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NHS launches food scanner to help families make healthier choices

Monday, January 10, 2022

| Nursery World

A new feature on the NHS Food Scanner App has been launched to show families how to make healthier food and drink swaps in a bid to tackle childhood obesity.

NDNA to collect data on number of nursery staff with Covid

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Monday, January 10, 2022

| Nursery World

Nurseries across England, Scotland and Wales are being encouraged to fill in a survey designed to find out the proportion of staff and children who are absent due to Covid.

Number of Covid cases in early years settings more than doubles

News

Monday, January 10, 2022

| Nursery World

Early years sector organisations are calling on the Government to set out plans to keep settings safe and financially sustainable amid a sharp rise in coronavirus cases.

Coronavirus: DfE publishes update for early years settings

News

Friday, January 7, 2022

| Nursery World

The Department for Education has updated its Covid guidance for early years settings to reflect the latest changes to testing and self-isolation during the coronavirus pandemic.

'Schools teetering on the edge' with staff Covid absences

News

Friday, January 7, 2022

| Nursery World

Nearly 1 in 10 schools had more than 20 per cent of their teaching staff off due to Covid on the first day of the new term, findings from a snap poll reveal .

Calls for better ventilation in schools as a quarter of teachers work in classrooms without opening windows

News

Friday, January 7, 2022

| Nursery World

New research suggests the Government’s open window policy to increase ventilation in schools is ‘unworkable’ as 27 per cent of teaching staff work in classrooms without windows that open.

More than half of black children growing up in poverty, warns Labour

News

Thursday, January 6, 2022

| Nursery World

According to Labour party analysis of Government figures, the number of children from black households growing up in poverty has more than doubled since 2010.

Early Years Alliance's Neil Leitch awarded OBE in New Year Honours

News

Tuesday, January 4, 2022

| Nursery World

Neil Leitch, chief executive of the Early Years Alliance, has been awarded an OBE in the New Year Honours list for his contribution to early years education.

Health & Nutrition - Come on in

Features

Tuesday, January 4, 2022

| Nursery World

What services will the new family hubs offer and how are they going to be introduced over the coming years? Meredith Jones Russell investigates

In Focus: Health Inequalities - Call for action

News

Tuesday, January 4, 2022

| Nursery World

Health inequalities between disadvantaged and advantaged children are increasing, according to new research, whose authors call for more resources. By Katy Morton

Coronavirus: Early years to benefit from renewed Sick Pay Rebate scheme

News

Wednesday, December 22, 2021

| Nursery World

While the return of the sick pay scheme is good news for the sector, the business grants announced by the Chancellor yesterday (21 December) are prioritised for hospitality, culture and leisure.

New PhD to focus on Welsh language in the early years and the new curriculum

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Monday, December 20, 2021

| Nursery World

Welsh-medium early years organisation Mudiad Meithrin has announced it has been successful in its bid to fund a PhD jointly with Swansea University and Cardiff Metropolitan University on a topic relating to the early years and the New Curriculum in Wales.

Coronavirus: How do we navigate the next few months without financial support?

Opinion

Friday, December 17, 2021

| Nursery World

Nursery head Marley Westell tells Nursery World how Covid is impacting upon her setting and ability to operate.

Early years settings warn of an impending 'crisis' as Covid worsens staff shortages

News

Friday, December 17, 2021

| Nursery World

Nurseries and childminders could be faced with having to turn parents away or close their setting, as Covid continues to exacerbate long-standing recruitment issues.

Ofsted briefing highlights early years catch-up strategies

News

Thursday, December 16, 2021

| Nursery World

Many early years providers are prioritising communication and language, personal, social and emotional development (PSED) and physical development to help children's recovery from the pandemic, according to Ofsted.

Calls for clarification on changes to Covid rules for under-fives amid rising cases and Omicron uncertainty

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Tuesday, December 14, 2021

| Nursery World

Children under five who are close contacts of a positive Covid case no longer need to take a test or self-isolate, according to updated government guidance, leading to calls from the sector for clarification of the guidance.

Progress stalled in achieving a degree-led workforce, figures suggest

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Friday, December 10, 2021

| Nursery World

New data from the Department for Education (DfE) shows the percentage of practitioners with degrees working in nurseries has risen marginally since the same research in 2019.

Coronavirus vaccination could be extended to five-year-olds in the UK

News

Friday, December 10, 2021

| Nursery World

Children as young as five could be offered the Covid-19 vaccination if approved by the UK’s medicines and healthcare products regulatory agency (MHRA).

Government urged to do more to protect schools from Covid-19

News

Thursday, December 9, 2021

| Nursery World

Teaching unions have criticised the Government for failing to put more safety measures in place to protect children and school staff from Covid, following the move by the Prime Minister to implement ‘Plan B’ in the fight against the virus.

Health inequalities between disadvantaged and advantaged under-fives increasing

News

Thursday, December 9, 2021

| Nursery World

Progress in improving the health of under-fives has ‘stalled’ in the last five years, particularly infant mortality and obesity, which is getting worse, according to findings from a new report.

Covid has 'worsened' the outcomes of children living in the North of England

News

Wednesday, December 8, 2021

| Nursery World

The pandemic has created a widening inequality gap between children living in the North and South of England, finds a new report.

Ofsted 'must take account of ongoing pandemic in inspection'

News

Tuesday, December 7, 2021

| Nursery World

Ofsted has been urged to consider the ongoing impact of Covid in its inspections as early years settings continue to recover from the pandemic, organisations responding to its annual report have said.

Ofsted finds impact of Covid on learning and development of 'almost all children'

News

Tuesday, December 7, 2021

| Nursery World

Ofsted’s annual report for 2020/21, published today, highlights the impact of the pandemic on children and staff working in early years, schools and colleges.

Helen Hayes named new shadow children and early years minister

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Monday, December 6, 2021

| Nursery World

Helen Hayes MP has been named as the new shadow children’s minister, replacing Tulip Siddiq who moves to a shadow Treasury role.

Concerns vulnerable children are being let down due to 'stretched' health visiting services

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Friday, December 3, 2021

| Nursery World

More than 40 per cent of health visitors are worried they ‘can’t do enough to safeguard babies and children’, according to new survey findings.

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