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Handwashing row threatens running of outdoor nursery

Friday, August 27, 2010

| Nursery World

Scotland's first outdoor nursery has come under fire after Care Commission inspectors deemed its handwashing practices to be against health and safety recommendations.

EYFS REVIEW: second consultation on early learning goals

News

Tuesday, December 20, 2011

| Nursery World

The early learning goals for literacy and mathematics in the EYFS have been amended, in light of the response from the early years sector to the revised framework.

Nursery Food: Healthy puddings - Virtuous desserts

Features

Monday, October 19, 2015

| Nursery World

Afters remain a staple of the nursery menu, but how can you ensure they offer nutritional value? Here, nurseries suggest recipes that swap sugar for more healthy alternatives without compromising on taste.

Integrated Working: Hand in hand

Features

Monday, July 14, 2014

| Nursery World

New initiatives are bringing together expertise from the health service, early years sector and care in an effort to improve provision for children. Katy Morton investigates.

Gender gap crisis 'fails generation of boys', charity claims

News

Monday, July 18, 2016

| Nursery World

A ‘gender gap crisis’ is seriously damaging prospects for boys in this country, according to a children’s charity.

Do nursery children worry about what they look like?

News

Tuesday, July 26, 2016

| Nursery World

Childcare and early education professionals are being asked to complete a body image survey to discover how soon children can develop anxiety about their appearance.

Views sought ahead of SEN Green Paper

News

Tuesday, September 14, 2010

| Nursery World

Children's minister Sarah Teather has asked early years practitioners, parents, teachers and local authorities to offer their ideas for how to make the education system easier for children with special educational needs and their families.

Family nurse programme to expand to help more young parents

News

Tuesday, November 2, 2010

| Nursery World

The Family Nurse Partnership (FNP) programme pilots will be extended to 12,000 families by 2015, health secretary Andrew Lansley said last week.

Nursery World Awards 2013 - the shortlists revealed

News

Thursday, July 4, 2013

| Nursery World

The waiting is over - it's time to unveil the shortlists for each category in the Nursery World Awards 2013

Most parents expect nurseries to be experts in child nutrition

News

Wednesday, October 24, 2018

| Nursery World

Parents expect their child’s nursery to be up to date on the latest nutritional advice for young children, and rate this as more important than other facilities.

Association for play calls for urgent investment in playgrounds

News

Monday, August 5, 2019

| Nursery World

A new campaign is calling for ‘urgent and sustained’ investment in public play provision to get children spending more time outside.

Coronavirus: Plea for nurseries and schools to limit places as settings close

News

Monday, March 23, 2020

| Nursery World

Early years settings and schools have closed today and are only open for the families of key workers and vulnerable children.

New early years guidance for settings planning for wider opening

News

Tuesday, May 26, 2020

| Nursery World

Childcare providers have been told by the Government to ‘use their professional judgement’ and ‘follow alternative approaches’ if they choose as they plan to reopen to all children, in new guidance for early years settings.

Ofsted chief highlights ‘Covid pressure cooker’ on vulnerable families

News

Friday, November 6, 2020

| Nursery World

Chief inspector Amanda Spielman has issued a stark warning about the risks to vulnerable babies during Covid-19.

Coronavirus: MPs to debate petition calling for vaccinations for early years workers and teachers

News

Thursday, January 7, 2021

| Nursery World

Prioritising Covid-19 vaccinations for childcare staff and teachers will be debated in Parliament on Monday (11 January), following a petition which has so far received more than 342,000 signatures.

Charity launches free parenting app with personalised daily content for fathers

News

Thursday, December 2, 2021

| Nursery World

Dads can now receive bespoke, daily information on all aspects of fatherhood, thanks to a new app developed by charity Best Beginnings.

Free school meals policy impacting upon Pupil Premium funding

News

Wednesday, January 24, 2018

| Nursery World

While take-up of school meals has nearly doubled under the universal infant free school meal (UIFSM) policy, its introduction has affected schools’ pupil premium funding.

Editor's View - Future of school sport remains uncertain

Opinion

Friday, August 17, 2012

| Nursery World

The euphoria occasioned by the golden performances of the Team GB Olympic athletes is starting to subside a little, hastened by news that the Government is making it easier for schools to sell off playing fields.

Children missing out on free nursery and school milk

News

Wednesday, September 27, 2023

| Nursery World

Children are missing out on free milk as many early years settings and schools stopped claiming for the subsidy during the Covid pandemic, reveals new research.

Post-Covid children's mental health services face rocketing rise in demand

News

Saturday, July 30, 2022

| Nursery World

Children’s mental health services are ‘buckling under pressure’ in the wake of the pandemic, says Anne Longfield’s Commission on Young Lives, which calls on the two Conservative leadership candidates to pledge a £1 billion recovery package.