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Prepare for the revised EYFS with Nursery World's online conference

Tuesday, April 27, 2021

| Nursery World

Nursery World's conference 'The revised EYFS: Delivering the best for every child' has a top line-up of early years experts to support you to take stock of the changes coming into force in September and examine your practice.

Labour launches 'big conversation' on early years

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Friday, April 23, 2021

| Nursery World

Labour is launching a programme of early years events, as part of what it is calling ‘a big conversation’ to talk to childcare providers and families.

Staff campaign to save Brighton University nursery

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Thursday, April 22, 2021

| Nursery World

Leading members of staff at One World Nursery in Brighton have launched a campaign to save the university-based nursery from closure.

LEYF launches sustainability qualification to create 'green champions'

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Thursday, April 22, 2021

| Nursery World

To mark World Earth Day, nursery group LEYF has launched an early years qualification on sustainability with awarding body CACHE.

Scotland: lone parents need more support to find jobs, charities warn

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Wednesday, April 21, 2021

| Nursery World

Scotland’s child poverty targets are ‘destined for failure’ unless single parents and carers receive better support to obtain good-quality jobs, charities warn.

Children missing out on adventurous outdoor play – study

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Wednesday, April 21, 2021

| Nursery World

Primary school children in the UK are not engaging in outdoor adventurous play or playing outdoors freely in the same way as their parents’ generation, according to new research around children’s play.

Coronavirus: Education catch-up plan must include early years - analysis

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Tuesday, April 20, 2021

| Nursery World

A three year funding package of £10-15 billion is needed from the Government to meet its education recovery pledge, a report by the Education Policy Institute (EPI) released today has found.

‘Frightening’ statistics on children’s mental health revealed in MPs' cross-party report

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Tuesday, April 20, 2021

| Nursery World

One in every seven primary school-aged children had a diagnosable mental illness in 2020 and 75 per cent of mental illnesses begin before the age of eighteen, research from The All-Party Parliamentary Group on a Fit and Healthy Childhood has revealed.

Nursery group signs up to code for right of staff to wear Black hairstyles

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Tuesday, April 20, 2021

| Nursery World

The Halo Code, which asserts that no Black employee should have to change their natural or protective hairstyle in order to thrive at work, has been adopted by ICP Nurseries.

Children's commissioner launches major survey of children's lives for post-Covid wishlist

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Monday, April 19, 2021

| Nursery World

The biggest ever consultation with children in England is being launched by the children’s commissioner today to investigate post-Covid childhood.

Europe-wide survey aims to measure children's well-being as they grow up

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Monday, April 19, 2021

| Nursery World

Researchers are developing the first ever Europe-wide survey to track the well-being of children as they grow up, providing data to inform policies that directly affect their lives.

Scottish and Welsh elections: Call for improved funding tops the list for early years and childcare manifestos

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Monday, April 19, 2021

| Nursery World

Funding is a key issue in both of the National Day Nurseries Association early education manifestos, ahead of Scottish and Welsh elections in May.

Baseline assessment – busting the ‘myth-busters'

Opinion

Friday, April 16, 2021

| Nursery World

After the disruption of coronavirus to pre-school children's lives, they should not be expected to take the Reception Baseline in September, argues Nancy Stewart

Reception Baseline: Overwhelming majority of parents reject testing children starting school - survey

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Friday, April 16, 2021

| Nursery World

Just 6 per cent of parents think that children should be tested in English and Maths within their first few weeks of school, according to new research, which also revealed that most parents surveyed do not support assessment in Reception.

New editor for Nursery World

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Thursday, April 15, 2021

| Nursery World

Nursery World is to have a new editor later this month as Karen Faux moves from Early Years Educator to take on the role that Liz Roberts leaves after more than two decades.

Scotland: SNP manifesto pledges £500m for next stage of the 'childcare revolution'

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Thursday, April 15, 2021

| Nursery World

Free early years education for all one- and two-year-olds and year-round wraparound childcare for low-income households are part of the SNP’s pledges set out in its election manifesto today (15 April).

Children's laureate calls on PM to invest in school libraries

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Tuesday, April 13, 2021

| Nursery World

Children’s laureate Cressida Cowell is calling on the Prime Minister to invest £100m a year to create and sustain primary school libraries.

Government urged to commit to funding for outdoor play spaces

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Tuesday, April 13, 2021

| Nursery World

The Association of Play Industries (API) has written to the Prime Minister and other ministers urging them to match the funding commitment to children’s play spaces pledged by Scotland’s First Minister.

Nursery groups continue to grow, as lockdown eases

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Monday, April 12, 2021

| Nursery World

Just Childcare, Cresswell Nurseries and Forest House nursery groups have all recently acquired early years settings.

Councils to share £280m for SEND provision and improvements

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Friday, April 9, 2021

| Nursery World

Local authorities in England will receive at least £500,000 this year to support children with special educational needs and disabilities, including those in early years settings, the Department for Education has announced.