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Group opens new nursery but closes another as underfunding hits

Friday, September 21, 2018

| Nursery World

Sunhill Daycare has opened one new setting, but has been forced to close another because of cost pressures, blaming 30-hours underfunding.

Manchester group on expansion trail

News

Thursday, September 20, 2018

| Nursery World

Growing group KidzRus Private Day Nurseries has purchased a fifth setting in Manchester.

Counting the cost of early years funding shortfalls

Opinion

Tuesday, September 18, 2018

| Nursery World

As recent reports reveal ongoing problems with the underfunding of the 30 hours, Neil Leitch, chief executive of the biggest voluntary sector provider the Pre-school Learning Alliance, calls for Government action, as he explains why it has closed more than 20 settings

Alliance blames lack of Government funding for closing fifth of settings

News

Tuesday, September 18, 2018

| Nursery World

The Pre-school Learning Alliance has closed 23 nurseries since January, as a direct result of the longstanding Government under-funding of 15- and 30-hour childcare entitlements, Nursery World can reveal.

EXCLUSIVE: Early years workforce 'will get less well qualified'

News

Tuesday, September 18, 2018

| Nursery World

The current workforce is facing a ‘ticking timebomb’ of staff shortages combined with falling qualifications levels and an increasing reliance on unpaid staff, the Education Policy Institute has found.

Nursery Management: workforce: the future - On the cards

Features

Tuesday, September 18, 2018

| Nursery World

What does the future have in store for the early years workforce if current trends continue? Sara Bonetti, associate director of early years at the Education Policy Institute, makes some exclusive predictions

Nursery Management: Qualifications - Status quo?

Features

Tuesday, September 18, 2018

| Nursery World

What does the history of early years policy and qualifications tell us about today’s workforce? Hannah Crown charts developments from the NNEB to T-Levels

Network Whispers: checks for overseas staff, lack of Goodwill, and 'golden tickets' for two-year-olds

Features

Monday, September 17, 2018

| Nursery World

Nursery World and NDNA join forces for a behind-the-scenes column

Nursery Management: International - Work abroad

Features

Monday, September 17, 2018

| Nursery World

We know that pay and prestige are a problem for early years staff in the UK, but how does the workforce fare in other countries? Meredith Jones Russell investigates

'Unquestioning adherance to market dogma': the last 20 years of early years reforms

Opinion

Monday, September 17, 2018

| Nursery World

Emeritus Professor Peter Moss, Thomas Coram Research Unit, UCL, spoke last week at an event to mark 25 years since the launch of Early Studies Degrees. Here is his speech in full

Nursery Management: Maintaining Quality - All change

Features

Monday, September 17, 2018

| Nursery World

Making sure standards don’t slip and morale remains high amid change in a setting is a vital leadership skill. By Katy Morton

Nursery Management: Early Childhood Studies Degrees Network - Paper round

Features

Monday, September 17, 2018

| Nursery World

Jackie Musgrave explains how using the Early Childhood Studies Degrees Network to submit papers can enhance students’ professional development

Nursery Management: Research - In the know

Features

Monday, September 17, 2018

| Nursery World

What characteristics are required for those working in the early years? Verity Campbell-Barr sets out the findings of her research on the subject

Guide to: Childhood Obesity Strategy

Features

Monday, September 17, 2018

| Nursery World

Following criticism of its obesity strategy, the Government added a second chapter earlier this year setting out new aims and commitments. Meredith Jones Russell reports