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EYE SUPPLEMENT Student Spotlight – chasing dreams

Thursday, June 27, 2024

| Nursery World

We caught up with Jade Stevens, who is completing her Level 3 Early Years Educator qualification with Parenta Training while working at Kids Capers Nursery. She discusses the importance of never giving up and staying committed to achieve your goals

Why employee-owned businesses are becoming a growing trend

Features

Thursday, June 27, 2024

| Nursery World

Richard Cowley at advisor RM2 Employee Ownership outlines the process of transitioning a business to employee-ownership, highlighting the benefits for both staff and the business in the longer term.

Next Prime Minister urged to make tackling hardship a priority

News

Thursday, June 27, 2024

| Nursery World

Over 200 organisations have come together to push for hardship to be the new Prime Minister’s priority from day one.

EYE SUPPLEMENT Picture book reviews – educational reads

Features

Thursday, June 27, 2024

| Nursery World

Meg Barclay, education consultant and early years reviewer for the School Library Association, reviews books which help children to build friendships, learn about stories from India and be introduced to key mathematical concepts

Charity's manifesto calls for a chief early years officer within government

News

Thursday, June 27, 2024

| Nursery World

The next government should appoint a dedicated chief early years officer to act as an advocate and improve policy and practice, says Coram Family and Childcare Trust.

Six in ten councils 'not confident' there will be enough funded places for babies

News

Thursday, June 27, 2024

| Nursery World

Nearly six in ten councils are ‘not confident’ or ‘unsure’ if there will be sufficient places to meet demand for the second phase of the expanded offer in September.

EYE SUPPLEMENT Research – Talking Together

Features

Thursday, June 27, 2024

| Nursery World

Sean Delaney and Kirsty MacDonald discuss research evaluating the First Words Together programme, which aims to address the language gap in areas of high deprivation

New documentary highlights the early years staffing crisis

News

Wednesday, June 26, 2024

| Nursery World

A new documentary highlighting the ongoing recruitment and retention crisis within the sector has been made.

Link between meeting early learning goals in EYFS and later school absence – research

News

Wednesday, June 26, 2024

| Nursery World

Children who do not meet the Early Learning Goals (ELGs) at the end of the EYFS are more than twice as likely to become persistently absent from school, according to a new study.

Childminding - Business models for childminders

Features

Tuesday, June 25, 2024

| Nursery World

In the last part of our two part series on childminders, Catherine Wakerley, operations manager at Childminding UK, sets out what needs to change in order to ensure the sustainability of the childminding sector.

Editor’s View: SEND must be a Priority

News

Tuesday, June 25, 2024

| Nursery World

As SEND becomes a growing issue for the early years sector, none of the main political parties have much to say about it

Nursery World webinar in partnership with Funding Loop: Weighing the impact of the expanded offer on nursery businesses

Features

Tuesday, June 25, 2024

| Nursery World

We convened an expert panel to discuss capacity expansion, meeting demand, making a profit and managing administration in light of the expanded offer. By Catherine Gaunt

The Characteristics of Effective Learning: Thinking Creatively and Critically

Features

Tuesday, June 25, 2024

| Nursery World

How can practitioners best support children in thinking creatively and critically, asks Helen Moylett in the final part of this series.

OUTSTANDING

Other

Tuesday, June 25, 2024

| Nursery World

Ladybirds Pre-school in Colchester recently held a tea party to celebrate their Ofsted Outstanding grade.

ALL ABOUT AFRICA

Other

Tuesday, June 25, 2024

| Nursery World

Life Bank Nursery in Kensington, Liverpool, celebrated Africa Day, which takes place every year on 25 May.

SPRING TIME

Other

Tuesday, June 25, 2024

| Nursery World

Children at Tiddlywinks Nursery Group Walmersley have enjoyed spring. Babies were out in the local community looking for signs of spring.

Next government urged to scrap two-child benefit cap and work towards halving child poverty

News

Tuesday, June 25, 2024

| Nursery World

A call to abolish the two-child benefit cap, establish a No.10 Poverty Unit and expand free school meals to all families in receipt of universal credit, form part of a ten-point plan for the next government to boost children’s life chances.

LONG READ How do the parties’ election manifestos stack up?

News

Tuesday, June 25, 2024

| Nursery World

Ahead of the General Election, we look at what the main parties’ policies might mean for the early years sector, with comment from key people. By Katy Morton and Catherine Gaunt

Outdoors: STEM – helping children to develop spatial reasoning

Features

Tuesday, June 25, 2024

| Nursery World

Prepare children for the future by teaching spatial awareness and logical thinking playfully, outdoors, say Julie Mountain and Felicity Robinson

Michael Pettavel: 'Value isn't just about what something costs'

Opinion

Tuesday, June 25, 2024

| Nursery World

All of the main political parties have lost sight of what ‘value’ means beyond its connection to monetary and individual benefits, says our columnist Michael Pettavel