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Council pays out Sure Start capital funding

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  • Tuesday, December 21, 2010
  • | Nursery World
An Essex nursery that looked set to lose out on 1.2m from the Early Years Capital Grant has been told that the local authority will honour its contract and provide the funding.

Early years is ‘an invisible workforce’ - report

    News
  • Tuesday, July 5, 2022
  • | Nursery World
More than nine in ten workers in the early years sector feel they are not respected by Government and policymakers, while seven in ten feel a lack of respect from the public, according to a survey from early childhood platform Famly.

Exclusive: The Minister's View - New goals are set out

    News
  • Monday, July 11, 2011
  • | Nursery World
The first five years, the foundation years, are absolutely critical. We know experiences in these earliest years have the biggest impact on how a child's brain develops. It's when children grasp the fundamental skills they need to do well at school and develop as happy, resilient and confident children.

15 hours... opening from 7am to 7pm

    Features
  • Monday, August 8, 2011
  • | Nursery World
Supporting Families in the Foundation Years sets out proposals for parents to access their free entitlement at the earlier time of 7am, or later at 7pm. James Hempsall outlines how one nursery is already meeting the challenge of these extended hours.

To the Point - Who speaks for centres?

    Features
  • Tuesday, February 15, 2011
  • | Nursery World
Will the storm clouds of protest gather over the closure of children's centres, as more local authorities announce cuts? So far, demonstrations have been isolated affairs, bringing out anxious and angry parents to defend individual centres threatened with closure or deep budget cuts.

Early years nutritional guidelines welcomed

    News
  • Friday, January 20, 2012
  • | Nursery World
Child health experts have welcomed the first-ever nutritional guidelines for early years settings in England, while taking issue with the fact that they are not mandatory.

Majority of nurseries may not offer 30-hour childcare

    News
  • Wednesday, February 17, 2016
  • | Nursery World
The Government’s plans to double free childcare for parents of three- and four-year-olds could come to a grinding halt as fewer than half of the country’s nurseries say they are likely to offer the places.

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