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Government strengthens Childhood Obesity Plan

News

Sunday, June 24, 2018

| Nursery World

The Government has reformed its Childhood Obesity Plan to include tighter controls on junk food marketing.

New Early Learning Goals released, as autumn pilot confirmed

News

Friday, June 22, 2018

| Nursery World

Twenty-five schools in England will take part in a pilot of the revised Early Learning goals for the end of the Reception Year.

Nursery school expands with outdoor provision

News

Friday, June 22, 2018

| Nursery World

A maintained nursery school has opened an outdoor nursery and forest school, believed to be the first in East Yorkshire.

Nursery group adds seventh setting

News

Friday, June 22, 2018

| Nursery World

Storal Learning, which has nurseries in Hampshire, Kent, Dorset and Cheshire, has acquired the Rocking Horse Day Nursery in Greater Manchester.

Ship without a rudder

Opinion

Friday, June 22, 2018

| Nursery World

The Government is ignoring the plight of the populace, which urgently needs a strategy to help it, says Michael Pettavel

Labour pledges to scrap Tax-Free Childcare

News

Friday, June 22, 2018

| Nursery World

Labour would abolish tax-free childcare if it come to power, the shadow childcare minister said today.

From our archives: on the letters page

Features

Friday, June 22, 2018

| Nursery World

Correspondence from early editions of Nursery World shines a light on the evolution of attitudes about childcare in society.

Universal Credit families denied help with 'sky high' upfront childcare fees

News

Thursday, June 21, 2018

| Nursery World

Childcare debt is set to soar under Universal Credit as claimant families are denied help to afford upfront nursery fees, a charity has warned.

Researchers to study effect of indoor air pollution on children

News

Thursday, June 21, 2018

| Nursery World

The adverse effects of indoor air pollution on children in the UK are to be investigated for the first time.

Foster carers eligible for 30 hours from next term

News

Thursday, June 21, 2018

| Nursery World

Foster carers will be able to access the 30 hours for the children in their care from September, the DfE has announced.

DfE rebuffs MPs' call for rise to 30-hour funding

News

Wednesday, June 20, 2018

| Nursery World

The DfE has dismissed concerns raised by the Treasury Committee that funding for the 30 hours does not reflect nurseries’ costs.

Closures rise, as nurseries struggle with funding and admin

News

Wednesday, June 20, 2018

| Nursery World

Paying staff wages, dealing with more administration, and making a surplus are the top three challenges nurseries face, nearly a year after the introduction of the 30 hours.

Childminders in Wales win funding for related children

News

Tuesday, June 19, 2018

| Nursery World

Registered childminders in Wales will be able to provide funded places for related children that do not live with them from September.

Call for junk food ads to be banned from on-demand services

News

Tuesday, June 19, 2018

| Nursery World

Health campaigners want junk food advertising restricted on TV, as well as on-demand services, to protect young children from obesity.

Yorkshire group expands

News

Tuesday, June 19, 2018

| Nursery World

Shine Childcare has acquired its a fourth nursery.

Thousands call for halt to early learning goals review

News

Tuesday, June 19, 2018

| Nursery World

A petition calling for the review of the early learning goals to be put on hold has received over 5,000 signatures.

Early years T-Level 'will give licence to practice'

News

Monday, June 18, 2018

| Nursery World

The DfE has confirmed that the early years T-Level will provide students with a licence to practice upon completion.

Supporting the mental health of early years staff

Opinion

Monday, June 18, 2018

| Nursery World

Sarah Fillingham shares her nursery group's approach to mental health and well-being

Call for children's eye tests to improve literacy

News

Friday, June 15, 2018

| Nursery World

New guidance on improving children's communication, language and literacy before school, advises early years settings to make sure children receive eye tests.

Damning report highlights major problems with universal credit

News

Friday, June 15, 2018

| Nursery World

The government spending watchdog warns universal credit is pushing claimants into rent arrears, and urges ministers to fix the system before rolling it out nationally.

Nurseries renew call to scrap business rates for childcare providers

News

Thursday, June 14, 2018

| Nursery World

Nurseries are urging other owners and parents to get behind a new petition to scrap business rates for day nurseries, with the hope of getting the issue debated in Parliament.

IfA extends early years T-Level consultation again

News

Thursday, June 14, 2018

| Nursery World

The deadline for the consultation on the Education and Childcare T-level has been extended again until the end of the month.

Nursery takes on group of three settings

News

Wednesday, June 13, 2018

| Nursery World

Cranbrook Day Nurseries, has acquired Elan Nurseries, a group of three settings in West Sussex.

Use Eastenders to teach good parenting, professor tells MPs

News

Wednesday, June 13, 2018

| Nursery World

Professor Edward Melhuish has suggested that good parenting behaviours could be demonstrated by Eastenders characters to teach families how to parent well.