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MPs to consider how financial education can be taught to primary pupils

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Thursday, November 16, 2023

| Nursery World

Cross-party MPs have launched an inquiry into how financial education can be strengthened throughout primary school.

Petition calls on Government to make VAT zero-rated for early years settings

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Friday, November 3, 2023

| Nursery World

An early years consultant has launched a petition calling on the Government to make VAT zero rated for early years settings and replace funding for places with a new ‘support grant’.

Ofsted puts school inspections on hold for mental health training for inspectors, but early years inspections will continue

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Tuesday, January 2, 2024

| Nursery World

The new chief inspector of Ofsted has halted routine Ofsted inspections in schools until later in January to allow all inspectors to attend mental health training – however in a move criticised by the sector, early years inspections will continue.

Labour says Chancellor's plans to expand childcare are 'in absolute tatters'

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Monday, March 4, 2024

| Nursery World

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has claimed that the Government is ‘on track’ with its plans to expand childcare for parents, in response to Labour claims that it has a dossier that shows that the Conservatives’ plans are ‘in absolute tatters’.

How 'A Better Start' areas support families and babies against backdrop of shortages to midwives and health visitors

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Friday, March 1, 2024

| Nursery World

A new report on maternity and antenatal support by the National Lottery Community Fund and the National Children’s Bureau highlights the challenges faced by the midwifery and health visiting workforce, and highlights partnership working in the five 'A Better Start' areas of England.

Sector calls for 'rescue and reform' of early education and childcare

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Friday, May 17, 2024

| Nursery World

A manifesto from over 30 organisations within the early years sector calls for childcare costs to be reduced, a new workforce strategy implemented and fair and sustainable funding.

General Election 2024: Early years settings share who (or what) gets their vote

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Thursday, July 4, 2024

| Nursery World

As those aged 18 and over go to the polls, tomorrow's voters have been casting their votes in the ballot box, and learning about what happens in a general election.

Hundreds of thousands of families impacted by two-child benefits cap

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Thursday, July 11, 2024

| Nursery World

More than 400,000 families are being ‘denied vital support’ because of the two-child benefits cap, reveal official statistics.

Attainment gap widening between disadvantaged and vulnerable five-year-olds and their peers

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Tuesday, July 16, 2024

| Nursery World

The attainment gap at age five is widening across disadvantaged pupils and at record levels for Reception children with SEND, finds new research.

Coronavirus: Council provides £300,000 to keep settings open for Easter break

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Monday, April 6, 2020

| Nursery World

Nottinghamshire County Council is funding PVI early years settings with an extra £300,000 during the Easter holidays, to help them stay open for critical workers and vulnerable children.

One in four childcare providers fear permanent closure amid virus lockdown

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Tuesday, May 5, 2020

| Nursery World

A quarter of early years settings are unlikely to be operating in 12 months’ time, as as the financial impact of the Covid-19 pandemic hits, a survey suggests.

Thousands sign petition against Government cut to furlough funding for nurseries

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Monday, April 20, 2020

| Nursery World

Thousands of childcare providers and parents have signed a petition calling for the Government to reinstate full furlough funding, after a previous commitment to pay early years staff under the coronavirus job retention scheme was watered down on Friday evening.

Coronavirus: Teaching unions warn against premature reopening of schools

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Tuesday, May 5, 2020

| Nursery World

Teaching unions have written to the Government urging them to exercise ‘significant caution’ when it comes to the reopening of schools.

Coronavirus: Safety measures compromised in return to nurseries and schools

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Friday, June 12, 2020

| Nursery World

Safe class sizes are just one of the measures that have been ignored by some nursery and primary schools as they reopen to more children, according to a survey published by Unison today (Friday).

Early years workforce: 'Forgotten key workers' driven out by low pay in increasingly volatile sector

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Tuesday, August 4, 2020

| Nursery World

One in 8 childcare workers is paid less than £5 an hour and many are forced to take on second jobs to make ends meet, a report commissioned by the Government’s Social Mobility Commission has found.

Coronavirus: Nurseries and schools pose low risk of infection to children

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Monday, August 24, 2020

| Nursery World

Children are more likely to catch Coronavirus at home than in childcare settings or school, finds study.

Early years attendance drops, latest official figures show

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Tuesday, August 11, 2020

| Nursery World

Less than a half (46 per cent) of early years settings were open at the end of July, according to the latest statistics from the Department for Education.

EXCLUSIVE: Nurseries consider legal action over rejected insurance claims

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Tuesday, May 5, 2020

| Nursery World

Nurseries around the country are considering joining a class action against their insurer and broker over failure to pay out as a result of closure during the coronavirus crisis, Nursery World can reveal.

Coronavirus: Calls for extended parental leave and emergency childcare funding dismissed by Government

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Wednesday, September 9, 2020

| Nursery World

Early years organisations have criticised the Government for its response to a recent Petitions Committee report on the impact of Covid-19 on parental leave and childcare.

Coronavirus: One in five schools report ‘significant’ absences due to Covid-19

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Monday, October 5, 2020

| Nursery World

One in five schools across England are experiencing 'significant' pupil absences, with almost as many having sent a whole bubble home, according to a survey of teachers.

Fears the pandemic pushing children further into poverty

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Wednesday, October 14, 2020

| Nursery World

Children growing up in poverty are living on a ‘cliff edge’ and the pandemic will sweep them ‘further into danger’, a new report which details the rising rates of child poverty in the UK, has revealed.

Duchess of Cambridge to reveal findings of early years survey

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Friday, November 27, 2020

| Nursery World

Kate Middleton is to warn of the crucial role the early years play in shaping children's futures, as she reveals the findings of the 'five big questions on the under-fives' study.

Scottish nurseries win relief from business rates until 2023

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Monday, December 7, 2020

| Nursery World

Nurseries in Scotland will be exempt from paying business rates until 2023, Scottish Government has said.

Councils have millions in unspent early years funding, investigation reveals

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Tuesday, February 2, 2021

| Nursery World

Early years settings in England are missing out on more than £55m in Government funding for childcare places, according to a Freedom of Information investigation by the National Day Nurseries Association.

Coronavirus: Nurseries speak out about confusion over priority for vaccine

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Tuesday, February 16, 2021

| Nursery World

Confusion and frustration is continuing among the early years sector around eligibility for the coronavirus vaccine.

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MPs to consider how financial education can be taught to primary pupils

Petition calls on Government to make VAT zero-rated for early years settings

Ofsted puts school inspections on hold for mental health training for inspectors, but early years inspections will continue

Labour says Chancellor's plans to expand childcare are 'in absolute tatters'

How 'A Better Start' areas support families and babies against backdrop of shortages to midwives and health visitors

Sector calls for 'rescue and reform' of early education and childcare

General Election 2024: Early years settings share who (or what) gets their vote

Hundreds of thousands of families impacted by two-child benefits cap

Attainment gap widening between disadvantaged and vulnerable five-year-olds and their peers

Coronavirus: Council provides £300,000 to keep settings open for Easter break

One in four childcare providers fear permanent closure amid virus lockdown

Thousands sign petition against Government cut to furlough funding for nurseries

Coronavirus: Teaching unions warn against premature reopening of schools

Coronavirus: Safety measures compromised in return to nurseries and schools

Early years workforce: 'Forgotten key workers' driven out by low pay in increasingly volatile sector

Coronavirus: Nurseries and schools pose low risk of infection to children

Early years attendance drops, latest official figures show

EXCLUSIVE: Nurseries consider legal action over rejected insurance claims

Coronavirus: Calls for extended parental leave and emergency childcare funding dismissed by Government

Coronavirus: One in five schools report ‘significant’ absences due to Covid-19

Fears the pandemic pushing children further into poverty

Duchess of Cambridge to reveal findings of early years survey

Scottish nurseries win relief from business rates until 2023

Councils have millions in unspent early years funding, investigation reveals

Coronavirus: Nurseries speak out about confusion over priority for vaccine

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