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Ofsted set for radical overhaul to unite education inspections

Tuesday, February 3, 2015

| Nursery World

Early years settings, schools and colleges will be inspected under a new common inspection framework from September, with shorter and more frequent inspections.

Coronavirus: DfE updates early years guidance in response to PM 'roadmap'

News

Tuesday, February 23, 2021

| Nursery World

Wraparound childcare, including care provided by childminders, can restart from 8 March, as part of the gradual easing of lockdown restrictions announced yesterday.

Opposition parties win childcare voucher extension

News

Wednesday, March 14, 2018

| Nursery World

The scrapping of childcare vouchers has been delayed, after Labour forced a vote on the issue in the House of Commons yesterday.

New apprenticeships funding system 'will widen training and jobs gap'

News

Monday, March 27, 2017

| Nursery World

The apprenticeship levy will worsen the North-South divide in training opportunities and jobs, a leading think-tank has warned.

First glimpse of new inspections framework shows improvements for childminders

News

Tuesday, December 22, 2015

| Nursery World

Childminders have performed better than nurseries in initial results from the first two months of the new inspections framework.

Nursery Management: 30 Hours: Funding Rates - Number crunch

Features

Monday, March 20, 2017

| Nursery World

The way that councils are setting rates for 30 hours funding varies widely across the country. Jo Parkes assesses some big differences in approach

Call for all nursery staff to be qualified in paediatric first aid

News

Monday, December 15, 2014

| Nursery World

MPs will debate in parliament today whether all nursery staff should be qualified in paediatric first aid, following a campaign by parents.

Children and Social Work Act, Part 1: Safeguarding Arrangements - Safer laws?

Features

Monday, September 18, 2017

| Nursery World

In this new four-part series on what the new Children and Social Work Act means for the early years sector, we look at changes to the local safeguarding procedures. By Ann Marie Christian

Sector criticises Ofsted move to potential 30-month wait for first inspection

News

Monday, October 6, 2014

| Nursery World

The early years sector has given a mixed reaction to changes to inspections set out by Ofsted early years director Nick Hudson and revealed on Nursery World online.

Guide to: Promoting the Early Years

Features

Monday, August 20, 2018

| Nursery World

What resources and initiatives are out there to help the sector promote itself to potential new and future recruits? Hannah Crown reports

Guide to: Universal Credit changes 2018

Features

Monday, December 10, 2018

| Nursery World

In the latest Budget, the Government has changed its plans for Universal Credit. Here’s what these announcements mean for you. By the Resolution Foundation’s Laura Gardiner

DfE keen to hear from nurseries on business costs

News

Thursday, June 20, 2013

| Nursery World

Private and voluntary nurseries are being urged to share their running costs with the Department for Education.

Ofsted: The New Inspection Framework, Part 3 - How you can be an 'action practitioner'

Features

Friday, November 9, 2012

| Nursery World

Staff need to be able to demonstrate their understanding of child development in practice during inspections, says Laura Henry.

Nursery Management: Equality - Finding balance

Features

Monday, September 21, 2015

| Nursery World

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.

DfE does not possess the data used in childcare costs report

News

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.

Early years teacher standards 'ignore sector's views'

News

Monday, July 22, 2013

| Nursery World

Early years experts and academics have slammed the new Early Years Teacher standards, which were set out last week by the National College of Teaching and Leadership.

Historical View: Is childcare working?

Features

Tuesday, May 7, 2019

| Nursery World

How much childcare is available for mothers who work full-time? Pamela Calder, former chair of the Early Childhood Studies Degrees Network and who campaigned in the 70s for better access to childcare, asks whether things have improved

Apprenticeship levy could lower wages, finds think tank

News

Wednesday, February 1, 2017

| Nursery World

The new apprenticeship funding system could result in lower wages for employees, a think tank has claimed.

Victory for the early years sector over ratios

News

Wednesday, June 5, 2013

| Nursery World

The Government has bowed to fierce opposition and ditched the proposed changes to staff: child ratios for nurseries and childminders.

Guide to: Upcoming policy changes 2019

Features

Monday, August 19, 2019

| Nursery World

A swathe of new big policy documents are hitting the early years sector from September, starting with the new inspection framework. Hannah Crown has a handy summary of what is happening and when

DfE parents' survey re-ignites fears over ratio changes

News

Monday, October 28, 2013

| Nursery World

A new Department for Education survey asking parents for their opinions on staff:child ratios has raised concern among the sector that there will be a renewed push for a relaxation.

Exclusive: Concern over lack of data on nursery deaths and injuries

News

Friday, January 11, 2013

| Nursery World

No official records are kept on the number of deaths, serious injuries and accidents that occur while children are in nursery or other childcare settings, a Nursery World investigation reveals.

Special Focus: Has the Education Recovery Plan boosted the sector?

Features

Monday, October 2, 2023

| Nursery World

Jo Parkes gauges the scope and success of the Government’s Education Recovery Plan so far, investigating its priorities, which include developing children’s speech and language skills

New framework for childminder agency inspection released

News

Tuesday, January 12, 2016

| Nursery World

Childminding agencies will either be judged as ‘effective’ or ‘non-effective’ by Ofsted during their inspections, new guidance reveals.

Council scraps plans for free hours funding withdrawal

News

Thursday, April 2, 2015

| Nursery World

Lancashire County Council confirmed today (2 April) that it will not be going ahead with plans that would have seen children with relatives working in the same setting losing their early education funding.

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Ofsted set for radical overhaul to unite education inspections

Coronavirus: DfE updates early years guidance in response to PM 'roadmap'

Opposition parties win childcare voucher extension

New apprenticeships funding system 'will widen training and jobs gap'

First glimpse of new inspections framework shows improvements for childminders

Nursery Management: 30 Hours: Funding Rates - Number crunch

Call for all nursery staff to be qualified in paediatric first aid

Children and Social Work Act, Part 1: Safeguarding Arrangements - Safer laws?

Sector criticises Ofsted move to potential 30-month wait for first inspection

Guide to: Promoting the Early Years

Guide to: Universal Credit changes 2018

DfE keen to hear from nurseries on business costs

Ofsted: The New Inspection Framework, Part 3 - How you can be an 'action practitioner'

Nursery Management: Equality - Finding balance

DfE does not possess the data used in childcare costs report

Early years teacher standards 'ignore sector's views'

Historical View: Is childcare working?

Apprenticeship levy could lower wages, finds think tank

Victory for the early years sector over ratios

Guide to: Upcoming policy changes 2019

DfE parents' survey re-ignites fears over ratio changes

Exclusive: Concern over lack of data on nursery deaths and injuries

Special Focus: Has the Education Recovery Plan boosted the sector?

New framework for childminder agency inspection released

Council scraps plans for free hours funding withdrawal

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