.

Jump into June with the latest issue of Nursery World: online safety bill, schools special, and our annual Training Today supplement.

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Wednesday, May 31, 2023

| Nursery World

Parents on universal credit will be able to claim hundreds of pounds more for childcare

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Wednesday, May 31, 2023

| Nursery World

The amount parents can claim for childcare under universal credit is to rise by nearly 50 per cent from the end of next month.

Major Government consultation on proposals to change ratios and make the EYFS 'more practical' goes live

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Wednesday, May 31, 2023

| Nursery World

The much anticipated consultation on proposed changes to the EYFS to ‘boost’ the workforce and remove ‘unnecessary burdens’ faced by the sector, is finally online.

Trade union calls on Government to address early years workforce challenges

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Tuesday, May 30, 2023

| Nursery World

Community, which represents early years professionals, is launching its Early Years Charter, which sets out the 'key' workforce changes it would like the Government to implement.

LONG READ: Confusion over online childcare courses leading to rise in 'unsuitable' job applicants

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Tuesday, May 30, 2023

| Nursery World

Settings are seeing an increase in candidates who are unaware that their qualifications are not full and relevant, which means that they are not suitable to fill roles. By Katy Morton

Dr Ian Robson, associate professor at Northumbria University, on his action plan for infant mental health

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Tuesday, May 30, 2023

| Nursery World

Dr Robson has won the AiMH UK Louise Emanuel Award for his commitment to Newcastle City Council’s 1001 Critical Days Think Tank and research into infant mental health.

New funding for nursery group RAFA Kidz, while Happy Days makes move into Wales

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Friday, May 26, 2023

| Nursery World

A nursery group which operates settings around RAF stations has been awarded more than £250,000 by the Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust, on behalf of the MOD’s Armed Forces Families Fund.

New campaign aims to tackle gender stereotypes in childhood

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Friday, May 26, 2023

| Nursery World

A new campaign to challenge gender stereotypes and tackle the gender pay gap has been launched.

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Campaign calls on dads to read with their children

Labour considers making the funded childcare hours means-tested, not universal

Cross party MPs to consider whether Ofsted school inspections could be improved

'Inadequate' schools with 'ineffective' safeguarding to be re-inspected sooner – Ofsted

Ofsted responds to comments around ‘culture of fear’

Ofsted to ‘significantly’ change complaints process

‘Unacceptable’ that changes to Ofsted inspections only apply to schools and not early years

More emotional support for mums needed as 1 in 10 struggle to bond with their newborn

Call to increase paternity pay so families avoid money struggles – poll

Children’s minister pledges to re-examine local authority top-slicing of early years funding

Nursery World's correspondent wins award for article on Ukraine

Busy Bees adds two more nurseries in Scotland

One person arrested as police investigate safeguarding concerns at Devon nursery

Take part in an early years leadership survey

Harp Nurseries closes Colchester site, and now operates just a third of the nurseries acquired from Welcome

New strategy to ensure that every deaf child receives the right support early on

Proposed Government changes to childcare qualifications spark concern about 'de-professionalisation' of the workforce'

Jump into June with the latest issue of Nursery World: online safety bill, schools special, and our annual Training Today supplement.

Parents on universal credit will be able to claim hundreds of pounds more for childcare

Major Government consultation on proposals to change ratios and make the EYFS 'more practical' goes live

Trade union calls on Government to address early years workforce challenges

LONG READ: Confusion over online childcare courses leading to rise in 'unsuitable' job applicants

Dr Ian Robson, associate professor at Northumbria University, on his action plan for infant mental health

New funding for nursery group RAFA Kidz, while Happy Days makes move into Wales

New campaign aims to tackle gender stereotypes in childhood

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