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Wednesday, September 6, 2023

| Nursery World

Despite DfE claims that childcare settings will now receive a ‘boost’ in funding rates (as of last week - 1 September), many providers say they are to receive £5 or less per hour for three and four-year-old places.

RAAC: Teaching unions demand an apology for education secretary's 'insulting' remarks

Wednesday, September 6, 2023

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Teaching unions have written to the education secretary demanding an apology for her ‘insulting’ and ‘unacceptable’ remarks that ‘some schools need to get off their backsides’ in the RAAC crisis.

Scotland's first minister announces funded childcare expansion

Tuesday, September 5, 2023

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Scotland is to pilot funded early years education for children from the age of nine months, following in the footsteps of England.

Brett Wigdortz: Landlords should be encouraged to accommodate childminders, but so should local authorities

Monday, September 4, 2023

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An inability to obtain landlord permission is one of the most common reasons trainee childminders leave our registration process, says the chief executive of Tiney childminding agency.

Number of children with speech and language challenges at record high

Monday, September 4, 2023

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At least 1.9 million primary and secondary aged children are now estimated to be behind with speaking and understanding words.

RAAC: Primary academy to move nursery and Reception children to classrooms without 'bubbly' concrete

Monday, September 4, 2023

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A primary academy in Essex, impacted by Reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete (RAAC), has pushed back its term date and will move nursery, Reception, Years 1 and 2 to classrooms without the material.

Tammy Campbell: We need to ensure the extended entitlement doesn't worsen inequalities and disadvangtage

Friday, September 1, 2023

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The director for early years at the Education Policy Institute says that the focus of early education has now shifted from children, to concentrate instead on promoting parental employment, which is problematic.

Nurseries and schools containing 'bubbly form' of concrete told to close by DfE

Friday, September 1, 2023

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Nurseries are among the 104 educational settings in England that have been told by the DfE to shut buildings made with a certain type of concrete until safety measures are introduced.

Children's minister Claire Coutinho promoted to energy secretary

Thursday, August 31, 2023

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The children’s minister Claire Coutinho has been promoted to the role of energy secretary in the Prime Minister’s mini reshuffle.

David Johnston confirmed as new children's minister

Thursday, August 31, 2023

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David Johnston has been confirmed as the new children’s minister by the Department for Education, replacing Claire Coutinho.

An 'unsafe sleep environment' behind death of child at Stockport nursery, says pathologist

Wednesday, August 30, 2023

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A nine-month-old who tragically died at nursery passed away due to an ‘unsafe sleep environment’, a coroner heard at the opening of an inquest into her death.

Health & Wellbeing: Tuning in to what makes children happy

Wednesday, August 30, 2023

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Following a report on the mental health, wellbeing and happiness of three- to five-year-olds that asked children about their emotions, Annette Rawstrone looks at the findings and asks what early years practitioners can learn from them

Management Queries: How can we best manage young students on work placements?

Wednesday, August 30, 2023

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What should a setting manager do if a school pupil on a placement doesn’t engage in the work and is rude to staff? By Gabriella Jozwiak

Parents and childcare settings warned to keep waterbeads away from young children

Wednesday, August 30, 2023

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Parents and early years settings are being warned to keep water beads out of sight and reach of young children as their pose a ‘serious’ choking risk and can cause intestinal blockages.

Editor's view: Why a new Coalition means business

Wednesday, August 30, 2023

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The newly formed Early Education and Childcare Coalition has the potential to make the sector heard with a united voice

The plants in my street: Oak trees

Wednesday, August 30, 2023

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Oak can support more than 2,000 species, is great for climbing – and has acorns. By Julie Mountain

Market View: The positives of private equity investment

Wednesday, August 30, 2023

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Arun Kanwar, managing partner at Cairneagle, explains that private equity investment is to be welcomed, not feared

Interview: Meet Gill Jones, Busy Bees' new chief quality officer

Wednesday, August 30, 2023

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Gill Jones, chief quality officer at Busy Bees nursery group. Formerly Ofsted’s deputy director for schools and early education, Jones now works for the largest childcare provider in the UK after leaving the inspectorate last October.

Julia Manning–Morton, Veronica Deutsch and Rosa Schling remember a nursery workers strike in 1984