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New standards for adoption to be introduced to speed up the process

Tuesday, November 1, 2011

| Nursery World

The Prime Minister has announced that the Government will be publishing a Green Paper setting out new minimum standards for local authorities on the number of adoptions and what happens to children in care.

Norgrove review: Divorced fathers will not have legal right to equal access

News

Thursday, November 3, 2011

| Nursery World

Fathers and grandparents could be denied the right to see a child after divorce, under recommendations outlined in a Government report into the family justice system.

Campaign to highlight babies at risk of abuse

News

Thursday, November 10, 2011

| Nursery World

One in four babies is at risk of abuse because they are born into homes where there is domestic violence, mental health problems or drink and drug dependency, according to a new report.

Family and friends give each other hundreds of pounds a year in financial help

News

Wednesday, November 16, 2011

| Nursery World

Families are increasingly providing financial and practical support such as childminding to help friends make ends meet, according to a new report.

Autumn statement 2011: sector reaction to rise in two-year-old places and tax credit freezes

News

Tuesday, November 29, 2011

| Nursery World

The early years sector has given a largely positive response to the Chancellor's announcement to extend the free entitlement to 40 per cent of two-year-olds by 2015.

Charities lobby for foster children to access 30 hours childcare

News

Thursday, November 9, 2017

| Nursery World

A group of charities have written to the children and families minister urging him to extend the 30-hours of funded childcare to foster carers.

Married with 2.4 children no longer 'typical family'

News

Tuesday, December 6, 2011

| Nursery World

Eight out of ten people would describe their family as not 'traditional', according to new research which suggests the family of two married parents with 2.4 children is no longer the norm.

Obesity risk doubles between Reception and Year 6

News

Thursday, December 15, 2011

| Nursery World

The number of reception class children who are overweight or obese has dropped slightly, according to the latest statistics.

Boris axes London childcare team

News

Wednesday, April 7, 2010

| Nursery World

London mayor Boris Johnson has scrapped the London Development Agency's dedicated childcare team to focus on youth and volunteering.

Interview: Angus Holford

News

Friday, September 28, 2012

| Nursery World

Angus Holford, author of a new study, Take-up of Free School Meals: price effects and peer effects, published by the Institute for Social and Economic Research, University of Essex.

Educators weigh up academy opt-out offer for primary schools

News

Friday, May 28, 2010

| Nursery World

Primary head teachers have been weighing up the pros and cons of opting out of local authority control following education secretary Michael Gove's invitation for state primary schools to become academies.

Shock rise in VAT could force up nursery fees

News

Wednesday, June 23, 2010

| Nursery World

Nurseries may be forced to increase their fees to cope with the increase in VAT, early years organisations have warned.

Sector quick to respond to the EYFS review

News

Wednesday, July 7, 2010

| Nursery World

Early years organisations and the childcare workforce have given a mixed reaction to the announcement by children's minister Sarah Teather that the Government is to review the Early Years Foundation Stage.

Cuts to children's play confirmed by education secretary

News

Wednesday, July 21, 2010

| Nursery World

Cuts of more than 169.5m are to be made to a range of projects aimed at children and young people, education secretary Michael Gove has confirmed in a letter to local authorities.

Government launches consultation on EYFS review

News

Monday, August 2, 2010

| Nursery World

The early years workforce is being urged to submit evidence towards the independent review of the EYFS, with a consultation launched online today.

Schools misdiagnosing children with special educational needs

News

Tuesday, September 14, 2010

| Nursery World

Thousands of children are being wrongly diagnosed as having a special educational need, when they require better teaching or pastoral care instead, claims a report by Ofsted.

Government funding to expand work of FGM centre

News

Tuesday, July 11, 2017

| Nursery World

A £30m Government grant will allow the National FGM Centre to continue its work to stop female genital mutilation (FGM).

BREAKING NEWS from the Comprehensive Spending Review

News

Wednesday, October 20, 2010

| Nursery World

Funding for the 15-hour free entitlement for all three- and four-year-olds will continue, Chancellor George Osborne has confirmed in his speech outlining the Government's Comprehensive Spending Review.

School support staff and nursery nurses' pay body axed

News

Thursday, October 28, 2010

| Nursery World

Nursery nurses and teaching assistants have lost the right to have their pay and conditions set nationally, after Education Secretary Michael Gove confirmed he was scrapping the School Support Staff Negotiating Body.

To the Point - Squashing them in

Opinion

Friday, December 7, 2012

| Nursery World

Policymakers may need reminding that actions speak louder than words. The focus of the foundation years is on child development, proclaimed the Government in its document, 'Supporting Families in the Foundation Years'.

'Big investment required to make affordable childcare a reality'

Opinion

Thursday, July 20, 2017

| Nursery World

If Ireland's delayed Affordable Childcare scheme is to become a reality, government must be willing to invest more now and into the future, says Teresa Heeney.

Editor's View - Speculation continues on relaxation of ratios

Opinion

Friday, January 11, 2013

| Nursery World

Still no pronouncement on ratios, regulation and childcare affordability as Nursery World went to press, but by the time you read this, the Government may well have released its response to Nutbrown and the Childcare Commission.

NDNA Business Performance Survey December 2012 - A North-South divide for nursery prospects

News

Friday, January 11, 2013

| Nursery World

Many nurseries had a bumpy ride in the second half of 2012. Karen Faux reports on survey findings which provide key pointers for the year ahead.

BIG ISSUE: Cuts to Sure Start Children's Centres

Features

Wednesday, January 19, 2011

| Nursery World

Making a better offer

Opinion

Monday, July 24, 2017

| Nursery World

Tracy Brabin, the newly appointed shadow early years minister and MP for Batley and Spen, says it's clear change is needed in the sector

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