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Nurseries conflicted over test and trace responsibilities over Christmas holidays

Tuesday, December 15, 2020

| Nursery World

The requirement for early years leaders to be available to help with contact tracing during the Christmas holidays has been met with dismay by some in the sector.

Early language learning linked to academic ability in primary school

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Tuesday, December 15, 2020

| Nursery World

Children who spend more time discussing letters and sounds with their parents are better at reading and mathematics when they start school, a new report by Liverpool John Moores University (LJMU) reveals.

Learn about the science of brain development

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Monday, December 14, 2020

| Nursery World

A free, online course about how babies’ brains develop has been launched by the University of Oxford.

Coronavirus: Low-income families at ‘breaking point’

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Monday, December 14, 2020

| Nursery World

Families on low incomes are struggling to cover the basic cost of food, utility bills and rent – and the situation is ‘rapidly deteriorating’, a new report highlights.

UK nursery market 'slower to recover' from pandemic than other EU countries

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Sunday, December 13, 2020

| Nursery World

Countries whose governments subsidise a higher proportion of childcare than the UK are doing better boosting occupancy to pre-lockdown occupancy levels, a panel of experts heard this week.

Scotland to offer free childcare for children who defer school

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Thursday, December 10, 2020

| Nursery World

Funded childcare will be provided for all parents who delay their children’s start to primary school, the Scottish Government has announced.

Graduates 'make a long lasting difference to outcomes'

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Thursday, December 10, 2020

| Nursery World

Settings which employ a graduate are linked with improved outcomes for children which last up to the end of primary school, new analysis suggests.

Free webinar to support nursery businesses available

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Wednesday, December 9, 2020

| Nursery World

A free webinar for early years providers to support business decisions throughout next year is being funded by the Department for Education (DfE).

Coronavirus: Children's minister sets out £4.4m fund to support children impacted by pandemic

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Wednesday, December 9, 2020

| Nursery World

All those who have worked with children and young people throughout the pandemic are ‘amazing’ said children’s minister Vicky Ford as she outlined a multi-million pound package of support aimed at reaching ‘hidden’ children.

Childcare Level 3 qualifications to be free from April

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Wednesday, December 9, 2020

| Nursery World

Childcare Level 3 qualifications are among 400 fully-funded courses for adults that the Government is making available for free from April 2021.

Out-of-school sector threatened with collapse

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Wednesday, December 9, 2020

| Nursery World

A ‘worryingly high’ proportion of out-of-school providers are operating at a loss – and more than half of them expect to be closed within a year, a survey by the Out of School Alliance (OOSA) reveals.

Ofsted: More details on early years assurance inspections set out

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Tuesday, December 8, 2020

| Nursery World

New guidance on the programme of ‘assurance’ inspections for early years providers, starting in January 2021 has been published by Ofsted.

Sector questions minister’s claims on extra £44m and national living wage

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Tuesday, December 8, 2020

| Nursery World

Sector organisations and nurseries are calling on the Department for Education to provide evidence to back up claims made by children and families minister Vicky Ford that the promised extra £44m will cover the national living wage rise.

Scotland’s childcare expansion programme: new data published

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Tuesday, December 8, 2020

| Nursery World

Initial findings on the impact of 600 hours of funded provision for three-year-olds in Scotland show that an increase in hours ‘may help close the gap’ in outcomes.

Scottish nurseries win relief from business rates until 2023

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Monday, December 7, 2020

| Nursery World

Nurseries in Scotland will be exempt from paying business rates until 2023, Scottish Government has said.

Extra £44m funding will cover living wage rise, minister says in early years debate

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Monday, December 7, 2020

| Nursery World

Funding increases for nurseries will cover national living wage increases next year, children and families minister Vicky Ford told MPs in a debate on the future of nurseries and early years last week.

Diversity in the early years workforce: new data but more is needed

Opinion

Friday, December 4, 2020

| Nursery World

Diversity in the early years is not just about a shortage of men in the workforce, says Beatrice Merrick - we need to look at whether all communities are represented too

Exclusive: Ofsted to explore why nursery groups fare better in inspections

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Thursday, December 3, 2020

| Nursery World

Ofsted is to explore why settings that are part of larger nursery groups are more likely to be graded 'Outstanding', Nursery World can reveal.

One million children living in poverty ineligible for free school meals

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Thursday, December 3, 2020

| Nursery World

Over a million children in the UK who live below the poverty line are not eligible for free school meals, new analysis from the Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) has found.

Ofsted plans 'phased return' to inspections in summer 2021

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Thursday, December 3, 2020

| Nursery World

Inspections in nurseries, schools and further education providers will be phased in from the summer term next year, Ofsted announced today.

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