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Closures rise, as nurseries struggle with funding and admin

Wednesday, June 20, 2018

| Nursery World

Paying staff wages, dealing with more administration, and making a surplus are the top three challenges nurseries face, nearly a year after the introduction of the 30 hours.

Damning report highlights major problems with universal credit

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Friday, June 15, 2018

| Nursery World

The government spending watchdog warns universal credit is pushing claimants into rent arrears, and urges ministers to fix the system before rolling it out nationally.

IfA extends early years T-Level consultation again

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Thursday, June 14, 2018

| Nursery World

The deadline for the consultation on the Education and Childcare T-level has been extended again until the end of the month.

Millions of children missing out on support

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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.

Children from higher-income families use pre-school for longer

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Tuesday, June 12, 2018

| Nursery World

Children from poorer backgrounds are more likely to have delayed access to funded early years education, new research from the LSE suggests.

Fears that early years T-Level will not give licence to practice

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Monday, June 11, 2018

| Nursery World

Awarding bodies and sector organisations have raised concerns that the early years T-Level won’t equip students with a licence to practice.

Early Learning Goals group ‘unrepresentative’

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Monday, June 11, 2018

| Nursery World

The Department for Education has come under fire after a Freedom of Information request revealed little early years sector representation among those involved in reviewing the EYFS early learning goals.

DfE scraps School Direct route to EYTS

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Friday, June 8, 2018

| Nursery World

The Government has scrapped the School Direct route to Early Years Teacher Status because it isn’t popular enough, Nursery World has learned.

Poorer children gain most from universal childcare

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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.

Reception baseline trial will take place in September

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Wednesday, June 6, 2018

| Nursery World

A trial of the new Reception baseline will go ahead with a number of schools in the autumn.

DfE admits millions of children at risk of losing free school meals

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Sunday, June 3, 2018

| Nursery World

Up to 2.6 million children could lose out on free school meals by 2022, reveal newly published DfE figures.

Stress and mental health problems taking their toll on early years staff

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Friday, June 1, 2018

| Nursery World

One in four early years workers are considering leaving the sector due to stress and mental health problems, a major survey has revealed.

Children's minister insists no need for 30 hours protection for nurseries

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Wednesday, May 30, 2018

| Nursery World

Children and families minister Nadhim Zahawi has said that ‘no nursery needs protecting’ from closure as a result of the 30 hours.

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

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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.

22,000 children severely obese at the end of primary school

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Wednesday, May 30, 2018

| Nursery World

The number of children in the last year of primary school severely obese is almost double that of those in Reception, according to a new analysis by the Local Government Association.