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Children invited to take part in Ofsted's Big Listen

News

Thursday, March 21, 2024

| Nursery World

Ofsted has extended its ‘Big Listen’ consultation to children.

Childcare Survey suggests time is running out to find enough places for expanded offer

News

Tuesday, March 19, 2024

| Nursery World

With two weeks until the roll out of the 15 hours for two-year-olds, new survey findings show a continued decline in the availability of childcare as costs rise by 7 per cent.

Dawn Newman: Careers and the rise of an online community

Opinion

Monday, March 18, 2024

| Nursery World

When CACHE Alumni launched in late 2017, the online service aimed to provide early years practitioners with a place to come together online. Seven years later, it now boasts 25,000 members, says its Alumni communities manager.

New DfE consultation on recruiting and retaining childminders

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Friday, March 15, 2024

| Nursery World

The Department for Education (DfE) has today launched a new consultation to consider ways in which childminders can be supported to join or continue in the profession.

Parents of nine-month-olds can apply for funded places from May under 'largest ever childcare expansion'

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Friday, March 15, 2024

| Nursery World

Parents of nine-month-olds can apply for their funded place in May ahead of the September rollout, the Government has announced today as it launches a consultation into ways to recruit more childminders.

Early Education launches events to address gaps in professional development when working with birth to threes

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Thursday, March 14, 2024

| Nursery World

These series of events will highlight the importance of quality – rather than quantity – of provision for the new entitlements for children from nine months to two years.

Government told it's time to 'unlock the trauma trap' of Adverse Childhood Experiences

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Wednesday, March 13, 2024

| Nursery World

Cross party MPs have called on the Government to ‘unlock the trauma trap’ of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and free children with a population-wide public health strategy.

Ashbourne Day Nurseries buys Harp Nurseries

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Tuesday, March 12, 2024

| Nursery World

Ashbourne Day Nurseries has acquired Harp Nurseries, bringing its total number of settings to 41.

Froebel Partnership launches pilot phase of new CPD package

News

Tuesday, March 12, 2024

| Nursery World

A new professional development programme designed to support practitioners to reflect more deeply on their practice has been launched by the Froebel Partnership.

Organisations 'profiting from inspection preparation' accused of creating 'significant fear' around Ofsted

News

Monday, March 11, 2024

| Nursery World

Ofsted has accused organisations and individuals profiting from inspection preparation of creating ‘significant fear’ of the inspectorate.

Matt Buttery: How Government can go further to support families post-Budget

Opinion

Friday, March 8, 2024

| Nursery World

The chief executive of Triple P UK and Ireland and honorary associate professor at the University of Warwick responds to the Chancellor's Budget and the measures still needed to help families.

Ofsted invites the sector to take part in its Big Listen consultation

News

Friday, March 8, 2024

| Nursery World

Ofsted’s Big Listen, which seeks the views of the education and social care sectors, along with parents, on the inspectorate’s work, has opened today (Friday 8 March).

Scotland's first minister commits an extra £16 million to boost the pay of early years staff

News

Friday, March 8, 2024

| Nursery World

The First Minister has announced £16 million of additional investment to boost the pay of early years staff in Scotland.

Seven in 10 dads forced to cut their paternity leave short

News

Friday, March 8, 2024

| Nursery World

Just over 70 per cent of dads have had to cut their paternity leave short as they couldn’t afford to stay off work that long, finds new research.

TV presenter Rachel Riley named as the ambassador for new early years reading initiative

News

Thursday, March 7, 2024

| Nursery World

Television presenter Rachel Riley has been announced as the first ever ambassador for Oscar’s Book Club, a new initiative to inspire early years reading.

Wrexham Football Club create bilingual Welsh children's book

News

Thursday, March 7, 2024

| Nursery World

A bilingual Welsh language children’s book has been published this World Book Day (7 March).

Dr Gina Gómez de la Cuesta: How LEGO® play can develop children’s skills to make them ‘school ready’

Opinion

Wednesday, March 6, 2024

| Nursery World

LEGO® bricks are loved by many children, and building LEGO or DUPLO models is a powerful tool to develop social skills such as turn-taking – especially with coaching from a trained adult, says the clinical psychologist.

Budget 2024: Chancellor confirms 'guaranteed' rates for 'landmark' childcare expansion

News

Wednesday, March 6, 2024

| Nursery World

The Chancellor has delivered his spring Budget today confirming there will be an extra £500m for providers over two years to support providers with workforce costs.

Budget 2024: Early years sector cautiously welcomes Chancellor's plans for funding rates to rise in line with costs

News

Wednesday, March 6, 2024

| Nursery World

Early years sector organisations have given a cautious welcome to the Chancellor’s confirmation that he would ‘guarantee rates’ for providers to deliver the expanded childcare offer, but say the 'devil is in the detail'.

'Pandemic babies' found to have fewer allergies and infections

News

Tuesday, March 5, 2024

| Nursery World

Babies born during the Covid-19 pandemic have experienced lower rates of infection and fewer allergies, reveals new research.

More than eight in 10 single parents on universal credit unable to meet new work requirements

News

Tuesday, March 5, 2024

| Nursery World

Over 80 per cent of single parents claiming universal credit say they are unable to meet the 30-hour work requirements introduced last October for ‘lead carers’ of three-to-12-year-olds.

Labour says Chancellor's plans to expand childcare are 'in absolute tatters'

News

Monday, March 4, 2024

| Nursery World

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has claimed that the Government is ‘on track’ with its plans to expand childcare for parents, in response to Labour claims that it has a dossier that shows that the Conservatives’ plans are ‘in absolute tatters’.

Working families will be £1,300 worse off by the end of the decade

News

Monday, March 4, 2024

| Nursery World

New analysis by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) suggests that the upcoming Budget on Wednesday risks keeping the UK economy on a course which would see household worse off by £1,300 a year, compared to the beginning of the decade (2021).

How 'A Better Start' areas support families and babies against backdrop of shortages to midwives and health visitors

News

Friday, March 1, 2024

| Nursery World

A new report on maternity and antenatal support by the National Lottery Community Fund and the National Children’s Bureau highlights the challenges faced by the midwifery and health visiting workforce, and highlights partnership working in the five 'A Better Start' areas of England.

Call to give more importance to family learning

News

Friday, March 1, 2024

| Nursery World

A group of organisations from across the early years and family support sectors is calling for family learning to be reformed so every child and parent in England are supported.

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Children invited to take part in Ofsted's Big Listen

Childcare Survey suggests time is running out to find enough places for expanded offer

Dawn Newman: Careers and the rise of an online community

New DfE consultation on recruiting and retaining childminders

Parents of nine-month-olds can apply for funded places from May under 'largest ever childcare expansion'

Early Education launches events to address gaps in professional development when working with birth to threes

Government told it's time to 'unlock the trauma trap' of Adverse Childhood Experiences

Ashbourne Day Nurseries buys Harp Nurseries

Froebel Partnership launches pilot phase of new CPD package

Organisations 'profiting from inspection preparation' accused of creating 'significant fear' around Ofsted

Matt Buttery: How Government can go further to support families post-Budget

Ofsted invites the sector to take part in its Big Listen consultation

Scotland's first minister commits an extra £16 million to boost the pay of early years staff

Seven in 10 dads forced to cut their paternity leave short

TV presenter Rachel Riley named as the ambassador for new early years reading initiative

Wrexham Football Club create bilingual Welsh children's book

Dr Gina Gómez de la Cuesta: How LEGO® play can develop children’s skills to make them ‘school ready’

Budget 2024: Chancellor confirms 'guaranteed' rates for 'landmark' childcare expansion

Budget 2024: Early years sector cautiously welcomes Chancellor's plans for funding rates to rise in line with costs

'Pandemic babies' found to have fewer allergies and infections

More than eight in 10 single parents on universal credit unable to meet new work requirements

Labour says Chancellor's plans to expand childcare are 'in absolute tatters'

Working families will be £1,300 worse off by the end of the decade

How 'A Better Start' areas support families and babies against backdrop of shortages to midwives and health visitors

Call to give more importance to family learning

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