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Take Twos - guidance update

Monday, October 20, 2014

| Nursery World

Updated guidance reminds us of the conditions attached to two-year-old funding, while the level of interest from schools is growing, says James Hempsall.

More children doing better at the end of the EYFS

News

Friday, October 17, 2014

| Nursery World

More five-year-olds than ever are reaching a good level of development at the end of Reception, the latest statistics show.

Taking the trouble

Opinion

Friday, October 17, 2014

| Nursery World

The Troubled Families programme needs to work with early years practitioners and organisations, says Maureen Longley of Interface Enterprises

Scottish Labour party reveals plans to cap childcare costs

News

Friday, October 10, 2014

| Nursery World

The Scottish Labour leader has proposed capping childcare costs at 10 per cent of the median income to help families.

Early years settings, schools and colleges will share common inspection framework

News

Thursday, October 9, 2014

| Nursery World

Early years settings will be inspected under a new common inspection framework alongside schools and further education colleges, in plans put out for consultation by Ofsted today.

Welsh nursery provision faces fresh threat

News

Wednesday, October 8, 2014

| Nursery World

Nursery provision in Wales could be hit by cuts to the local Government budget.

Irish early years organisations call for more childcare funding

News

Monday, October 6, 2014

| Nursery World

Early years organisations in Ireland are pressing for greater investment in childcare in the Government’s 2015 Budget.

DfE invites proposals for Reception Baseline Assessments

News

Monday, October 6, 2014

| Nursery World

The Department for Education (DfE) is inviting proposals from organisations to design and deliver Reception Baseline Assessments to schools from September 2015.

A far-reaching vision for the workforce in Wales

Opinion

Monday, October 6, 2014

| Nursery World

Huw Lewis, minister for education and skills, Wales, explains the Welsh Government's plans for the early years

Sector criticises Ofsted move to potential 30-month wait for first inspection

News

Monday, October 6, 2014

| Nursery World

The early years sector has given a mixed reaction to changes to inspections set out by Ofsted early years director Nick Hudson and revealed on Nursery World online.

How one LA is delivering funded places for twos

News

Monday, October 6, 2014

| Nursery World

Now that 40 per cent of two-year-olds are eligible for funded places, we look at how one local authority is delivering and supporting the programme.

Record number of children adopted in the past year

News

Tuesday, September 30, 2014

| Nursery World

The number of children being adopted is at an all time high, with more than 5,000 children placed in stable homes between April 2013 and March 2014.

Tory conference: Freeze on benefits will hit families hardest, warn charities

News

Monday, September 29, 2014

| Nursery World

Children’s charities have raised concerns over the impact the Chancellor's announcement to freeze working age benefits will have on millions of families.

Ofsted brings 'requires improvement' inspections in-house

News

Friday, September 26, 2014

| Nursery World

Ofsted’s own in-house inspectors will take on responsibility for re-inspecting 'requires improvement 'nurseries in place of outside contractors Prospects and Tribal, Nursery World can exclusively reveal.