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New screen time guidelines for early years children

Friday, October 28, 2016

| Nursery World

A policy statement released by the American Academy of Paediatrics (AAP) recommends further reductions in the amount of time infants, toddlers and pre-school age children spend in front of a screen.

Just 7 per cent of expected parents sign up for Tax-Free Childcare

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Friday, November 24, 2017

| Nursery World

Only a fraction of the numbers of parents forecast have registered for Tax-Free Childcare, meaning that Government will spend 90 per cent less on the scheme than planned.

HMRC has paid out £40,000 in compensation to Tax-Free Childcare parents

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Thursday, February 1, 2018

| Nursery World

Nearly £40,000 has been paid in Tax-Free Childcare compensation to parents for inconvenience and expenses incurred as a result of the scheme.

Labour secures vote on Government free school meal and childcare changes

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Friday, March 9, 2018

| Nursery World

Labour is seeking to overthrow Government plans for changes to the eligibility criteria for childcare for two-year-olds and free school meals in a vote in Parliament.

Childcare shortage excludes over 870,000 mothers from the workplace

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Friday, March 16, 2018

| Nursery World

Half of all stay-at-home mothers in England want to work but cannot get the childcare they need, according to new figures.

Bercow: 10 years on parents face 'postcode lottery' of support

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Tuesday, March 20, 2018

| Nursery World

Parents across the country are struggling to find the help they need for children with speech and language problems, according to a wide-ranging new report, which updates the landmark Bercow Review 10 years after it was first published.

Children in 'Opportunity Area' have improved outcomes

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Friday, February 15, 2019

| Nursery World

Children in the most deprived area of the country have seen a huge improvement in their outcomes at the end of the EYFS following a major programme of targeted Government investment.

Tax-Free Childcare: only a fifth of predicted number of families sign up

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Monday, February 18, 2019

| Nursery World

New figures on the take-up of Tax-Free Childcare from HMRC show that just a fifth of the number of parents the Government expected to have signed up to Tax-Free Childcare have done so.

'Government must kick start an early years revolution', urge MPs

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Tuesday, February 26, 2019

| Nursery World

The Health and Social Care Committee wants the Government to produce a long-term strategy for the first 1,000 days of life to improve support and services for children and families.

Thousands of children not learning at home

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Monday, April 8, 2019

| Nursery World

A new DfE campaign will encourage parents to chat, play and read with their children after research revealed mums and dads don't have the time to teach their under-fives letters or numbers.

Mental health spending leaves children facing postcode lottery

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Wednesday, April 10, 2019

| Nursery World

Investment in children’s mental health services has fallen in over a third of local areas in England, with wide variation across the country, according to the Children’s Commissioner for England.

Primary school activity ideas list proves popular

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Tuesday, April 23, 2019

| Nursery World

A ‘passport’ of activities for reception-age children and above has been downloaded an average of 375 times a day since its launch, according to the Department for Education.

Sure Start cut hospital visits for children in deprived areas

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Tuesday, June 4, 2019

| Nursery World

Sure Start children’s centres significantly reduced hospitalisations for children in poorer neighbourhoods and saved the NHS millions of pounds, new research has found.

UK rated one of the worst countries for family-friendly policies

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Thursday, June 20, 2019

| Nursery World

The UK is one of the least family-friendly of the richest countries according to UNICEF.

Nursery offers Thomas Cook staff free childcare

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Friday, September 27, 2019

| Nursery World

A Peterborough nursery group is offering former Thomas Cook employees free childcare, so that they can attend job interviews.

1.3m children in overcrowded homes

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Sunday, September 1, 2019

| Nursery World

New research which reveals that more than one in ten children in England are living in overcrowded homes, while hundreds of thousands are in temporary accommodation, highlights the impact of the housing crisis on families.

Welsh assembly to debate the bill to ban smacking

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Tuesday, September 17, 2019

| Nursery World

Welsh MPs will debate the anti-smacking bill today.

Three quarters of under-fives have access to internet-connected devices

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Wednesday, November 20, 2019

| Nursery World

The number of under-fives with access to the internet has tripled in 10 years, according to a new report.

Early years organisation publishes wishlist ahead of general election

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Wednesday, November 20, 2019

| Nursery World

The NDNA has called on the next Government to ‘get it right’ for childcare in its new manifesto.

At least 135,000 children homeless in Britain

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Tuesday, December 3, 2019

| Nursery World

Homelessness is at the highest level for 12 years, with 183 children losing their home every day, according to the charity Shelter.

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