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Ofsted figures show notable rise in good and outstanding grades

Thursday, September 25, 2014

| Nursery World

The number of nurseries and childminders awarded good or outstanding grades has risen markedly over the last quarter, the latest Ofsted figures show.

Nursery Food: Quality - Progress report

Features

Monday, October 20, 2014

| Nursery World

What advances have been made in nursery food since the launch of the nutrition guidelines in 2013? Hannah Crown looks at new research.

Business development - Quality improvement

Features

Monday, March 9, 2015

| Nursery World

One council has increased the number of 'good' and 'outstanding' settings in its area by 44 per cent in two years. Hannah Crown reports on how they did it.

Nursery complaints about Ofsted inspection on the rise

News

Friday, May 17, 2013

| Nursery World

Complaints about Ofsted inspections are nothing new, but in recent weeks, Nursery World has been inundated with emails, comments on our forum, and our Linkedin group, pointing to growing unrest and frustration with Ofsted's inspections regime.

Disqualification rules 'ineffective', say providers

News

Monday, April 20, 2015

| Nursery World

Rules banning early years staff from working with children because of who they live with are 'unfair' and 'ineffective', nurseries claim.

Guide to: GDPR - Ten common questions

Features

Monday, February 18, 2019

| Nursery World

How do the EU General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) work in practice? Alexander Fetani, of the Early Years Alliance* has the answers to ten commonly-asked questions

EXCLUSIVE: Working Poverty, Childcare Practitioners - Childcare’s dirty secret

News

Tuesday, September 17, 2019

| Nursery World

We know early years education suffers from a pay problem, but just how does this affect practitioners’ ability to afford to lead ‘normal’ lives? Hannah Crown has these shocking findings from our exclusive survey

HR Update - The impact of tribunal fees

Features

Friday, August 9, 2013

| Nursery World

Jacqui Mann of HR4 Nurseries explains how the new employment tribunal fees will affect your business

Nursery Management: Health & Safety - Be prepared

Features

Monday, September 18, 2017

| Nursery World

In light of the Grenfell Tower disaster, which claimed 72 lives in June, Meredith Jones Russell looks at current fire safety advice and how it might affect childcare settings

Workforce Strategy, Part 11: Final Roundup - Stop or go?

Features

Monday, June 11, 2018

| Nursery World

More than a year after its launch, has the Workforce Strategy delivered? Charlotte Goddard provides a systematic analysis of each section

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.

Ofsted early years consultation: investment is key, sector says

News

Friday, April 19, 2013

| Nursery World

There has been a mixed response from the early years sector to Ofsted's proposals to increase the frequency of inspections for weaker settings and replace the grade of 'satisfactory' with 'requires improvement'.

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

Quality care hangs in the balance

News

Friday, May 17, 2013

| Nursery World

The staff:child ratio changes ignore the competing demands on staff particularly from children with emotional needs and the new two-year-old intake, says Pat Gordon-Smith.

Ofsted clampdown sees early years grades fall

News

Wednesday, March 5, 2014

| Nursery World

The latest statistics for early years inspections show that Ofsted is being tougher on childminders and nurseries with more being judged inadequate and fewer given an outstanding grade.