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Blackpool leads the way with new child development centre

Friday, October 23, 2015

| Nursery World

Blackpool's new Centre for Early Child Development combines expert knowledge and practice to improve children's lives in their first three years.

Programmes that boost children's development rated

News

Monday, July 11, 2016

| Nursery World

Programmes that support attachment, behaviour and cognitive development in young children have been assessed by the Early Intervention Foundation.

Editor's view - Rethinking the balance

Opinion

Monday, August 11, 2014

| Nursery World

This month's Working Mum column gives a real insight into the continuing problems that parents face in trying to arrange childcare - in this instance, out-of-school provision for her elder daughter who starts reception next term.

Charities unite to call for action on children's SLCN

News

Thursday, March 7, 2019

| Nursery World

Sixty charities and organisations have joined forces to urge the Prime Minister to do more to improve support for the 1.4 million children with speech, language and communication needs.

Charity calls for free childcare so parents can return to work

News

Monday, October 21, 2019

| Nursery World

Coram Family and Childcare wants the Government to put in policies to reduce or remove childcare costs to help mothers living in the most expensive areas for childcare return to work.

Parents increasingly shunning 30 hours charges

News

Monday, November 11, 2019

| Nursery World

Childcare providers are increasingly struggling to get parents to agree to pay a voluntary contribution to take up their 30-hours place.

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.

Exclusive: The Minister's View - Shaping more affordable childcare

Opinion

Friday, August 9, 2013

| Nursery World

Elizabeth Truss explains more about the government's plans for More Affordable Childcare

Government renews call for parents to sign up for Tax-Free Childcare

News

Thursday, June 28, 2018

| Nursery World

The Government has resumed a drive to encourage parents to sign up for Tax-Free Childcare to pay for holiday clubs during the school summer holidays.

Parents are 'overwhelmingly positive' about childcare

News

Wednesday, May 15, 2013

| Nursery World

Almost all of the parents questioned in a survey commissioned by the Pre-School Learning Alliance described their childcare as excellent or good.

Birmingham children's centres under threat

News

Thursday, July 20, 2017

| Nursery World

Lakeside Children’s Centre in Erdington is one of 26 children’s centres that could be facing closure in Birmingham.

Holiday childcare costs rise by 51 per cent since 2010

News

Tuesday, July 25, 2017

| Nursery World

The price of holiday childcare has more than doubled in some areas of the country since 2010, according to an analysis by Labour.

At least 1,000 children's centres have closed, claims report warning of 'tipping point'

News

Saturday, April 14, 2018

| Nursery World

A major report by the Sutton Trust claims that 1,000 Sure Start children’s centres have closed since 2009 - twice as many as Government figures show.

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.

Disadvantaged children 'positively benefit' from 20 hours a week of early years education – research

News

Wednesday, February 15, 2023

| Nursery World

There are clear benefits for disadvantaged children spending up to 20 hours per week in early years provision, Sutton Trust study finds.

Thousands turn out for 'March of the Mummies' childcare protest

News

Monday, October 31, 2022

| Nursery World

The March of the Mummies attracted more than 15,000 people in 11 cities across the country to demand Government reform on childcare, parental leave and flexible working.

Young children's understanding of language nearly back to pre-pandemic levels

News

Friday, December 1, 2023

| Nursery World

A new study suggests that young children’s understanding of language is nearly back to pre-pandemic norms, despite ‘added pressures on today’s families’.

One in five schools on the ‘frontline’ of supporting families with food poverty

News

Wednesday, April 17, 2024

| Nursery World

There are now more than 4,000 food banks running in schools in England, which equates to one in every five primary and secondary schools in the country, according to new research.

Report provides roadmap for 'a new era' of Sure Start

News

Friday, May 10, 2024

| Nursery World

Schools and nurseries should be put at the centre of a new updated model for Sure Start, according to a new report by think tank Child of the North and the Centre for Young Lives.

Link between meeting early learning goals in EYFS and later school absence – research

News

Wednesday, June 26, 2024

| Nursery World

Children who do not meet the Early Learning Goals (ELGs) at the end of the EYFS are more than twice as likely to become persistently absent from school, according to a new study.

Parents quitting jobs because of cost of childcare

News

Friday, December 6, 2013

| Nursery World

More than 45 per cent of parents in Northern Ireland have reduced their working hours or left their job because of the high cost of childcare.

Think tank urges the next Government to introduce year-round free universal childcare

News

Friday, June 20, 2014

| Nursery World

A new report by the IPPR calls for year-round free part-time childcare for two- to four-year-olds, paid for by freezing child benefit.

Sheffield parents challenge council on funding

News

Friday, July 26, 2013

| Nursery World

A group of Sheffield parents go to the High Court this week in their challenge to the city council's decision to stop grant funding in 20 community nurseries in the most deprived areas of the city.

DfE 30 hours report lays bare the challenges for providers

News

Wednesday, September 12, 2018

| Nursery World

The Government-commissioned evaluation of the first year of the 30 hours programme shows the impact the policy is having on childcare settings, local authorities and parents, revealing significant challenges for many.

Children's centres feel strain of cuts and mergers

News

Monday, July 13, 2015

| Nursery World

Children's centres are under immense pressure as reduced funding and support and the amalgamation of settings has increased their responsibilities and workloads.

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Blackpool leads the way with new child development centre

Programmes that boost children's development rated

Editor's view - Rethinking the balance

Charities unite to call for action on children's SLCN

Charity calls for free childcare so parents can return to work

Parents increasingly shunning 30 hours charges

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

Exclusive: The Minister's View - Shaping more affordable childcare

Government renews call for parents to sign up for Tax-Free Childcare

Parents are 'overwhelmingly positive' about childcare

Birmingham children's centres under threat

Holiday childcare costs rise by 51 per cent since 2010

At least 1,000 children's centres have closed, claims report warning of 'tipping point'

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

Disadvantaged children 'positively benefit' from 20 hours a week of early years education – research

Thousands turn out for 'March of the Mummies' childcare protest

Young children's understanding of language nearly back to pre-pandemic levels

One in five schools on the ‘frontline’ of supporting families with food poverty

Report provides roadmap for 'a new era' of Sure Start

Link between meeting early learning goals in EYFS and later school absence – research

Parents quitting jobs because of cost of childcare

Think tank urges the next Government to introduce year-round free universal childcare

Sheffield parents challenge council on funding

DfE 30 hours report lays bare the challenges for providers

Children's centres feel strain of cuts and mergers

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