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Policy Guide: Disciplinary Warnings

Features

Wednesday, February 27, 2013

| Nursery World

Jacqui Mann advises that it could be time to review your disciplinary procedures in light of changes

Ofsted: The New Inspection Framework, Part 7 - Strong leadership inspires confidence

Features

Friday, March 8, 2013

| Nursery World

In the concluding part of her inspection series, Laura Henry explains how setting managers should adopt a holistic approach to ensure that staff perform to the very best of their ability.

Managing Equality and Diversity: Part 1 - Equal measures

Features

Friday, January 4, 2019

| Nursery World

Gabriella Jozwiak introduces the first part of a new series on managing inclusion, with a look at what the term means in context, and a guide to the legal requirements

Nursery Management: Ratios - Keeping it in proportion

Features

Monday, March 21, 2016

| Nursery World

Childcare ratios have been a hot topic since former minister Liz Truss opened this particular Pandora’s Box in 2013. Jo Parkes looks at what we can learn from comparable systems abroad

Ofsted: The new inspection framework, part 5 - Treat parents as your fellow professionals

Features

Friday, January 11, 2013

| Nursery World

Under the new regime inspectors will be keen to see that parents are welcomed, respected and well informed, as this relationship is key to children's progress, says Laura Henry.

Policy guide: 'More great childcare'

Features

Wednesday, February 27, 2013

| Nursery World

The what, when and how guide to the Government's childcare reform proposals

Policy guide:The national minimum wage (NMW)

Features

Wednesday, February 27, 2013

| Nursery World

What nursery owners need to know about the national minimum wage, explained by Jacqui Mann

Guide to: Tax-free Childcare Vs Vouchers

Features

Monday, July 23, 2018

| Nursery World

As part of a new series of handy guides on management issues, we look at Tax-Free Childcare and compare the system to childcare vouchers

Managing SEND, Part 1: Legislation - Special cases

Features

Monday, October 16, 2017

| Nursery World

What pressures do managers face specific to children with special needs, and how should they deal with them? In the first of a new series on the subject, Karen Faux reviews the legal framework

Nursery Management: Business - 25 years of changes

Features

Monday, September 22, 2014

| Nursery World

Nursery owner and University of Warwick lecturer Caroline Jones has seen a raft of changes to early years legislation and inspection since she set up her first nursery at her home in 1989. Here, she provides an insight into the way early years has transformed over time.

Nursery Management: 30 Hours: Funding Rates - Number crunch

Features

Monday, March 20, 2017

| Nursery World

The way that councils are setting rates for 30 hours funding varies widely across the country. Jo Parkes assesses some big differences in approach

Policy Guide: The Childcare Act 2016

Features

Thursday, June 2, 2016

| Nursery World

At just eight clauses long, the Childcare Act is the law which brings the 30 hours into force.

Staff Health & Well-Being: Part 1 - The state we’re in

Features

Tuesday, May 4, 2021

| Nursery World

In the first part of a new series looking at staff health and well-being, Charlotte Goddard sets out how healthy we are as a society, and sector, and how inequality affects this

Children and Social Work Act, Part 1: Safeguarding Arrangements - Safer laws?

Features

Monday, September 18, 2017

| Nursery World

In this new four-part series on what the new Children and Social Work Act means for the early years sector, we look at changes to the local safeguarding procedures. By Ann Marie Christian

Guide to: Promoting the Early Years

Features

Monday, August 20, 2018

| Nursery World

What resources and initiatives are out there to help the sector promote itself to potential new and future recruits? Hannah Crown reports

Guide to: Universal Credit changes 2018

Features

Monday, December 10, 2018

| Nursery World

In the latest Budget, the Government has changed its plans for Universal Credit. Here’s what these announcements mean for you. By the Resolution Foundation’s Laura Gardiner

Policy guide: Children Act 1989 Amended 2004

Features

Tuesday, December 3, 2013

| Nursery World

The main points summarised by Mary Evans

Race Equality – Our legal duty

Features

Monday, September 28, 2020

| Nursery World

A guide to institutionalised racism and the legal duty of settings to promote race equality. By Marcia Tatham

Childcare Counsel - vaccinations for employees

Features

Monday, February 1, 2021

| Nursery World

Hannah Belton, director and head of employment law at Morgan LaRoche, rounds up the legalities of vaccination

Nursery Management: References - An impossible requirement?

Features

Monday, March 21, 2016

| Nursery World

Ofsted wants nurseries to seek staff references – but an employer was recently sued for providing a negative one. Beena Nadeem investigates how settings can weigh up the options

HR Update - How to protect your business

Features

Friday, July 12, 2013

| Nursery World

Jacqui Mann of HR4 Nurseries offers more guidance on what needs to be written into a contract to ensure a good, long-term relationship with staff.

Ofsted: The New Inspection Framework, Part 4 - Listen to the child's voice in your setting

Features

Friday, December 7, 2012

| Nursery World

During your inspection it is important to show that children are confident about communicating with staff. Laura Henry suggests undertaking an audit to gauge the quality of interactions.

Ofsted: The New Inspection Framework, Part 3 - How you can be an 'action practitioner'

Features

Friday, November 9, 2012

| Nursery World

Staff need to be able to demonstrate their understanding of child development in practice during inspections, says Laura Henry.

Nursery Management: Equality - Finding balance

Features

Monday, September 21, 2015

| Nursery World

A Christian nursery worker sacked for comments about homosexuality recently won a case against her employer. So are equality and discrimination mutually exclusive? Katy Morton finds out.

HR Update - Don't fall foul of the new EYFS

Features

Monday, September 8, 2014

| Nursery World

The revised EYFS throws up some HR issues, with potential headaches for nursery managers over employment law, says Jacqui Mann.

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Policy Guide: Disciplinary Warnings

Ofsted: The New Inspection Framework, Part 7 - Strong leadership inspires confidence

Managing Equality and Diversity: Part 1 - Equal measures

Nursery Management: Ratios - Keeping it in proportion

Ofsted: The new inspection framework, part 5 - Treat parents as your fellow professionals

Policy guide: 'More great childcare'

Policy guide:The national minimum wage (NMW)

Guide to: Tax-free Childcare Vs Vouchers

Managing SEND, Part 1: Legislation - Special cases

Nursery Management: Business - 25 years of changes

Nursery Management: 30 Hours: Funding Rates - Number crunch

Policy Guide: The Childcare Act 2016

Staff Health & Well-Being: Part 1 - The state we’re in

Children and Social Work Act, Part 1: Safeguarding Arrangements - Safer laws?

Guide to: Promoting the Early Years

Guide to: Universal Credit changes 2018

Policy guide: Children Act 1989 Amended 2004

Race Equality – Our legal duty

Childcare Counsel - vaccinations for employees

Nursery Management: References - An impossible requirement?

HR Update - How to protect your business

Ofsted: The New Inspection Framework, Part 4 - Listen to the child's voice in your setting

Ofsted: The New Inspection Framework, Part 3 - How you can be an 'action practitioner'

Nursery Management: Equality - Finding balance

HR Update - Don't fall foul of the new EYFS

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