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Prime areas not in 'reception baseline' criteria criticised by many

Monday, June 2, 2014

| Nursery World

More details of the new baseline assessment that children will be expected to take at the start of Reception have been set out.

Playing chicken

Other

Monday, June 2, 2014

| Nursery World

Children from Footsteps Nursery in Sutton Coldfield went to visit some local chickens,

Quality and Inequality: It's time to level the playing field

News

Monday, June 2, 2014

| Nursery World

Settings catering to disadvantaged threes and fours offer lower quality, according to new research from the University of Oxford and published by the Nuffield Foundation. Lead author Sandra Mathers explains the findings and implications.

Editor's view - Graduates can make a big difference

Opinion

Monday, June 2, 2014

| Nursery World

What message should we take about the quality gap in deprived areas?

'Mistrust' from prison authorities harms young children

News

Friday, May 30, 2014

| Nursery World

A ‘culture of mistrust towards families and children’ in prisons is harming children’s ability to form attachments with their parents, Barnardo’s has said.

Ofsted takes school and FE inspections in house, but not early years

News

Thursday, May 29, 2014

| Nursery World

Ofsted is to bring school inspections and further education inspections in-house.

Policy Guide: Children and Families Act 2014

Features

Wednesday, May 28, 2014

| Nursery World

A guide to the 241-page Children and Families Act, which became law on 13 March 2014.

Government seeks views on who should run tax-free childcare

News

Wednesday, May 28, 2014

| Nursery World

The Treasury has launched a further five-week consultation on Tax-Free Childcare in the face of a legal challenge from childcare voucher companies.

Graduates close nursery quality gap in disadvantaged areas

News

Wednesday, May 28, 2014

| Nursery World

Employing graduates in PVI nurseries significantly raises quality in disadvantaged areas, according to a new study by Oxford University academics.

Government review reveals red tape faced by sector

News

Tuesday, May 20, 2014

| Nursery World

A Government review of the childcare sector highlights the bureaucracy providers face in meeting regulatory requirements.

Workers need security

Opinion

Monday, May 19, 2014

| Nursery World

Vidhya Alakeson looks behind the headline figures of economic recovery

Owners fight council over living wage proposal

News

Monday, May 19, 2014

| Nursery World

Nursery owners in Birmingham are launching a campaign against council plans to make private, voluntary and independent (PVI) providers pay the living wage to retain early education funding.