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Childminders secure victory over Covid rules preventing them from operating

Thursday, March 17, 2022

| Nursery World

The sector has forced a Government U-turn over rules which stated that childminders with a positive Covid case in their household could not continue to operate.

Parents spending a ‘huge chunk’ of their pay on childcare - survey

News

Thursday, March 17, 2022

| Nursery World

Around one in three working parents with pre-school children spend more than a third of their wages on childcare, reveals a new poll.

Wales to begin expansion of funded two-year-old places

News

Wednesday, March 16, 2022

| Nursery World

The Welsh Government is to begin its expansion of free childcare for disadvantaged two-year-olds from the autumn.

Covid-19 affected the learning development of the youngest pupils the most

News

Wednesday, March 16, 2022

| Nursery World

School closures due to the Coronavirus pandemic most impacted the learning of the youngest primary pupils, according to new research.

National tutoring catch-up scheme failing disadvantaged pupils, say MPs

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Friday, March 11, 2022

| Nursery World

The Government’s multi-million pound catch-up programme risks failing pupils who need it the most, leaving them facing an ‘epidemic of educational inequality’, a report from the education select committee says .

Huge numbers of children starting school developmentally delayed - study

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Thursday, March 10, 2022

| Nursery World

Around half of four-year-olds were ‘not ready’ to start Reception last September, according to a new survey by education foundation Kindred Squared.

Doing things differently in Denmark

Opinion

Wednesday, March 9, 2022

| Nursery World

LEYF's chief executive June O'Sullivan explains how the UK Government can learn from Denmark as a beacon of best practice with its flexible work culture and extensive, affordable childcare.

Government rejects calls to review childcare funding

News

Monday, March 7, 2022

| Nursery World

The Government has rejected MPs' recommendation to carry out an independent review of funding and affordability of childcare

Childcare funding rate to increase in Wales in recognition of rising costs

News

Monday, March 7, 2022

| Nursery World

The Welsh Government has committed an additional £6 million per year to its funded childcare offer, increasing the hourly rate from £4.50 to £5 per hour from April.

EXCLUSIVE: Coronavirus forced childcare providers to take dire action, study shows

News

Tuesday, March 1, 2022

| Nursery World

Covid has seen professionals cut staff, use reserves and even sell belongings, but researchers say an early years education and care-led recovery is now vital, as Katy Morton reports

EYFS best practice: All about… Down’s syndrome

Features

Tuesday, March 1, 2022

| Nursery World

As children and families don bright socks to raise awareness of World Down Syndrome Day, the Government is introducing legislation to improve the lives of people with the condition. Nicole Weinstein asks what support is available and what the future holds

Change to Covid rules on testing and isolation provokes mixed response among nurseries and childminders

News

Tuesday, February 22, 2022

| Nursery World

Early years settings have questioned the Government’s decision to scrap twice-weekly testing in early years settings and have raised concerns about plans to end self-isolation for positive Covid cases.

Nurseries and childminders will no longer need to report Covid cases to Ofsted

News

Monday, February 21, 2022

| Nursery World

Early years settings will no longer be required to report incidences of confirmed Covid-19 cases to Ofsted.

Early years forgotten again

Opinion

Friday, February 18, 2022

| Nursery World

Where was the early years sector in the Government's White Paper on 'Levelling-Up'? Experts question the Government's decision to overlook the sector.

TUC calls for 'urgent cash boost' to help childcare sector recover from the pandemic

News

Wednesday, February 16, 2022

| Nursery World

The trade union is calling for an ‘urgent’ cash boost to the childcare sector and an immediate increase in the minimum wage.

Calls for early years pupil premium to match primary schools' rate

News

Thursday, February 10, 2022

| Nursery World

A charity is calling for the Government to ‘align’ the early years pupil premium rate with the amount primary schools receive.

Access to play spaces 'unfair' and 'unequal', finds new research

News

Wednesday, February 9, 2022

| Nursery World

Research from the Association of Play Industries (API) reveals a ‘postcode lottery’ of free-to-access play provision, with some areas well-served and others ‘seriously deprived’ of community play facilities.

Millions of low-income families to 'face a crunch point' with bills rise in April

News

Monday, February 7, 2022

| Nursery World

Millions of low-income workers face a ‘perfect storm’ this April with universal credit falling behind the cost of living as energy bills and taxes rise, warns a national trade union.

Covid cases in nurseries hit new reported high

News

Monday, February 7, 2022

| Nursery World

The number of early years settings with Covid cases jumped from 2,933 at the beginning of last month to 4,752 on 17 January, according to the latest data.

'No real support' for early years in Government's levelling up white paper

News

Tuesday, February 1, 2022

| Nursery World

Early years organisations, charities and teaching unions have criticised the Government’s new package of measures to transform education for disadvantaged children.

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