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Sector airs views on red tape

Monday, June 27, 2016

| Nursery World

With the forthcoming expansion of the free entitlement, the overwhelming message from the sector is that early years businesses need help to ensure provision can grow to meet the demand.

Editor’s view - Ins and outs

Opinion

Monday, June 27, 2016

| Nursery World

Do we face yet more delays in getting on with childcare policy?, asks Liz Roberts

Risk that poorer families could miss out on 30 hours childcare

News

Monday, June 20, 2016

| Nursery World

A leading multi-academy trust has warned that disadvantaged children could be pushed out of free childcare, as schools convert nursery class places for working parents.

Swindon council confirms details of 30-hour pilot

News

Wednesday, June 15, 2016

| Nursery World

Hospital workers in Swindon will be eligible for 30 hours of free childcare from September as part of the early implementer pilot scheme.

MPs' warning over 30-hour plans

News

Wednesday, June 15, 2016

| Nursery World

Government plans for 30 hours of free childcare are at risk because there may not be enough providers willing to offer the extra hours, an MPs’ report warns.

Calls for early years to help redress gender inequality

News

Tuesday, June 14, 2016

| Nursery World

Ofsted could help boost gender equality by rating settings on how they engage with fathers, campaigners claim.

Sector responds to cutting red tape review

News

Tuesday, June 14, 2016

| Nursery World

The sector has responded boldly to the Government’s review of the red tape burdening early years provision, amid fears of a ‘tipping point’.

Childcare minister calls 30-hour funding problems 'a myth'

News

Monday, June 13, 2016

| Nursery World

Childcare minister Sam Gyimah has dismissed ongoing issues around childcare funding as a ‘myth’.

New Ofsted chief selected

News

Monday, June 13, 2016

| Nursery World

A founder of one of the country’s top academy chains has been chosen as the next Ofsted chief inspector.

SEND: The route to diagnosis

News

Monday, June 13, 2016

| Nursery World

Identifying young children with special educational needs and disabilities has changed, but challenges remain. Charlotte Goddard reports

Life Chances Indicators 'could transform child poverty'

News

Sunday, June 12, 2016

| Nursery World

A ‘once in a generation’ opportunity for the Government to prevent disadvantaged children from becoming poor adults is not to be missed, Frank Field has said.

Pilot areas win extra funding for 30 hours

News

Friday, June 10, 2016

| Nursery World

Local authorities taking part in the 30-hour childcare pilots from September have secured an increase in funding from the Department for Education, after providers in York won their battle for more funding to trial the scheme in their area.

Policy Guide: The Childcare Act 2016

Features

Thursday, June 2, 2016

| Nursery World

At just eight clauses long, the Childcare Act is the law which brings the 30 hours into force.

Childhood obesity crisis: Paediatrics across Europe 'unable to cope'

News

Wednesday, June 1, 2016

| Nursery World

The number of overweight young children is predicted to almost double within a decade – with associated disease set to cripple health services across Europe, researchers warn.

Vulnerable refugees ‘barred’ from health services

News

Monday, May 30, 2016

| Nursery World

New research highlights how young refugee children and their families are more likely to suffer from mental health problems than their peers and face barriers to accessing health support.