Katy Morton

The TUC survey found nearly one in five parents spend between a third and half their salary on childcare PHOTO Adobe Stock

News 17 March 2022

Parents spending a ‘huge chunk’ of their pay on childcare - survey

Funding

Childminders can now continue to operate if they have a household member with Covid PHOTO Adobe Stock

News 17 March 2022

Childminders secure victory over Covid rules preventing them from operating

Coronavirus

The NFER research suggests the learning development of children in Y1 and Y2 has been impacted the most by Covid-19, PHOTO Adobe Stock

News 16 March 2022

Covid-19 affected the learning development of the youngest pupils the most

Coronavirus

The Welsh Government is to expand funded childcare for two-year-olds to more areas from September

News 16 March 2022

Wales to begin expansion of funded two-year-old places

Funding

Left to right - Kirsty Love, head of operational projects and transitions at The Old Station Nursery Group, Claire Sephton, chief operating officer at The Old Station Nursery Group, and Rob Allman, business and operations manager for Good Manors

News 15 March 2022

The Old Station Nursery group buys Good Manors Day Nurseries

Management

Fennies has opened a new training academy

News 14 March 2022

Fennies nursery group opens its own training academy

Management

Horn End Hixton is one of four nurseries recently acquired by Kids Planet

News 11 March 2022

Kids Planet grows to 107 nurseries

Management

The findings from the poll commissioned by Comic Relief for Red Nose Day highlight parents' concerns about their children's mental health

News 11 March 2022

Parents concerned about the lack of mental health support for children

Families

ICP Nurseries has bought the two settings operated by Future Champions Day Nursery

News 9 March 2022

Nursery operators continue to grow within 'competitive' childcare market

Business

Chief inspector Amanda Spielman speaking at the Nursery World Business Summit on Tuesday 8 March 2022

News 8 March 2022

Ofsted to make early years its focus over next five years

Inspection

The Government has said it will not launch an independent review of childcare at this time PHOTO Adobe Stock

News 7 March 2022

Government rejects calls to review childcare funding

Funding

The Welsh Government has announced an 11 per cent increase in the hourly funding rate from April PHOTO Adobe Stock

News 7 March 2022

Childcare funding rate to increase in Wales in recognition of rising costs

Funding

There are concerns that the changes to student loans could impact on numbers starting university PHOTO Adobe Stock

News 4 March 2022

Concerns student loan changes could reduce number of low-income students attending university

Careers & Training

The new guidance aims to make weaning more straight forward for parents

News 4 March 2022

New guidance on weaning to help 'confused' parents

Nutrition

The new training programme for nursery staff to support children with speech difficulties launches in April PHOTO Adobe Stock

News 2 March 2022

New training to support children with communication difficulties

Careers & Training

Covid has accelerated serious sustainability and access issues

News 1 March 2022

EXCLUSIVE: Coronavirus forced childcare providers to take dire action, study shows

Analysis

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