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Monday, September 21, 2015

| Nursery World

The 'national living wage', which comes in next April, is predicted to pose significant challenges for the childcare sector. So what does it mean in practice, and how will nurseries cope? Ruth Stokes takes a look.

Nursery Management: Equality - Finding balance

Monday, September 21, 2015

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A Christian nursery worker sacked for comments about homosexuality recently won a case against her employer. So are equality and discrimination mutually exclusive? Katy Morton finds out.

Nursery Management: Recruitment - Staff wanted

Monday, September 21, 2015

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A drop in the numbers applying for jobs, and in the quality of candidates, is leaving the sector floundering. Hannah Crown investigates.

Nursery Management exclusive: Childminding - Counting the cost

Monday, September 21, 2015

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The impact of underfunding of the free entitlement for childminders has been revealed - with two thirds making a loss. Charlotte Goddard reports.

Common Inspection Framework: Part 3 - Delving into the detail

Monday, September 21, 2015

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In the third part of our series on the Common Inspection Framework, The Pre-School Learning Alliance's Michael Freeston provides an indepth comparison of past and current criteria.

Nick Hudson steps down as Ofsted drops early years division

Thursday, August 27, 2015

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Nick Hudson, Ofsted’s director for Early Education, is leaving the role, which has been absorbed into the education remit.

Out-of-school clubs judged against old criteria

Monday, August 24, 2015

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Out-of-school clubs are being downgraded by Ofsted for failing to meet inspection requirements that are no longer applicable.

Common Inspection Framework: Part 2 - Compare and contrast

Monday, August 24, 2015

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In the second part of a series on Ofsted's new framework, the Pre-School Learning Alliance's Michael Freeston picks through the paperwork and asks what inspections will look like now

Common inspection framework: part 1 - Common ground?

Monday, July 27, 2015

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Ofsted's new inspection framework comes in this September. In the first of a four-part series, the Pre-School Learning Alliance's Michael Freeston offers an overview of what providers can expect.

Are schools really best for twos?

Friday, July 17, 2015

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The publication of this year’s Ofsted early years annual report should have been cause for celebration for the private, voluntary and independent sector, says Neil Leitch

Play is back! Long live play!

Tuesday, July 14, 2015

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While there was a lot to celebrate in Ofsted's annual early years report, Sir Michael Wilshaw's drive for more of the poorest twos in schools is more of a challenge, says Penny Tassoni

Ofsted Early Years Annual Report: Quality up, but too few twos in schools

Monday, July 13, 2015

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Schools need to do more to attract the poorest children to take up two-year-old places and to work with early years providers in their area, Sir Michael Wilshaw has said.

Exclusive: Minibeasts and the Big Bad Wolf

Monday, July 13, 2015

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As Ofsted publishes its second Early Years Annual Report, Nick Hudson looks at how early years settings need to balance teaching and play in a child’s early years

HR Update - Performance check

Monday, July 13, 2015

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There are a variety of ways to deal with poor performance from staff, says Jacqui Mann of HR4 Nurseries.

Tax-Free Childcare delayed until 2017

Thursday, July 2, 2015

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Tax-free childcare (TFC) has been delayed until early 2017, following a legal challenge from the childcare voucher provider companies.

Children's centre groups make progress in latest inspections

Thursday, June 25, 2015

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More children's centre groups are being judged good or outstanding according to new Ofsted statistics, but nearly half are still below this level.

New common inspection framework emphasises curriculum

Tuesday, June 16, 2015

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Assessment, curriculum and children’s outcomes are headline themes of the new common inspection framework (CIF) published yesterday.

Editor's view - Not in the house

Monday, June 15, 2015

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Hmm, the Ofsted Big Conversation may be taking a bit of a tetchy turn in forthcoming meetings between the inspectorate and the early years sector.

Ofsted renews early years inspection contracts with Tribal and Prospects

Wednesday, June 10, 2015

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Ofsted has confirmed that early years inspections will continue to be outsourced to third-party inspection providers.

Childcare Bill introduced to Parliament

Tuesday, June 2, 2015

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The Childcare Bill, which will entitle parents to 30 hours of free childcare a week, has had its first reading in the House of Lords.

Government brings forward 30-hour childcare and funding review

Monday, June 1, 2015

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David Cameron will today unveil plans for a funding review to start ‘before the summer’ in advance of a pilot of 30 hours of free childcare from September 2016.

HR Update - Legal roundup

Monday, June 1, 2015

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Following a raft of recent changes to maternity, sickness and other employment-related legislation, Jacqui Mann of HR4 Nurseries provides a roundup of 20 things every employer needs to know

Time to review employment restrictions

Tuesday, May 19, 2015

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Chrissy Meleady of Early Years Equality calls for nursery employers to stop putting unreasonable restrictions in staff contracts

Alliance calls for seat at funding review table