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Tax-Free Childcare will start next month and be rolled out to all eligible parents by the end of the year, Chancellor Philip Hammond announced in his first Budget today.

HMRC details how Tax-Free Childcare scheme will work

News

Monday, March 20, 2017

| Nursery World

More details of how the Tax-Free Childcare scheme will work in practice have been revealed to Nursery World by HMRC.

Government denies that Budget adjustments indicate 30-hour places shortfall

News

Friday, March 17, 2017

| Nursery World

Labour has accused the Government of ‘more broken promises’ over the delivery of the 30 hours, after Budget documents said that supply of places would rise more slowly than assumed.

Early years sector raises concerns about revised EYFS amid a broad welcome

News

Monday, April 2, 2012

| Nursery World

The revised Early Years Foundation Stage has received a broadly positive response from the early years sector, although some reservations have been raised over the requirement for progress checks on two-year-olds.

Editor's View - the revised EYFS

Opinion

Monday, April 2, 2012

| Nursery World

The revised EYFS is everywhere - except on the DfE website home page!

Childminder inspection campaign takes off

News

Friday, May 11, 2012

| Nursery World

More than 2,600 childminders have so far taken the National Childminding Association's campaign survey to keep childminders regulated and inspected as individuals under the EYFS.

'Children crammed into classrooms like sardines,' says Labour

News

Friday, April 21, 2017

| Nursery World

Labour has accused the Tories of breaking their promise on small class sizes, as new research suggests that more than half a million children are in 'super-size' primary classes.

Education secretary overrules MPs' report on new Ofsted chief

News

Thursday, July 7, 2016

| Nursery World

Education secretary Nicky Morgan has confirmed she is pressing ahead with the appointment of Amanda Spielman as Ofsted chief inspector, despite a damning MPs’ report.

Manchester to outsource children's centres

News

Tuesday, February 22, 2011

| Nursery World

Manchester is set to axe universal children's centres services and commission the private and voluntary sector to take over its maintained daycare provision, according to the council's proposed budget for next year.

Let's not lose our European links

Opinion

Monday, July 11, 2016

| Nursery World

The vote to leave the European Union jarred with both my personal and professional beliefs about the importance to early years of Britain being part of Europe, writes Verity Campbell-Barr.

PM's last visit reveals more free schools to open

News

Wednesday, July 13, 2016

| Nursery World

David Cameron spent his final day in office visiting Reach Academy in Feltham to announce 31 new free schools.

Welsh Assembly sets out childcare vision

News

Tuesday, February 22, 2011

| Nursery World

Accessible, affordable and quality childcare is a key priority of the Welsh Assembly's new child poverty strategy.

Nursery schools will have option to charge parents outside free entitlement hours

News

Tuesday, March 1, 2011

| Nursery World

Nursery schools will be able to charge parents for hours outside the free entitlement, in changes to be introduced under the Education Bill.

To the Point - Talking and feeling

Features

Tuesday, March 1, 2011

| Nursery World

Emotional development and communication have long been first among equals in the early years curriculum.

Nursery Management: Two-Year-Olds - Loud and clear!

Features

Monday, March 24, 2014

| Nursery World

Now is the time for local authorities and providers to be taking a fresh look at how to communicate with eligible families. James Hempsall explains.

Failure to report child abuse could become a criminal offence

News

Friday, July 22, 2016

| Nursery World

Early years workers could be prosecuted if they fail to report their suspicions of child abuse or neglect to local authorities.

Health campaign says young children should have three hours activity a day

News

Friday, July 29, 2016

| Nursery World

‘Every movement counts’ is the motto of a new Department of Health campaign to encourage children aged under five to be physically active for at least three hours a day.

Early Years National Funding Formula: DfE plans major shake-up of early years funding

News

Thursday, August 11, 2016

| Nursery World

Plans to change the way that childcare for three- and four-year-olds is funded to make the system fairer for all early years providers, wherever they are in the country, have been put out for consultation today.

Lords vote for independent funding review ahead of 30-hours roll-out

News

Thursday, October 15, 2015

| Nursery World

Peers have voted in favour of an amendment to the Childcare Bill requiring Government to carry out an independent review of funding before the free childcare entitlement is doubled.

Parents award Government grade D for family-friendly policies

News

Tuesday, October 20, 2015

| Nursery World

According to parents, the Government is not doing enough to help families, a new survey has found.

Analysis: Holiday childcare will become harder to find

News

Tuesday, August 17, 2010

| Nursery World

A survey by Daycare Trust finds 'a gaping hole' in coverage, with wide regional varations. Local authority cuts and the need to follow the EYFS will exacerbate the problem, says Mary Evans.

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