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MPs present mass nursery schools petition in Parliament

Wednesday, February 6, 2019

| Nursery World

Thousands of campaigners against the closure of maintained nursery schools have signed a mass petition presented to Parliament yesterday by more than 30 MPs.

Alliance joins DfE and Ofsted to tackle early years workload

News

Wednesday, February 13, 2019

| Nursery World

The Pre-school Learning Alliance has teamed up with the Department for Education and Ofsted to tackle workload pressures on early years staff.

Why we are introducing childminder agencies

Opinion

Tuesday, February 5, 2013

| Nursery World

The agencies being introduced by the Children and Families Bill will support great childminders and encourage more to enter the profession, says Education Minister Elizabeth Truss

Look to our past, not Europe

Opinion

Friday, February 8, 2013

| Nursery World

We should remember past mistakes in early years policy when trying to move forward or our youngest children will be in inappropriate environments, say Karen Wickett and Dr Verity Campbell Barr, lecturers in Early Childhood Studies at Plymouth University

New £50m fund to create extra places and facilities for children with SEND

News

Tuesday, May 29, 2018

| Nursery World

Local authorities will be able to access Government funding to improve facilities and create more school places for children and young people with special education needs and disabilities.

Childhood obesity is 'everyone's business' and can no longer be ignored

News

Wednesday, May 30, 2018

| Nursery World

The Government must make sure that young children at risk of obesity are identified early to make sure that they and their families can access the right support, a committee of MPs says today.

Poorer children gain most from universal childcare

News

Wednesday, June 6, 2018

| Nursery World

Children from immigrant and disadvantaged backgrounds benefit most from universal childcare but are least likely to access it, research has found.

New childcare website to champion affordable childcare

News

Wednesday, February 27, 2013

| Nursery World

Childcare Champions, a campaign website, has launched three weeks before the Budget when a major Government announcement is expected on childcare funding.

Millions of children missing out on support

News

Tuesday, June 12, 2018

| Nursery World

Half of the £8.6bn children’s services budget in England is currently being spent on just 73,000 children, meaning millions go without support, the Children’s Commissioner has warned.

Pre-School Learning Alliance steps up campaign against ratio changes

News

Friday, March 1, 2013

| Nursery World

The Pre-School Learning Alliance has lodged an online petition on the Government's epetitions website calling for a halt to the controversial plans to change childcare ratios.

Tax-free childcare - 'A long wait and doesn't help the poorest'

News

Tuesday, March 19, 2013

| Nursery World

Children's charities are concerned that families will have to wait for more than two years before the new tax-free childcare system is brought in and that not enough is being done to support families on the lowest incomes.

Childminders urged to have their say

News

Tuesday, April 9, 2013

| Nursery World

The Professional Association for Childcare and Early Years (PACEY) is calling for childminders to complete a short survey to help assess the potential impact of the Government's More Great Childcare reforms on the childminding sector.

Teach First extended to the early years

News

Wednesday, April 10, 2013

| Nursery World

The Government is to extend the Teach First leadership development programme to the early years from September to encourage bright graduates to the sector.

Cross-party support for Early Intervention Foundation launch

News

Monday, April 15, 2013

| Nursery World

The Early Intervention Foundation will be officially launched today by David Cameron.

Government plans risk creating 'low quality, no frills childcare'

News

Friday, April 19, 2013

| Nursery World

Childcare will be one of the key issues at the next election. With working parents feeling their incomes squeezed, many mums and dads are rightly asking why the Government isn't helping them to be better off back in work.

New study into the early years workforce and its role on children's outcomes

News

Monday, July 23, 2018

| Nursery World

The Education Policy Institute has launched a two-year programme of research into the early years workforce and its impact on children’s outcomes.

Disadvantage gap will take 'more than 100 years' to close

News

Wednesday, July 25, 2018

| Nursery World

Children must be given equal access to high quality early years provision to tackle educational inequality, a leading think-tank has said.

Teachers vote in favour of opposing the new Baseline

News

Tuesday, April 3, 2018

| Nursery World

Teachers have voted in favour of campaigning against the Government's plans to introduce a new baseline assessment for four-year-olds.

Autumn Statement: Child Tax Credit and child benefit to go up by just one per cent

News

Wednesday, December 5, 2012

| Nursery World

Early years organisations have expressed concern about 'real terms cuts' to Child Tax Credit and child benefit, following Chancellor George Osborne's Autumn Statement in the House of Commons today.

London faces two-year-old places shortage and funding crisis

News

Monday, December 17, 2012

| Nursery World

London currently faces a shortfall of 25,000 nursery and childminder places to meet the Government's offer of free early education for 20 per cent of two-year-olds by September 2013.

Government-funded report focuses on early intervention to help children with SEN

News

Wednesday, January 2, 2013

| Nursery World

The recommendations of the Better Communication Research Programme (BCRP), the largest ever programme of research into children's speech, language and communication services in the UK, put an emphasis on early intervention, close involvement of families and joint commissioning of services across education, health and social care to support children with speech, language and communication needs.

Early years sector unites against plans to cut ratios

News

Friday, January 25, 2013

| Nursery World

Protests against any plans to lower staff child ratios for nurseries and childminders are gaining force against mounting anticipation of a Government announcement next week on changes to allow better qualified staff to look after more children.

Focus on Enforcement review: make your views heard about regulation

News

Tuesday, January 29, 2013

| Nursery World

The Government is urging the early years sector to respond to an online consultation which will inform its review of how regulation for childcare providers is enforced.

Campaign calls for families to be the focus of spending review

News

Wednesday, January 30, 2013

| Nursery World

A new campaign has been launched to urge the Government to make families a priority in this year's Comprehensive Spending Review.

National Audit Office identifies barriers to effective early intevention

News

Thursday, January 31, 2013

| Nursery World

Short-term thinking, a lack of integration in many areas, poor evidence gathering and a lack of funding is impairing the effective use and and implementation of early intervention across Government, according to a new report.

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