Search

Search Results

Found 258 results for .

Coronavirus: Mothers blame childcare shortage for redundancies

Monday, July 27, 2020

| Nursery World

Almost a half of mothers (46 per cent) made redundant during the Covid-19 pandemic blame a lack of childcare provision, a survey has found.

Coronavirus: Impact of school closures could 'lead to lower skills' and harm the economy for decades - study

News

Friday, July 24, 2020

| Nursery World

Unless catch-up lessons work, British children could ‘lose 3 per cent of lifetime earnings’ due to school closures, according to a new report from the Royal Society.

September early years funding will be based on pre-Covid occupancy to protect the sector

News

Tuesday, July 21, 2020

| Nursery World

Local authorities will receive early years funding for the autumn term on the basis of how many children were attending settings before the coronavirus pandemic hit.

Call to scrap fines for children not returning to school next term

News

Friday, July 17, 2020

| Nursery World

Parents and carers in England should be given more time to choose whether to send their children back to school for the new academic year without the risk of being fined by the Government, parenting and education charity, Parentkind has said.

Children's commissioner calls for overhaul of early years system in England

News

Friday, July 17, 2020

| Nursery World

The children’ s commissioner for England has called for an emergency rescue package for nurseries to prevent thousands of closures as a result of Covid-19, and a complete overhaul of the early years system.

More than 4 in 10 Scottish nurseries remain closed

News

Thursday, July 16, 2020

| Nursery World

A significant proportion of nurseries did not reopen in Scotland on Wednesday even though they are now allowed to, NDNA Scotland has found.

Coronavirus: Scotland unveils £11m in childcare grants to help nurseries reopen safely

News

Thursday, July 16, 2020

| Nursery World

Early years organisations have welcomed transitional funding from the Scottish Government as ‘a vital lifeline’ for childcare providers.

Children's services leaders call for extra funding for early years

News

Tuesday, July 14, 2020

| Nursery World

Increased spending in the early years is needed to address inequalities and improve children’s lives as part of a long-term approach to support the country’s recovery from the coronavirus pandemic, a report from the Association of Directors of Children’s Services (ADCS) has recommended today.

Coronavirus: Parents report closer bonds developing with children in lockdown

News

Thursday, July 9, 2020

| Nursery World

Parents have reported both benefits and challenges of having young children at home during the lockdown, new research reveals.

DfE statistics show around a quarter of early years children have returned to settings

News

Thursday, July 9, 2020

| Nursery World

Just under a quarter of children that usually attend early years settings in term-time have gone back, according to the latest statistics from the Department for Education, which shows a gradually rise in pre-school children returning.

Summer statement: Government 'without a plan' for the childcare sector and struggling families

News

Wednesday, July 8, 2020

| Nursery World

Early years organisations have criticised the chancellor for failing to come up with a plan to protect nurseries and childcare businesses and for ignoring the sector's plight.

Coronavirus: MPs call for emergency funding for childcare sector

News

Monday, July 6, 2020

| Nursery World

MPs have called on the Government to conduct an urgent review into childcare funding, and commit to emergency funding for the sector, in a report which highlights 'the serious and unprecedented impact' of coronavirus on new parents and children.

EXCLUSIVE: Government relaxes guidance on holiday clubs

News

Friday, July 3, 2020

| Nursery World

The DfE has clarified that children attending holiday clubs this summer will be able to mix with others, if it is not possible for them to stay in one consistent group or 'bubble', giving the go-ahead for more clubs to open.

Coronavirus: Children and staff will no longer need to keep to small 'bubbles' in early years settings

News

Thursday, July 2, 2020

| Nursery World

Children and staff in nurseries and pre-schools will no longer have to stay in separate groups or bubbles from 20 July, the Department for Education has confirmed in updated guidance.

Fears parents will be driven to use unregulated childcare

News

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.