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'Total' flexibility is the way to go
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Opinion
- Thursday, May 30, 2013 | Nursery World
Nursery manager James Boddey puts his case for charging by the hour as the best approach to making childcare affordable for all
Nurseries and childminders invited to picnic on day of action against Truss reforms
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News
- Wednesday, May 29, 2013 | Nursery World
Early years providers across the UK are being encouraged to hold picnics on International Children's Day on 1 June, to join together to protest against the proposals.
Government funds early years apprenticeships for 1,000 students
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News
- Wednesday, May 29, 2013 | Nursery World
A total of 2m will be available through a new scheme in the run-up to the Early Years Educator qualification.
Play organisations awarded 900,000 to support local projects
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News
- Tuesday, May 28, 2013 | Nursery World
The Free Time Consortium, a collective of local voluntary play organisations, has been awarded a grant of 900,000 to support local play projects.
Union appeals court ruling over employing unqualified teachers
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News
- Tuesday, May 28, 2013 | Nursery World
The Educational Institute of Scotland (EIS) has today lodged an appeal against a court decision last year that dismissed the union's argument that the employment of unqualified teachers in Glasgow nursery schools was unlawful.
Flying Start scheme expands to support 36,000 more disadvantaged children
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News
- Tuesday, May 28, 2013 | Nursery World
The Welsh government is extending its Flying Start scheme with a further 146 projects to help vulnerable families in Wales.
DfE claims ratio plans could slash fees by more than a quarter
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News
- Friday, May 24, 2013 | Nursery World
Proposals to increase staff: child ratios in early years settings could see nurseries increasing their revenue by more than 200,000 a year, according to a DfE analysis.
Truss has visited more French nurseries than UK settings
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News
- Friday, May 24, 2013 | Nursery World
Elizabeth Truss has made more official visits to French nurseries than early years settings and children's centres in England, Nursery World can reveal.
4Children and NCB chosen to deliver strategic support
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News
- Friday, May 24, 2013 | Nursery World
Family charity 4Children and the National Children's Bureau have been chosen as the Department for Education's Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprise (VCSE) strategic partner for the next two years.
Police investigate nursery sexual assault
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News
- Thursday, May 23, 2013 | Nursery World
Five men have been arrested in Worcestershire after a child told their family that they had been sexually abused at a Bright Eyes nursery.
Irish nurseries investigated by police
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News
- Thursday, May 23, 2013 | Nursery World
Three nurseries in Dublin are being investigated by police following reports of the mistreatment of children in their care.
Norland Nursery to close
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News
- Wednesday, May 22, 2013 | Nursery World
Norland College is closing its setting in Bath in August to re-focus its activity on the 'core business' of training students in professional childcare.
Government departments' nurseries under threat of closure
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News
- Wednesday, May 22, 2013 | Nursery World
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) and Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs (HMRC) are conducting a consultation into the impact of closing their workplace nurseries.
More than 100 new free schools to open in 2014
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News
- Wednesday, May 22, 2013 | Nursery World
Education secretary Michael Gove has approved 102 new free schools to open from next September, delivering around 50,000 new school places.
Nursery is 'more beneficial' to children from poorer backgrounds
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News
- Monday, May 20, 2013 | Nursery World
Researchers from Lancaster University Management School found that children from disadvantaged homes who went to nursery improved their Key Stage 2 and Key Stage 3 scores on average by 10-11 per cent more than normal. They also gained half a GCSE more.
Labour MP calls for the House of Commons Nursery to close
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News
- Friday, May 17, 2013 | Nursery World
Roger Godsiff, MP for Birmingham Hall Green, is calling for the House of Commons Nursery to increase its fees or close down.
Cameron says coalition will find 'a way forward' on childcare ratios
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News
- Friday, May 17, 2013 | Nursery World
Early years organisations have welcomed David Cameron's intervention in the on-going row over plans to increase the number of children nurseries and childminders can care for, but urged the Government to take decisive action.
Editor's view - inspection angst
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Opinion
- Friday, May 17, 2013 | Nursery World
An increasing number of nurseries say their inspection 'requires improvement'
Quality care hangs in the balance
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News
- Friday, May 17, 2013 | Nursery World
The staff:child ratio changes ignore the competing demands on staff particularly from children with emotional needs and the new two-year-old intake, says Pat Gordon-Smith.
Star photo: Dizzy Ducks, Ongar
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Other
- Friday, May 17, 2013 | Nursery World
Children from Dizzy Ducks Nursery, Ongar, went on a search to find the Gruffalo in Thorndon Park in Brentwood, Essex.
Ofsted will make it more difficult for failing nurseries to re-register
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News
- Friday, May 17, 2013 | Nursery World
The recent closure by Ofsted of a Birmingham nursery, which re-registered after a serious incident took place at the setting two years previously, highlights once again the loophole that allows settings to 'wipe the slate clean'.
Fireman fun day
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Other
- Friday, May 17, 2013 | Nursery World
Children at the First Friends Day Nursery, in Rubery, Birmingham had a visit from a fireman to teach them about their role in the community.
Wirral nurseries outstanding First
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Other
- Friday, May 17, 2013 | Nursery World
Nursery chain Daisy & Jake Day nursery, has become the first nursery group in the Wirral to achieve Outstanding under the new Ofsted framework.
Charity takeaway
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Other
- Friday, May 17, 2013 | Nursery World
Snapdragons Nursery in Keynsham hosted a charity takeaway night to raise money for Bristol charity Children's Hospice South West.
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