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Monday, April 4, 2016

| Nursery World

The Government is seeking views on key elements of the operation and delivery of the 30 hours extended free entitlement for the working parents of three- and four-year-olds.

Cutting red tape - sector review: childcare

Monday, April 4, 2016

| Nursery World

A review into early years childcare providers, seeking to understand regulatory burdens to business

DfE to consult on information sharing between childcare providers and schools

Thursday, March 24, 2016

| Nursery World

A new consultation on how information sharing can help drive the 30 hours entitlement will happen later this year, the childcare minister said this week.

Future of state-run nursery schools ‘in doubt’ after Budget

Monday, March 21, 2016

| Nursery World

More than 400 state-run nursery schools could ‘disappear at a stroke’ under the Government’s plan to turn all schools into academies, a leading early years specialist has warned.

Multi-Agency Working: Part 3 - Big data

Monday, March 21, 2016

| Nursery World

Data systems commonly pose big problems for providers, local authorities and health trusts alike. In the third part of our series on information sharing, Hannah Crown looks at computer-related challenges

Nursery Management: Ratios - Keeping it in proportion

Monday, March 21, 2016

| Nursery World

Childcare ratios have been a hot topic since former minister Liz Truss opened this particular Pandora’s Box in 2013. Jo Parkes looks at what we can learn from comparable systems abroad

Nursery Management: References - An impossible requirement?

Monday, March 21, 2016

| Nursery World

Ofsted wants nurseries to seek staff references – but an employer was recently sued for providing a negative one. Beena Nadeem investigates how settings can weigh up the options

DfE does not possess the data used in childcare costs report

Monday, March 21, 2016

| Nursery World

Research commissioned by the Department for Education as part of its review into the cost of expanding free childcare to 30 hours is not held by the DfE, Nursery World can reveal, despite being quoted 50 times in a key report.

Consultation on high needs funding reform

Wednesday, March 16, 2016

| Nursery World

The Government is seeking views on changes to the way that 'high needs' funding is distributed, and other ways to support the administration of funding for pupils with SEN and disabilities.

Consultation on schools national funding formula

Wednesday, March 16, 2016

| Nursery World

The Government is seeking views on proposals to introduce a national funding formula for schools.

Budget: Compulsory academies plan slammed

Wednesday, March 16, 2016

| Nursery World

Government plans to end local authority control of the country’s schools have been slammed as ‘undemocratic’ and an ‘ideological step too far’ by teaching unions and local authorities.

Bringing Ofsted inspection under our direct control

Opinion

Tuesday, March 1, 2016

| Nursery World

Gill Jones, Ofsted Early Education Deputy Director explains the move to bring early years inspections in house

Multi-Agency Working: Part 2 - It’s good to share

Monday, February 22, 2016

| Nursery World

Information-sharing between organisations is at the core of multi-agency working. In the second instalment of this series, Hannah Crown looks at the issues than can arise among practitioners

Childminder Agencies - Government steps up agency push

Monday, February 22, 2016

| Nursery World

Childminder agencies are a hot topic again now that the DfE has drafted in the charity 4Children to support interested organisations, but the model still divides opinion. Charlotte Goddard reports

Outstanding nursery's 'inadequate' downgrade over mobile snaps

Monday, February 8, 2016

| Nursery World

A previously outstanding nursery has been downgraded to inadequate after staff photographed children on their mobiles and sent the pictures to parents.

Experts highlight parenting class mistakes

Monday, January 25, 2016

| Nursery World

A government-funded study published days after the Prime Minister pledged to roll out parenting classes to all, has reported the scheme will fail without proper financial backing.

DfE renews drive to set up childminder agencies

Friday, January 22, 2016

| Nursery World

4Children is supporting nurseries, schools and local authorities to open childminder agencies in a new push by the Department for Education to expand the scheme across England.

Youngest children not active enough

Wednesday, January 20, 2016

| Nursery World

Just nine per cent of children aged between two and four are doing the right amount of physical activity, experts have claimed.

Toddler death nursery accused of health and safety breaches over jelly choking