Search

Fears parents will be driven to use unregulated childcare

Monday, June 29, 2020

| Nursery World

Anticipated mass nursery and childminder closures could result in desperate parents putting their children at risk by unwittingly resorting to unregulated childcare, warns the Regulation Matters (RM) Campaign.

Coronavirus: Nurseries and childminders face huge financial losses, analysis finds

News

Thursday, June 25, 2020

| Nursery World

Parents returning to work in the wake of the lockdown may struggle to find childcare places, as a new report reveals the impact of the pandemic on nurseries, pre-schools and childminders.

Holiday and out-of-school clubs to open from 4 July

News

Tuesday, June 23, 2020

| Nursery World

Holiday clubs and wraparound provision will be allowed to reopen from 4 July.

Coronavirus: Option to delay school being explored by UK's largest nursery group

News

Tuesday, June 23, 2020

| Nursery World

The UK's largest nursery group Busy Bees is working with local authorities to explore a funded ‘stay-in-nursery’ scheme, which would give parents the option to delay the start of their child’s primary school for up to two terms.

#StandUpForEarlyYears: Nursery group launches free family meal scheme

News

Monday, June 22, 2020

| Nursery World

A free family meal scheme, which aims to give each funded family a hot meal three times a week, is being rolled out by Kidzrus Nursery Group in Manchester.

Shadow minister calls for explanation as to why early years excluded from Government catch-up plan

News

Friday, June 19, 2020

| Nursery World

Shadow early years minister Tulip Siddiq has written to the children and families minister Vicky Ford, calling for an explanation as to why the early years sector has been excluded from the Government’s £1 billion ‘catch-up’ funding.

Coronavirus: Early years sector snubbed by Government in catch-up funding plan

News

Friday, June 19, 2020

| Nursery World

Early years organisations have slammed their omission from sharing any of the £1bn funding package that schools will receive as part of a catch-up plan for children who have fallen behind from missing education in lockdown.

Nurseries in Wales can reopen from Monday

News

Friday, June 19, 2020

| Nursery World

Nurseries and childcare settings in Wales will be able to open to more children from Monday (22 June), a week earlier than planned.

Further delays expected on reopening of holiday clubs

News

Friday, June 19, 2020

| Nursery World

Guidance for holiday club providers is ‘unlikely’ to be released before the 4 July, just two weeks before many of them are expected to open for the summer, Nursery World understands.

Urgent call for local councils to be given funding to support summer holiday provision

News

Thursday, June 18, 2020

| Nursery World

Teachers are calling on the Government to urgently fund Local Authorities (LAs) to co-ordinate Summer holiday schemes for children and young people in their communities.

Coronavirus has exacerbated problems for low-income families

News

Thursday, June 18, 2020

| Nursery World

The problems faced by low-income families have been ‘magnified’ by the Covid-19 pandemic, according to research by the Child Poverty Action Group.

Coronavirus: Scotland issues guidance ahead of reopening of nurseries

News

Wednesday, June 17, 2020

| Nursery World

Childcare providers in Scotland have been issued with new guidance to help plan for reopening settings once it is deemed safe to do so.

Holiday club and out-of-school providers in talks with DfE over reopening plans

News

Wednesday, June 17, 2020

| Nursery World

Some of the largest wraparound childcare providers in the country have joined forces to share their concerns around the survival of out-of-school childcare with the Department for Education, and their ideas for how the sector may be able to be able to reopen safely in time for the school summer holidays, Nursery World has learnt.

Families struggling before lockdown face even more pressure after the coronavirus pandemic

News

Tuesday, June 16, 2020

| Nursery World

Early years and education professionals are warning that the recovery phase from Covid-19 will have a knock-on effect for early help services for young children and their families.

Coronavirus: Parents of disabled children feel abandoned

News

Tuesday, June 16, 2020

| Nursery World

Parents of disabled children have been left without vital care and support during lockdown, a survey by the Disabled Children’s Partnership (DCP) has found.

Around a quarter of early years providers still closed, research suggests

News

Monday, June 15, 2020

| Nursery World

Around a quarter (24 per cent) of nursery and pre-school settings remained closed in the week beginning 1 June, despite the Government giving the go-ahead for opening early years provision to all children, a report by independent sector analysts Ceeda has found.

Coronavirus: Call to reopen playgrounds as 'a priority'

News

Friday, June 12, 2020

| Nursery World

Guidelines for when and how playgrounds will be brought back into use ‘must be provided immediately’ if the Government serious about tackling obesity amid the pandemic, the Association of Play Industries has warned.

One in six parents believe school summer holidays should be cancelled

News

Friday, June 12, 2020

| Nursery World

One in six parents think schools should open over the summer holidays to compensate for time not spent in the classroom since March, a survey by childcare.co.uk has revealed.

New funded childcare places on hold until September in Wales

News

Thursday, June 11, 2020

| Nursery World

Three-year-olds due to take up the childcare offer in Wales this term will not be eligible for funding until September.

Teachers call on PM to create a recovery plan for education

News

Thursday, June 11, 2020

| Nursery World

The National Education Union has written to the prime minister calling for a 10-point ‘national recovery plan’ for education, amid growing concerns that the majority of school children will face the rest of the summer term at home.

Search Results

Fears parents will be driven to use unregulated childcare

Coronavirus: Nurseries and childminders face huge financial losses, analysis finds

Holiday and out-of-school clubs to open from 4 July

Coronavirus: Option to delay school being explored by UK's largest nursery group

#StandUpForEarlyYears: Nursery group launches free family meal scheme

Shadow minister calls for explanation as to why early years excluded from Government catch-up plan

Coronavirus: Early years sector snubbed by Government in catch-up funding plan

Nurseries in Wales can reopen from Monday

Further delays expected on reopening of holiday clubs

Urgent call for local councils to be given funding to support summer holiday provision

Coronavirus has exacerbated problems for low-income families

Coronavirus: Scotland issues guidance ahead of reopening of nurseries

Holiday club and out-of-school providers in talks with DfE over reopening plans

Families struggling before lockdown face even more pressure after the coronavirus pandemic

Coronavirus: Parents of disabled children feel abandoned

Around a quarter of early years providers still closed, research suggests

Coronavirus: Call to reopen playgrounds as 'a priority'

One in six parents believe school summer holidays should be cancelled

New funded childcare places on hold until September in Wales

Teachers call on PM to create a recovery plan for education

Current filters

Filter by

Tags

Article Types

Journals