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Family nurse programme to expand to help more young parents

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.

Sure Start Local Programmes study finds benefits for families

News

Tuesday, November 30, 2010

| Nursery World

Children living in areas with Sure Start Local Programmes (SSLP) are less likely to be overweight and have better physical health than children in other areas, according to new research.

Enabling Environments: Outdoors - Without walls

Features

Tuesday, March 23, 2010

| Nursery World

Early years settings' work with families can take a new dimension when everybody gets outdoors together, says Annie Davy, early years advisor at Learning through Landscapes.

Working Mum - Feeling festive?

Features

Monday, December 1, 2014

| Nursery World

Christmas is a special occasion - but it can come a little too early in some nursery settings, argues Working Mum.

Bags promote better links between nursery and home

News

Tuesday, August 31, 2010

| Nursery World

Resources designed to bridge the gap between nursery and home are helping to support children's communication skills, according to a new evaluation.

Asquith launches combined nanny/nursery service

News

Friday, February 8, 2013

| Nursery World

Asquith Day Nurseries has launched a nanny agency alongside its nursery provision offering affluent parents the benefit of using a nanny alongside nursery care.

Poll highlights concern about 'schoolification' of early years

News

Tuesday, July 9, 2013

| Nursery World

Just a third of childcare workers believe that it is very important that children have basic reading, writing and maths before they start school, new research shows.

Play spaces not accessible to disabled children

News

Monday, August 12, 2013

| Nursery World

Parental concerns and a lack of accessible facilities continue to prevent disabled children from playing inclusively, according to a new survey by the charity Kids.

Nurseries keen to offer places for two-year-olds, but worry about the cost

News

Thursday, April 26, 2012

| Nursery World

Around two-thirds of nurseries want to offer places for disadvantaged two-year-olds, a survey by the National Day Nurseries Association suggests, but many have misgivings about whether the funding would cover their costs.

Campaign to stop childminder deregulation

News

Thursday, May 3, 2012

| Nursery World

In just under a week, 2,000 childminders have signed up to the National Childminding Association's campaign to keep childminders regulated and inspected as individuals under the EYFS.

London providers call on Boris Johnson to tackle capital's childcare funding crisis

News

Friday, May 25, 2012

| Nursery World

Parents in London are struggling to pay childcare fees, a survey by the Daycare Trust has found.

Management round table: implementing a smoking ban

Features

Wednesday, February 22, 2012

| Nursery World

Manager's dilemma:'I would very much like to ban smoking from my nursery but as quite a large percentage of our staff are smokers I am not sure where to start. I understand that it is legal to request that no-one smokes on the premises but I am worried about enforcing this, and the ill-will it might cause.'

Fair funding campaign extended to parents

News

Friday, March 24, 2017

| Nursery World

A campaign calling for fair future funding of early years places has been extended to include parents, with the aim of strengthening the sector's voice.

Government taskforce set up to support children and families

News

Thursday, June 17, 2010

| Nursery World

A new Childhood and Families Taskforce is to develop policies to improve childhood and family life, deputy prime minister Nick Clegg said today.

Allen's early intervention report calls for better-qualified workforce

News

Wednesday, January 19, 2011

| Nursery World

Labour MP Graham Allen has called for an increase in graduate and postgraduate leadership in early years settings, in his Government-commissioned report on early intervention.