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Risk that poorer families could miss out on 30 hours childcare

Monday, June 20, 2016

| Nursery World

A leading multi-academy trust has warned that disadvantaged children could be pushed out of free childcare, as schools convert nursery class places for working parents.

DfE criticised over lack of workforce strategy

News

Thursday, June 16, 2016

| Nursery World

The Department for Education remains vague over when it will publish its workforce strategy, despite criticism from a government spending watchdog for not having one while launching the 30-hours policy.

Costs: Part 1 – Pensions - It’s automatic

Features

Tuesday, June 14, 2016

| Nursery World

In the first of a series on how to be smart with costs, Karen Faux reports on how settings are approaching pensions auto-enrolment

Enabling Environments: Transitions - First class?

Features

Monday, June 13, 2016

| Nursery World

Mock graduation ceremonies celebrating children’s transition from nursery to school may not be to everyone’s taste, but they are growing in popularity, reports Annette Rawstrone

HR Update - Taking leave

Features

Sunday, June 12, 2016

| Nursery World

Our resident expert Jacqui Mann rounds up answers to some frequently asked questions about leave

Nursery market makes buoyant start to the year

News

Tuesday, June 7, 2016

| Nursery World

The day nursery sector experienced a very busy start to the year, according to Christie & Co, who sold one nursery a week in the first quarter of 2016.

Bertram Nursery Group investigated over baby injury

News

Thursday, June 2, 2016

| Nursery World

A major nursery group has hit back at suggestions a baby was ‘strangled’ by a blind cord at one of its settings.

Serious case reviews to be axed in child protection shakeup

News

Tuesday, May 31, 2016

| Nursery World

Serious case reviews are to be scrapped, the government has announced.

Staff Well-Being - Anxious moments

Features

Monday, May 30, 2016

| Nursery World

Difficult parents – whether they are abusive or overly anxious – can be stressful for nursery staff. Hannah Crown discovers how practitioners can cope better while meeting everyone’s needs

York nurseries win rise to 30-hour childcare pilot funding

News

Friday, May 27, 2016

| Nursery World

Nurseries and childminders in York have won their battle for more Government funding for the 30 hours’ childcare pilot.

Underfunding: Chain restricts funded-only 15-hour places

News

Friday, May 27, 2016

| Nursery World

A nursery chain which has defended a ‘general extras’ charge as necessary to subsidise government-funded places has published a new policy to help get around the problem.

DfE to offer £3m contract to support 30 hours' childcare

News

Friday, May 20, 2016

| Nursery World

The Department for Education is launching a tender process for a two-year contract to support the 30 hours free childcare scheme.

Nursery group seals £27m funding deal with Barclays

News

Thursday, May 19, 2016

| Nursery World

Treetops Nurseries has secured a multi-million pound investment from Barclays bank to fund expansion and acquisitions over the next four years.

Sustainability: Part 5 - Getting everybody involved

Features

Monday, May 16, 2016

| Nursery World

How can settings develop activities that involve the community and use sustainable resources, ask Kids Love Nature’s Sarah Emerson and Liverpool John Moores University’s Diane Boyd and Nicky Hirst

Multi-Agency Working: Part 5 - MASH up

Features

Monday, May 16, 2016

| Nursery World

In recent years, multi-agency working has become formalised. Hannah Crown looks beyond the early years to what we can learn from national models, such as MASHs and A Better Start