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Take-up of Flying Start scheme up by a third

Friday, July 18, 2014

| Nursery World

Major expansion of the Flying Start scheme in Wales so far has taken place during the last 12 months, latest figures show.

The big picture: Tinsel time

News

Sunday, December 15, 2013

| Nursery World

Children at Willows Day Nursery at Sutton Hospital have been preparing for Christmas with a brand new box of festive decorations for sensory play.

TV presenter Rachel Riley named as the ambassador for new early years reading initiative

News

Thursday, March 7, 2024

| Nursery World

Television presenter Rachel Riley has been announced as the first ever ambassador for Oscar’s Book Club, a new initiative to inspire early years reading.

Babies in lockdown: ‘perfect storm’ caused by withdrawal of key services

News

Wednesday, November 11, 2020

| Nursery World

The pandemic has caused a ‘perfect storm’ where vital services and support for pregnant mothers and babies were withdrawn from many families at a time when they needed it most, according to the First 1001 Days Movement.

Coronavirus: Guide to re-opening support services for new and expectant parents

News

Wednesday, May 5, 2021

| Nursery World

A new guide to re-starting support services for expectant and new parents during Covid-19 has been launched by a network of organisations and charities supporting early parenting.

Learning & Development: Babies - Home and away

Features

Monday, August 8, 2016

| Nursery World

In the third part of this series marking Early Education and Nursery World’s tenth decades, Dr Peter Elfer explains why the job of raising the status of, and investment in, caring for the under-twos is not over

Children's centres key to solving shortage of twos places

News

Tuesday, September 9, 2014

| Nursery World

Research by 4Children shows that children’s centres have the potential to increase childcare places by a third for disadvantaged two-year-olds.

Nursery Management: Nurseries on school sites - Back to school

Features

Monday, September 22, 2014

| Nursery World

The drive for young children to attend school-run nurseries is causing some concern, but could it be an opportunity for the PVI nursery sector? Meredith Jones Russell looks at the pros and cons.

Take twos - questions of sufficiency

Features

Monday, August 25, 2014

| Nursery World

James Hempsall explores what sufficiency means within the funded two-year-old offer, and how it could be used to drive up standards.

MPs call for joint children's centre and health budgets to protect services

News

Monday, July 15, 2013

| Nursery World

Children's centre budgets should be pooled with those for midwives and health visitors, a cross-party committee of MPs has argued.

Conference focuses on working in the babyroom

News

Thursday, June 17, 2010

| Nursery World

Babies' experiences of daycare are the subject of a conference on 9 July, taking place at Canterbury Christ Church University in Kent.

EYFS REVIEW: second consultation on early learning goals

News

Tuesday, December 20, 2011

| Nursery World

The early learning goals for literacy and mathematics in the EYFS have been amended, in light of the response from the early years sector to the revised framework.

Janet King: Additional childcare funding is welcome, but there's still long-term workforce challenges to solve

Opinion

Tuesday, March 21, 2023

| Nursery World

Despite early years taking centre stage at the Spring Budget, there’s still persistent recruitment and retention issues that must be addressed, explains Janet King, sector manager for Education and Childcare at training provider NCFE.

Gender gap crisis 'fails generation of boys', charity claims

News

Monday, July 18, 2016

| Nursery World

A ‘gender gap crisis’ is seriously damaging prospects for boys in this country, according to a children’s charity.

NDNA says inspection of schools' twos provision will lack early years focus

News

Friday, October 17, 2014

| Nursery World

The National Day Nurseries Association has raised concerns that schools providing two-year-old provision will not be scrutinised against early years quality assurance by Ofsted.

Childcare may prevent emotional and behavioural problems later

News

Wednesday, October 3, 2018

| Nursery World

Children who spend some time in formal childcare are less likely to have behavioural problems than those that are cared for solely at home, according to new research.

Mental health ‘hubs’ for pregnant women and new mums to be set up across England

News

Wednesday, April 7, 2021

| Nursery World

Dedicated mental health ‘hubs’ for new, expectant and bereaved mums are being set up across England as part of the NHS Long Term Plan to increase access to psychological support for women.

To the point: Babies' right to choose

Features

Monday, November 14, 2011

| Nursery World

An interesting debate about group times arose among a group of nursery managers and trainers I was with recently.

‘Complete chaos’ for parents trying to access the extended funding for two-year-olds

News

Monday, January 15, 2024

| Nursery World

Thousands of parents are struggling to get their code to take up the extended hours and to find a setting that is offering funded places.

Government names 75 local areas to operate family hubs

News

Saturday, April 2, 2022

| Nursery World

The 75 local authorities chosen by the Department for Education as eligible for a share of £302 million to set up the Government’s ‘flagship’ family hubs in their areas have been named today (Saturday).

More than a third of low-income families struggling to access 'lifeline' early years support

News

Tuesday, August 23, 2022

| Nursery World

A new report finds that 35 per cent of lower income parents with children from birth to age five have struggled to access child development and parenting support in children’s centres and family hubs across England.

DfE survey of parents highlights need to make childcare more affordable

News

Friday, August 26, 2022

| Nursery World

The DfE’s latest survey of parents reveals an increasing number want childcare to be made more affordable as families, particularly those on lower incomes, continue to find it ‘difficult’ or ‘very difficult’ to meet the cost.

Early Years in School: Two-Year-Olds - Small steps

Features

Monday, January 23, 2017

| Nursery World

Take-up is slow, but commitment remains to funded two-year-old places in schools. By Annette Rawstrone

Childcare a deciding factor for new mums returning to work

News

Friday, November 28, 2014

| Nursery World

The quality and cost of childcare are main concerns for new mothers when deciding whether to return to work, shows new research.

Ads on the buses to increase two-year-old places uptake

News

Wednesday, April 1, 2015

| Nursery World

A number of local authorities have advertised the two-year-old offer on the back of bus tickets to increase take-up among eligible families.

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Take-up of Flying Start scheme up by a third

The big picture: Tinsel time

TV presenter Rachel Riley named as the ambassador for new early years reading initiative

Babies in lockdown: ‘perfect storm’ caused by withdrawal of key services

Coronavirus: Guide to re-opening support services for new and expectant parents

Learning & Development: Babies - Home and away

Children's centres key to solving shortage of twos places

Nursery Management: Nurseries on school sites - Back to school

Take twos - questions of sufficiency

MPs call for joint children's centre and health budgets to protect services

Conference focuses on working in the babyroom

EYFS REVIEW: second consultation on early learning goals

Janet King: Additional childcare funding is welcome, but there's still long-term workforce challenges to solve

Gender gap crisis 'fails generation of boys', charity claims

NDNA says inspection of schools' twos provision will lack early years focus

Childcare may prevent emotional and behavioural problems later

Mental health ‘hubs’ for pregnant women and new mums to be set up across England

To the point: Babies' right to choose

‘Complete chaos’ for parents trying to access the extended funding for two-year-olds

Government names 75 local areas to operate family hubs

More than a third of low-income families struggling to access 'lifeline' early years support

DfE survey of parents highlights need to make childcare more affordable

Early Years in School: Two-Year-Olds - Small steps

Childcare a deciding factor for new mums returning to work

Ads on the buses to increase two-year-old places uptake

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