Catherine Gaunt

Gymfinity Kids' new Chatham nursery

News 13 April 2022

Gymfinity Kids opens third nursery - acquisitions roundup

Provision

Shadow education secretary Bridget Phillipson promised a 'real focus on the early years'

News 12 April 2022

Labour pledges action on early years

Families

Many teachers blame a high workload for wanting to leave the sector PHOTO Adobe Stock

News 11 April 2022

Rise in number of teachers planning to leave the job

Policy & Politics

The DfE has announced the names of the 75 areas where it plans to work with local authorities to set up family hubs

News 2 April 2022

Government names 75 local areas to operate family hubs

Provision

The Government plans to withdraw Covid testing in schools after Friday 1 April

News 31 March 2022

Government to end regular Covid testing of children in schools

Coronavirus

Many nurseries struggle to access extra funding for children with special educational needs and disabilities PHOTO Adobe Stock

News 30 March 2022

Early years settings struggle to access funding for rising numbers of young children with SEND

Special Educational Needs & Disabilities

Victoria Nursery in Harborne, Birmingham, sent parcels of aid to a Lithuanian refugee centre

News 29 March 2022

Special report - Settings collect donations for families in war-torn Ukraine

Analysis

Many families struggle to access support for their children PHOTO Adobe Stock

News 29 March 2022

Government launches SEND green paper

Special Educational Needs & Disabilities

Downfield Primary School in Dundee celebrates World Book Day in an inclusive way for all children PHOTO Child Poverty Action Group

News 28 March 2022

Children in poverty miss out on dress-up days

Child Poverty

Many early years settings say they feel like 'the forgotten sector' PHOTO Adobe Stock

News 25 March 2022

Nursery group's 'open letter' calls for Government action to save sector

Funding

MPs say the Government's catch-up scheme is not reaching the children who need it most PHOTO Adobe Stock

News 11 March 2022

National tutoring catch-up scheme failing disadvantaged pupils, say MPs

Policy & Politics

The Nuffield Early Language Intervention scheme is a catch-up scheme for Reception class children PHOTO Adobe Stock

News 11 March 2022

Two-thirds of primary schools sign up to early language scheme

Closing the Gap

Nursery software management company Famly has bought nursery software pioneers FirstSteps

News 11 March 2022

Famly buys FirstSteps nursery software company

Management

Many children starting school last September lacked basic language skills, the survey found PHOTO Adobe Stock

News 10 March 2022

Huge numbers of children starting school developmentally delayed - study

Closing the Gap

Boris Johnson visiting Busy Bees at Stockley Park in his constituency on Monday 7 March

News 9 March 2022

Boris Johnson visits Busy Bees nursery in Heathrow

Provision

Bright Horizons is removing the age-related National Minimum Wage (NMW) for under-23s, which means that all employees will be on or above the NMW for 23-year-olds and above PHOTO Bright Horizons

News 8 March 2022

Bright Horizons invests £10m to boost salaries and pay scales

Management

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