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Nurseries in poor areas facing closure

Tuesday, June 11, 2019

| Nursery World

Childcare providers in deprived areas are twice as likely to close as those in the most affluent areas, according to new research, which also finds that the early years funding shortfall has risen by £50m in a year.

Report reveals benefits of Sure Start

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Monday, June 10, 2019

| Nursery World

After Sure Start Children’s Centres were found to significantly reduce hospitalisations for children in poorer areas and save the NHS millions of pounds, the research authors share their findings.

Survey to look at how nurseries routinely feed and clothe children

News

Friday, June 7, 2019

| Nursery World

Early Education is undertaking research which it hopes will shine a light on the day-to-day impact of poverty on the work of early years settings, informing local and national policy.

DfE launches campaign to raise awareness of 30 hours among low-income families

News

Wednesday, June 5, 2019

| Nursery World

The Department for Education has released new resources aimed at encouraging less well-off parents to use 30-hour childcare.

Sure Start cut hospital visits for children in deprived areas

News

Tuesday, June 4, 2019

| Nursery World

Sure Start children’s centres significantly reduced hospitalisations for children in poorer neighbourhoods and saved the NHS millions of pounds, new research has found.

Nationwide protest to highlight SEND crisis

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Thursday, May 30, 2019

| Nursery World

Parents, disabled children, young people and professionals will take to the streets in 26 locations across the country today to declare a national funding crisis in special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) provision.

Healthy schools rating scheme to go live

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Monday, May 27, 2019

| Nursery World

The long-awaited ‘healthy schools rating scheme’ for primary schools is to launch this year, the Department for Education has confirmed.

Our nursery schools are on the brink

Opinion

Friday, May 24, 2019

| Nursery World

Europe sees our nursery schools as the best, but underfunding means that they are in danger, says Jack Dromey, MP for Birmingham Erdington.

Sector unites ahead of Government consultation on EYFS

News

Friday, May 24, 2019

| Nursery World

A new early years coalition has launched a survey for practitioners and leaders, amid widespread concern about the Government’s planned changes for the Early Years Foundation Stage.

Government accused of refusing to acknowledge extent of UK poverty

News

Wednesday, May 22, 2019

| Nursery World

The Government is being urged to reverse the benefits freeze and two-child limit in a new report, which suggests ministers are in denial about the proliferation of extreme poverty in the UK.

Damning report accuses Government of failing to ensure families' right to food

News

Monday, May 20, 2019

| Nursery World

The Government is breaching its human rights duty to ensure adequate food for families, a new report warns.

NDNA launches its workforce surveys for Scotland and Wales

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Friday, May 17, 2019

| Nursery World

Nurseries in Scotland and Wales are being urged to take part in the NDNA’s latest workforce surveys.

Ofsted inspection framework: sector response

News

Wednesday, May 15, 2019

| Nursery World

The early years sector has cautiously welcomed Ofsted’s new inspection framework, with its focus on education and aims to cut down on paperwork and data, but teaching unions have been more critical.

Ofsted: new education inspection framework to go ahead in September

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Tuesday, May 14, 2019

| Nursery World

Ofsted has confirmed that it is pressing ahead with changes to the way it inspects early years providers, schools and colleges, after receiving strong support from three-quarters of consultation respondents for re-focusing inspection on the substance of education.