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Spring statement: apprenticeships, T-levels and business rates

Wednesday, March 14, 2018

| Nursery World

In the spring statement, Chancellor Philip Hammond said that he was announcing £80m to support small businesses in engaging apprenticeships.

Cost-of-living crisis: Childcare settings forced to increase fees and a third warning of closure

News

Wednesday, February 15, 2023

| Nursery World

Findings from a survey of providers, reveal that 89 per cent are likely to increase fees this year, while more than a third believe they will have to close their setting within the next year due to rising costs.

Budget 2023: Sector disappointed over lack of support for existing childminders as new entrants to receive start-up grant

News

Thursday, March 16, 2023

| Nursery World

The sector has broadly welcomed the Budget announcement to boost the number of childminders by introducing start-up grants, however expressed disappointment over a lack of support for those currently in the profession.

Early years action group to stage protest in March

News

Monday, January 16, 2023

| Nursery World

A protest has been organised for the early years sector in London in two months' time.

EXCLUSIVE In Focus: 30 hours: the hidden cost

News

Monday, November 12, 2018

| Nursery World

What price are the most vulnerable children paying for the Government’s flagship childcare policy? Our FOI investigation reveals that nearly a fifth of councils have cut nursery places in the past year or are currently doing so.

Proposed Government changes to childcare qualifications spark concern about 'de-professionalisation' of the workforce'

News

Wednesday, May 31, 2023

| Nursery World

Early years organisations, experts and consultants are worried that Government proposals on changes to early years qualifications, outlined in a consultation launched today, could lower standards and ultimately, the quality of care.

Research Nurseries: On a learning curve

Features

Wednesday, August 2, 2023

| Nursery World

In the last of the series, researcher Gemma Goldenberg discusses what research- informed practice means to different settings and unpicks some of the differing views about what works

How will early years be affected by Brexit?

News

Monday, July 11, 2016

| Nursery World

Brexit will undoubtedly have an impact in some form on early years, according to commentators.

Editor's view - free places for disadvantaged two-year-olds

Features

Tuesday, October 19, 2010

| Nursery World

What implications will providing more money for two-year-olds have for the free entitlement overall?

Editor's View: renewed focus on phonics

News

Tuesday, November 16, 2010

| Nursery World

Formal early reading methods are about to get a tighter grip on young children.

Action needed to recruit and retain early years teachers

Opinion

Thursday, April 7, 2016

| Nursery World

The Government needs to end disparity between EYTS and QTS if we’re to recruit more graduates into early years settings, says Deborah Harris, senior lecturer in Early Childhood Education and Care at Newman University

In My View - Don't let go of the EYPs

Features

Tuesday, November 30, 2010

| Nursery World

John Chowcat, general secretary of Aspect, the union for educational improvement and children's services professionals

In my View - We still fail children

Features

Tuesday, March 1, 2011

| Nursery World

Children are living messages to a time we will not see. They are our most precious resource, and their outcomes should be of concern to every adult.

To the Point - Cutting into quality

Features

Tuesday, May 10, 2011

| Nursery World

The bank holiday season is almost over, the royal wedding has come and gone and we return to find the funding for early years is still stretched beyond belief.

Foundation Years: Government wants new 'covenant' with early years providers

News

Monday, July 25, 2011

| Nursery World

Ministers are proposing a new way of working, building on the 'co-production' process, to draw up a 'covenant' between the early years sector, the DfE and local authorities.

'Five-a-day' parenting tips proposed

News

Monday, August 8, 2011

| Nursery World

An independent liberal think-tank is calling for a national parenting campaign that applies the 'five-a-day' concept to advice on pre-school development.

Consultation on school funding includes early years

News

Monday, August 8, 2011

| Nursery World

Plans to change the way early education is funded are included in the Government's consultation on school funding reform.

Autumn statement 2011: sector reaction to rise in two-year-old places and tax credit freezes

News

Tuesday, November 29, 2011

| Nursery World

The early years sector has given a largely positive response to the Chancellor's announcement to extend the free entitlement to 40 per cent of two-year-olds by 2015.

Shock rise in VAT could force up nursery fees

News

Wednesday, June 23, 2010

| Nursery World

Nurseries may be forced to increase their fees to cope with the increase in VAT, early years organisations have warned.

Government launches consultation on EYFS review

News

Monday, August 2, 2010

| Nursery World

The early years workforce is being urged to submit evidence towards the independent review of the EYFS, with a consultation launched online today.

Editor's View - Speculation continues on relaxation of ratios

Opinion

Friday, January 11, 2013

| Nursery World

Still no pronouncement on ratios, regulation and childcare affordability as Nursery World went to press, but by the time you read this, the Government may well have released its response to Nutbrown and the Childcare Commission.

NDNA Business Performance Survey December 2012 - A North-South divide for nursery prospects

News

Friday, January 11, 2013

| Nursery World

Many nurseries had a bumpy ride in the second half of 2012. Karen Faux reports on survey findings which provide key pointers for the year ahead.

BIG ISSUE: Cuts to Sure Start Children's Centres

Features

Wednesday, January 19, 2011

| Nursery World

Removal of LAs' early years quality role raises alarm

News

Friday, February 8, 2013

| Nursery World

Local authorities will no longer have a role to improve quality in early years settings, leaving the future of the work of early years authority advisers and their teams unclear.

HR Update - New awards for unfair dismissal

Features

Friday, February 8, 2013

| Nursery World

Jacqui Mann provides an update on some of the changes to legislation which will have an impact on you as an employer

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Spring statement: apprenticeships, T-levels and business rates

Cost-of-living crisis: Childcare settings forced to increase fees and a third warning of closure

Budget 2023: Sector disappointed over lack of support for existing childminders as new entrants to receive start-up grant

Early years action group to stage protest in March

EXCLUSIVE In Focus: 30 hours: the hidden cost

Proposed Government changes to childcare qualifications spark concern about 'de-professionalisation' of the workforce'

Research Nurseries: On a learning curve

How will early years be affected by Brexit?

Editor's view - free places for disadvantaged two-year-olds

Editor's View: renewed focus on phonics

Action needed to recruit and retain early years teachers

In My View - Don't let go of the EYPs

In my View - We still fail children

To the Point - Cutting into quality

Foundation Years: Government wants new 'covenant' with early years providers

'Five-a-day' parenting tips proposed

Consultation on school funding includes early years

Autumn statement 2011: sector reaction to rise in two-year-old places and tax credit freezes

Shock rise in VAT could force up nursery fees

Government launches consultation on EYFS review

Editor's View - Speculation continues on relaxation of ratios

NDNA Business Performance Survey December 2012 - A North-South divide for nursery prospects

BIG ISSUE: Cuts to Sure Start Children's Centres

Removal of LAs' early years quality role raises alarm

HR Update - New awards for unfair dismissal

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