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Weekend opening hours for Essex nursery

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Thursday, March 1, 2012

| Nursery World

A Chingford nursery is to open on a Saturday to help parents who work shifts and weekends.

Lottery to invest 165m in early years projects

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Thursday, November 1, 2012

| Nursery World

Up to 10,000 babies and children under three will be offered support through a range of early intervention projects funded by 165m in lottery funding.

Nick Clegg to unveil new system of flexible parental leave

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Monday, November 12, 2012

| Nursery World

Mothers and fathers will be able to share paid leave and pay at any time during the first year after a child is born, Nick Clegg is expected to announce today.

Grandparent carers offer some developmental benefits before nursery

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Monday, April 2, 2012

| Nursery World

Children cared for by grandparents have better vocabulary but are less ready for school than those who are placed in formal childcare, according to a new study.

15 hours...fitting with family routines

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Tuesday, May 24, 2011

| Nursery World

The Early Years Foundation Stage identifies that when parents and practitioners work together it has positive impacts on children's development and learning.

Make free childcare universal, says UK business organisation

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Thursday, November 17, 2016

| Nursery World

The British Chambers of Commerce (BCC), which represents 92,000 businesses, wants a universal childcare entitlement up until school entry to help firms retain staff and working parents to progress.

Pen Green goes into battle over children's centre cuts

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Tuesday, March 22, 2011

| Nursery World

The renowned Pen Green Centre for Children and Families has launched a nationwide campaign to save children's centres, after winning a temporary reprieve from funding cuts that would have seen the setting lose 1m over the next three years.

'Thousands of children' in Scotland unable to take up their free place

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Friday, May 29, 2015

| Nursery World

Parents in Scotland have delivered a survey to the First Minister claiming that thousands of children are missing out on their free nursery place.

Nurseries on standby to offer emergency childcare during teachers' strike

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Wednesday, June 29, 2011

| Nursery World

Early years settings across the county are stepping in to offer emergency care for school children during Thursday's teachers' strike.

Parents experience lack of support for premature children

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Thursday, June 29, 2017

| Nursery World

New research suggest that early years settings, schools and healthcare providers need to work harder to support the ongoing needs of children who are born prematurely.

Hundreds of Sure Start children's centres under threat, childcare organisations warn

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Friday, January 28, 2011

| Nursery World

Around 250 children's centres are at risk of closing this year and up to a thousand have warned staff that they are at risk of redundancy, new research has found.

Children's centres and libraries join forces for mutual benefit and survival

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Monday, August 22, 2011

| Nursery World

Library services should be integrated within community facilities such as children's centres to ensure their survival, a new report recommends.

Mothers consider children's centres a lifeline, poll reveals

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Tuesday, February 15, 2011

| Nursery World

More than half of all mothers would find it harder to meet other local families if their children's centre was closed or access was limited, according to a survey.

Manchester's children's centres to stay open, but council daycare to go

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Monday, February 6, 2012

| Nursery World

Manchester city council has confirmed that it will keep all its 39 children's centres open but will phase out daycare in centres.

Ofsted grades should not be only way of measuring quality

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Tuesday, March 20, 2012

| Nursery World

Ofsted grades should not be used on their own by local authorities or parents when assessing the quality of childcare an early years setting provides.

Parents pay 6,000 a year for a nursery place in the capital

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Monday, July 2, 2012

| Nursery World

Parents in London pay more for childcare and are less able to rely on the support of grandparents than families in other parts of the country, according to research by the Daycare Trust.

QuILT: Covering every aspect of quality

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Monday, July 9, 2012

| Nursery World

Judith Twani, independent early years consultant, trainer and early education improvement officer for Thurrock Council, explains how a modular quality assurance and improvement scheme is proving both versatile and enduring for a range of settings

Montessori pulls out of offering Government-funded parenting classes

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Friday, March 22, 2013

| Nursery World

Montessori St Nicholas has withdrawn from running free parenting classes a year early, frustrated by bureaucracy and low take-up.

More outstanding children's centres found in deprived areas

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Tuesday, November 22, 2011

| Nursery World

Eight in ten Sure Start children's centres in the most deprived areas of the country are outstanding or good, the latest statistics for Ofsted inspections show.

Disabled children and their families 'excluded'

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Friday, December 2, 2011

| Nursery World

Many disabled children fail to reach their full potential because they are marginalised in schools, health and social care, according to new research.