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

Wednesday, May 31, 2023

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

Hundreds of thousands of babies to receive a free copy of 'Who's Hiding on the Farm?'

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Wednesday, June 28, 2023

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Up to 580,000 babies are to receive a copy of Axel Scheffler’s ‘Who’s Hiding on the Farm’ under BookTrust’s flagship Bookstart Baby programme, which aims to get families reading to their children early on.

Child poverty 'ripping' through schools and taking staff away from their 'core' roles to help

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Tuesday, September 19, 2023

| Nursery World

New survey findings suggest that child poverty is pushing schools to the ‘brink’, with staff being forced from their ‘core roles’ to deal with its impact.

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

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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’.

Working families will be £1,300 worse off by the end of the decade

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Monday, March 4, 2024

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New analysis by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) suggests that the upcoming Budget on Wednesday risks keeping the UK economy on a course which would see household worse off by £1,300 a year, compared to the beginning of the decade (2021).

'Pandemic babies' found to have fewer allergies and infections

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Tuesday, March 5, 2024

| Nursery World

Babies born during the Covid-19 pandemic have experienced lower rates of infection and fewer allergies, reveals new research.

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

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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

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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

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Wednesday, June 26, 2024

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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.

Two-thirds of parents of under-fives feel party manifestos don't go far enough in supporting families

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Tuesday, July 2, 2024

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Two-thirds of families with young children say the political parties don’t do enough to support them and are not promising enough to tackle the cost of childcare, according to a new poll by More in Common.

Children and Families Bill becomes law

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Thursday, March 13, 2014

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The Children and Families Bill, which includes the introduction of childminder agencies, has been passed.

Parents could be prosecuted for emotional abuse

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Monday, March 31, 2014

| Nursery World

Parents that emotionally neglect their children could soon face prosecution, under changes being considered by the Government.

Parent’s Guide - Brushing teeth

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Monday, October 29, 2018

| Nursery World

What is the correct technique for brushing, how much fluoride should the toothpaste contain - and other questions, answered by Annette Rawstrone

Breakthrough test promises faster diagnosis of pre-eclampsia

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Thursday, November 7, 2013

| Nursery World

A new test diagnosing pre-eclampsia in 15 minutes has been developed by doctors at a London hospital.

Cost of childcare remains too high for parents, charity warns

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Thursday, March 2, 2017

| Nursery World

A part-time nursery place is costing British parents more than £6,000 a year, twice as much as what the average household spends on food and drink, according to the Family and Childcare Trust.

Parents quitting jobs because of cost of childcare

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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.

Elizabeth Truss – ‘Increasing availability is crucial’

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Friday, December 13, 2013

| Nursery World

Simplified funding, less bureaucracy and more scope to expand will ‘free up nurseries who want to grow’.

Rising inequality mars children's lives

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Friday, August 30, 2013

| Nursery World

Inequality and disadvantage continue to blight the lives of millions of children born in the UK, more than 40 years on from the publication of a landmark report into the experiences of children from poor backgrounds.

Lottery funding of £215 million awarded to early years projects

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Tuesday, June 17, 2014

| Nursery World

Five areas in England will use the lottery money to pilot initiatives to improve children’s outcomes.

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

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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.

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

Hundreds of thousands of babies to receive a free copy of 'Who's Hiding on the Farm?'

Child poverty 'ripping' through schools and taking staff away from their 'core' roles to help

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

Working families will be £1,300 worse off by the end of the decade

'Pandemic babies' found to have fewer allergies and infections

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

Two-thirds of parents of under-fives feel party manifestos don't go far enough in supporting families

Children and Families Bill becomes law

Parents could be prosecuted for emotional abuse

Parent’s Guide - Brushing teeth

Breakthrough test promises faster diagnosis of pre-eclampsia

Cost of childcare remains too high for parents, charity warns

Parents quitting jobs because of cost of childcare

Elizabeth Truss – ‘Increasing availability is crucial’

Rising inequality mars children's lives

Lottery funding of £215 million awarded to early years projects

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

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