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EYFS best practice: All about… Down’s syndrome

Tuesday, March 1, 2022

| Nursery World

As children and families don bright socks to raise awareness of World Down Syndrome Day, the Government is introducing legislation to improve the lives of people with the condition. Nicole Weinstein asks what support is available and what the future holds

Change to Covid rules on testing and isolation provokes mixed response among nurseries and childminders

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Tuesday, February 22, 2022

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Early years settings have questioned the Government’s decision to scrap twice-weekly testing in early years settings and have raised concerns about plans to end self-isolation for positive Covid cases.

Nurseries and childminders will no longer need to report Covid cases to Ofsted

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Monday, February 21, 2022

| Nursery World

Early years settings will no longer be required to report incidences of confirmed Covid-19 cases to Ofsted.

Early years forgotten again

Opinion

Friday, February 18, 2022

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Where was the early years sector in the Government's White Paper on 'Levelling-Up'? Experts question the Government's decision to overlook the sector.

TUC calls for 'urgent cash boost' to help childcare sector recover from the pandemic

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Wednesday, February 16, 2022

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The trade union is calling for an ‘urgent’ cash boost to the childcare sector and an immediate increase in the minimum wage.

Calls for early years pupil premium to match primary schools' rate

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Thursday, February 10, 2022

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A charity is calling for the Government to ‘align’ the early years pupil premium rate with the amount primary schools receive.

Access to play spaces 'unfair' and 'unequal', finds new research

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Wednesday, February 9, 2022

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Research from the Association of Play Industries (API) reveals a ‘postcode lottery’ of free-to-access play provision, with some areas well-served and others ‘seriously deprived’ of community play facilities.

Millions of low-income families to 'face a crunch point' with bills rise in April

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Monday, February 7, 2022

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Millions of low-income workers face a ‘perfect storm’ this April with universal credit falling behind the cost of living as energy bills and taxes rise, warns a national trade union.

Covid cases in nurseries hit new reported high

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Monday, February 7, 2022

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The number of early years settings with Covid cases jumped from 2,933 at the beginning of last month to 4,752 on 17 January, according to the latest data.

'No real support' for early years in Government's levelling up white paper

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Tuesday, February 1, 2022

| Nursery World

Early years organisations, charities and teaching unions have criticised the Government’s new package of measures to transform education for disadvantaged children.

Coronavirus: Early years staff absences fall while cases in children grow

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Monday, January 31, 2022

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While the number of nursery staff off with Covid has largely fallen, the percentage of children with the virus has increased, new data suggests.

Scottish nursery milk scheme ruled to be 'unlawful'

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Monday, January 31, 2022

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A scheme to provide free milk to children attending early years settings in Scotland has been declared ‘unlawful’ and ‘irrational’ by a judge in a landmark ruling against the Scottish government.

Sector accuses Government of misleading it over early years funding

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Thursday, January 27, 2022

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Early years sector organisations have reacted with alarm to more details of funding for the next three financial years, which confirms that the extra money announced for early years entitlements in the autumn budget is £320m less than was stated at the time.

The greatest threat to nurseries is Government underfunding, not 'risky, financial operating models'

Opinion

Thursday, January 27, 2022

| Nursery World

Responding to a UCL report that suggests the nursery sector is at risk of collapse due to private nursery groups' high levels of debt, Courteney Donaldson of Christie & Co says 'chronic' Government underfunding is often the reason for financial losses and setting closures.

Is financialisation putting childcare provision in England at risk?

Opinion

Thursday, January 27, 2022

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Antonia Simon, associate professor at UCL Social Research Institute, warns that the nursery sector is at risk of following in the footsteps of adult social care with a 'spectacular collapse' due to the high levels of debt at many large private childcare operators which are buying nurseries.