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DfE to consult on information sharing between childcare providers and schools

Thursday, March 24, 2016

| Nursery World

A new consultation on how information sharing can help drive the 30 hours entitlement will happen later this year, the childcare minister said this week.

Quality up, but childminder numbers fall again

News

Thursday, March 24, 2016

| Nursery World

The proportion of nurseries and childminders graded good or outstanding at their most recent inspection is now at an all-time high of 85 per cent, the latest Ofsted statistics show.

National Parks visits on school curriculum

News

Wednesday, March 23, 2016

| Nursery World

Visiting National Parks is to become part of the school curriculum under Government plans announced today.

Unions to hold rally against academisation of schools

News

Wednesday, March 23, 2016

| Nursery World

Teaching unions protesting against the Government’s plans to force all schools to become academies are holding a rally in London later today.

Positive couple relationships 'crucial' for children

News

Tuesday, March 22, 2016

| Nursery World

Parental conflict is damaging to children’s future life-chances and relationships and investment is needed, researchers have warned.

Future of state-run nursery schools ‘in doubt’ after Budget

News

Monday, March 21, 2016

| Nursery World

More than 400 state-run nursery schools could ‘disappear at a stroke’ under the Government’s plan to turn all schools into academies, a leading early years specialist has warned.

Nursery Management: Training - Under one roof

Features

Monday, March 21, 2016

| Nursery World

Settings are trying to GCSE-proof future staff via bespoke training. Charlotte Goddard investigates

Multi-Agency Working: Part 3 - Big data

Features

Monday, March 21, 2016

| Nursery World

Data systems commonly pose big problems for providers, local authorities and health trusts alike. In the third part of our series on information sharing, Hannah Crown looks at computer-related challenges

Funding - Missing pieces in the 30-hour funding review

Opinion

Monday, March 21, 2016

| Nursery World

The Government’s Review of childcare costs is supposed to set the sector’s mind at rest – but it only muddies the water further, says Neil Leitch, chief executive of the Pre-school Learning Alliance

Nursery Management: Ratios - Keeping it in proportion

Features

Monday, March 21, 2016

| Nursery World

Childcare ratios have been a hot topic since former minister Liz Truss opened this particular Pandora’s Box in 2013. Jo Parkes looks at what we can learn from comparable systems abroad

Nursery Management: Business - Costs cocktail

Features

Monday, March 21, 2016

| Nursery World

How is the impact of the 30 hours, National Living Wage and other increased business costs going to be felt across the sector? Hannah Crown reports

DfE does not possess the data used in childcare costs report

News

Monday, March 21, 2016

| Nursery World

Research commissioned by the Department for Education as part of its review into the cost of expanding free childcare to 30 hours is not held by the DfE, Nursery World can reveal, despite being quoted 50 times in a key report.

Nursery Management: Policy & Politics - Quantity over quality

Features

Monday, March 21, 2016

| Nursery World

Using extracts from his new book on the subject, Damien Fitzgerald argues that the Government’s approach to early years policy has substantially reduced the essential focus on quality

New report calls for action on EYFS children's entitlement to outdoor play

News

Friday, March 18, 2016

| Nursery World

Many early years providers are struggling with inadequate outdoor space, according to a new report.

Budget: Small nurseries taken out of business rates

News

Thursday, March 17, 2016

| Nursery World

Measure in yesterday's Budget set to affect the early years sector include a cut to business rates, a sugar levy and an extension to childcare vouchers.