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Nine in 10 early years settings oppose Government plans to change childcare ratios

Friday, May 20, 2022

| Nursery World

Early years settings are overwhelmingly against Government plans to change ratios, with just 2 per cent of the opinion that the rule change would enable them to lower fees for parents, according to a survey by the Early Years Alliance.

Updated guidance for early years practitioners on two-year-old check

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Monday, May 16, 2022

| Nursery World

New guidance for early years practitioners on carrying out the progress check at age two has been released by the Department for Education (DfE).

New parents invited to contribute to 10-year plan to improve mental health support

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Tuesday, May 3, 2022

| Nursery World

New mothers and their partners are being urged to share their views on maternal support to inform a new Government 10-year mental health plan.

Interview - Andrea Leadsom

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Thursday, April 28, 2022

| Nursery World

A year since the publication of The Best Start for Life, the chair of the Early Years Review tells Nicole Weinstein about how the Government’s vision for family hubs is taking shape following the £500 million earmarked for families and early years support in the October 2021 budget and spending review

Over one million babies and young children are living in poverty - report

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Wednesday, April 27, 2022

| Nursery World

Research carried out by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation on behalf of baby bank charity Little Village, reveals that around half of the 4.2 million children in poverty in the UK live in a family with a child under the age of five.

Government names 75 local areas to operate family hubs

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Saturday, April 2, 2022

| Nursery World

The 75 local authorities chosen by the Department for Education as eligible for a share of £302 million to set up the Government’s ‘flagship’ family hubs in their areas have been named today (Saturday).

Pen Green Children's Centre vows to secure 'much needed funding'

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Friday, April 1, 2022

| Nursery World

Pen Green children’s centre has said it will continue to push for the funding it needs to continue operating, after the council redistributed money from its budget to prop it up, alongside three other maintained nursery schools.

New guidance on weaning to help 'confused' parents

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Friday, March 4, 2022

| Nursery World

New guidance on how to safely introduce children to solid food has been launched by the Government’s Office for Health Improvement and Disparities (OHID).

64,000 children a year missing out on early help services, suggests new research

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Monday, February 28, 2022

| Nursery World

Tens of thousands of children a year are missing out on ‘vital’ early help, with spending on services having been cut by nine out of ten councils in England between 2015 and 2020, new data reveals.

Duchess of Cambridge visits forest school in Denmark

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Friday, February 25, 2022

| Nursery World

The Duchess of Cambridge visited Stenurten Forest Kindergarten in Copenhagen, Denmark this week as part of a working trip to better understand the country’s approach to early years

Michael Rosen to promote the importance of reading to under-fives in new role

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Thursday, February 24, 2022

| Nursery World

Children’s author Michael Rosen is to be appointed as BookTrust’s new Writer in Residence – a role which he will use to promote the importance of reading and rhyming with young children.

Nursery World Awards 2022 open for entries

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Tuesday, February 8, 2022

| Nursery World

The leading accolades for the early years sector, the Nursery World Awards 2022, are up and running, with several new categories among the 26 on offer.

Health inequalities between disadvantaged and advantaged under-fives increasing

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Thursday, December 9, 2021

| Nursery World

Progress in improving the health of under-fives has ‘stalled’ in the last five years, particularly infant mortality and obesity, which is getting worse, according to findings from a new report.

Concerns vulnerable children are being let down due to 'stretched' health visiting services

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Friday, December 3, 2021

| Nursery World

More than 40 per cent of health visitors are worried they ‘can’t do enough to safeguard babies and children’, according to new survey findings.

Scotland's Baby Box delivered to 200,000 new parents

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Monday, November 29, 2021

| Nursery World

A total of 200,000 expectant parents in Scotland have received a Baby Box, under the devolved government’s scheme aimed at tackling inequality and promoting health.

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Nine in 10 early years settings oppose Government plans to change childcare ratios

Updated guidance for early years practitioners on two-year-old check

New parents invited to contribute to 10-year plan to improve mental health support

Interview - Andrea Leadsom

Over one million babies and young children are living in poverty - report

Government names 75 local areas to operate family hubs

Pen Green Children's Centre vows to secure 'much needed funding'

New guidance on weaning to help 'confused' parents

64,000 children a year missing out on early help services, suggests new research

Duchess of Cambridge visits forest school in Denmark

Michael Rosen to promote the importance of reading to under-fives in new role

Nursery World Awards 2022 open for entries

Health inequalities between disadvantaged and advantaged under-fives increasing

Concerns vulnerable children are being let down due to 'stretched' health visiting services

Scotland's Baby Box delivered to 200,000 new parents

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