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Tax credit cut to hit parents' use of childcare

    News
  • Tuesday, March 22, 2011
    • | Nursery World
More than two-thirds of working parents will have to make changes to their childcare arrangements or their working hours, as a result of cuts to the childcare element of Working Tax Credit, new research suggests.

Share your thoughts with Ofsted

    News
  • Tuesday, March 15, 2011
    • | Nursery World
Ofsted has published a survey for early years providers to find out their views on how it shares good practice with them.

In My View - Once in a lullaby

    Features
  • Tuesday, March 15, 2011
    • | Nursery World
There is something truly wonderful about the fact that children and carers today still love to sing 'Baa Baa Black Sheep'. The first written version of this song appeared in a book of nursery rhymes back in 1744. That makes it a very old sheep indeed. In a world where huge technological changes are occurring on an almost daily basis, it's comforting to know that some things last.

To the point - Let's report ourselves

    Features
  • Tuesday, March 8, 2011
    • | Nursery World
The axes are beginning to fall and slowly the extent of the cuts to services for children are being made known across the country. We are finally beginning to get a sense of what importance this Government places on early years, and perhaps we are beginning to realise the extent of our own foolishness in not being better prepared to strengthen the argument for high quality early years care and education.

Cuts of 50 per child made to children's centres

    News
  • Tuesday, March 8, 2011
    • | Nursery World
Sure Start and childcare funding is being cut by an average of 50 per child over the next financial year, according to new research, with some of the poorest areas of the country facing the biggest cuts.

In my view - Centres work on work

    Features
  • Tuesday, March 8, 2011
    • | Nursery World
Parents on benefits have to be actively seeking work when their children turn seven; next year it goes down to five. I run a programme that helps parents find work, and many say they are not ready for employment at this point. Some believe their children are too young; most, however, are not confident in their abilities, their skills or their chances of finding a job in the current labour market.

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