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Make sure you fill in our packed lunch survey

Wednesday, October 11, 2017

| Nursery World

The University of Bristol and Nursery World are asking our readers about packed lunches – how many children are eating them, how healthy they are, and the effects of the 30 hours programme.

Popular baby book scheme tops 1,000

News

Tuesday, October 3, 2017

| Nursery World

More than a thousand babies in Bradford are being given a free book every month as part of a literacy skills development programme.

Helping kinship carers

Opinion

Monday, October 2, 2017

| Nursery World

We’re hearing more and more about the role grandparents are playing in children’s lives, but many are also full-time carers for their children, says Lucy Peake

Interview - Ruth Allen

Other

Monday, October 2, 2017

| Nursery World

Chief executive, British Association of Social Workers (BASW)

DfE to extend school breakfast club scheme

News

Monday, October 2, 2017

| Nursery World

The Department for Education has announced an expansion of its breakfast club programme to support disadvantaged children.

Family charity awarded lottery funding to expand

News

Sunday, October 1, 2017

| Nursery World

A charity which helps women who have multiple children removed from their care has been granted over £1.5m of National Lottery funding.

Early language as important as obesity as a sign of child wellbeing

News

Wednesday, September 27, 2017

| Nursery World

Early language development must be prioritised as a child wellbeing indicator to close the gap between children in low-income and better-off households, according to a new study.

Labour promises £500m to reverse Sure Start cuts

News

Tuesday, September 26, 2017

| Nursery World

A Labour Government would bring in a ring-fenced grant of £500m a year for children’s centres and offer universal early education for two-to four-year-olds.

UNICEF urges Governments to invest in early childhood

News

Friday, September 22, 2017

| Nursery World

A new report calls for Governments worldwide to prioritise early childhood development.

Charity campaign highlights 'invisible role' of kinship carers

News

Wednesday, September 20, 2017

| Nursery World

For every school or nursery in the UK, there are eight children being raised by grandparents, family or friends because their parents are unable to take care of them.

'We are family': Nurseries celebrate the diversity of family life

News

Wednesday, September 20, 2017

| Nursery World

A new week of free activities has been developed to encourage early years settings to celebrate families.

Parents being held back in their careers by lack of childcare

News

Tuesday, September 19, 2017

| Nursery World

Nine out of ten parents in Scotland who want to change their working situation say a lack of appropriate childcare is the main barrier.

Parents choose 'screen time' over reading to their child

News

Tuesday, September 19, 2017

| Nursery World

Parents spend nearly four times as much time looking at screens each day than they do reading with their children, according to a new survey.

Rise in number of children sent to children's homes outside their local area

News

Monday, September 18, 2017

| Nursery World

The number of children being sent to live in children’s homes outside their borough has risen dramatically, according to Government figures, raising concerns over their safety.

Exclusive: 30 hours saves poorest parents least

News

Monday, September 18, 2017

| Nursery World

The 30 hours policy will save some of the poorest households £5 per week, while the richest will gain ten times that, analysis finds.

School breakfast clubs 'in crisis' with 6,000 due to close

News

Friday, September 15, 2017

| Nursery World

A new report suggests a ‘bleak future’ for school breakfast clubs as more than four in ten teachers say their club will close in the next three years.

Society's technological drive at odds with child development

Opinion

Friday, September 8, 2017

| Nursery World

Cuts to services are not the only reason children are not 'ready' for school, says Sally Goddard-Blythe.

Childcare challenge for shift workers

News

Tuesday, September 5, 2017

| Nursery World

Low-paid young parents, especially those working shifts and zero-hours contracts, struggle to manage childcare, according to research by the TUC.

Bring back 'Nitty Nora', say parents tackling childhood 'nasties'

News

Friday, September 1, 2017

| Nursery World

Three-quarters of parents would welcome the return of the ‘nit nurse’, according to a new survey.

Benefits freeze adds to cost of raising children for low-income families

News

Tuesday, August 22, 2017

| Nursery World

The rising costs of raising a child are not being matched by increases in state support for families for the first time in post-war history, a study by the Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) has found.

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Make sure you fill in our packed lunch survey

Popular baby book scheme tops 1,000

Helping kinship carers

Interview - Ruth Allen

DfE to extend school breakfast club scheme

Family charity awarded lottery funding to expand

Early language as important as obesity as a sign of child wellbeing

Labour promises £500m to reverse Sure Start cuts

UNICEF urges Governments to invest in early childhood

Charity campaign highlights 'invisible role' of kinship carers

'We are family': Nurseries celebrate the diversity of family life

Parents being held back in their careers by lack of childcare

Parents choose 'screen time' over reading to their child

Rise in number of children sent to children's homes outside their local area

Exclusive: 30 hours saves poorest parents least

School breakfast clubs 'in crisis' with 6,000 due to close

Society's technological drive at odds with child development

Childcare challenge for shift workers

Bring back 'Nitty Nora', say parents tackling childhood 'nasties'

Benefits freeze adds to cost of raising children for low-income families

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