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Conservatives 'pose a real threat' to Sure Start, warns Labour

News

Thursday, April 2, 2015

| Nursery World

Over 1,000 Sure Start centres could close if the Conservatives win the general election, the Labour party has warned.

Childcare policy 20 years on

Opinion

Monday, April 10, 2017

| Nursery World

Caroline Flint, who set up the first cross-party group for childcare, and was one of 101 Labour women MPs elected 20 years ago next month, reflects on the dramatic changes to early years policy since 1997.

Cost of childcare pushing parents out of work, research claims

News

Thursday, January 8, 2015

| Nursery World

One in five parents paying for childcare are considering reducing their working hours or giving up work altogether due to the financial strain, a survey commissioned by 4Children reveals.

Revised safeguarding guidelines focus on the child

News

Friday, March 22, 2013

| Nursery World

More focus needs to be placed on the needs of children revised Government guidelines on safeguarding state.

Leaked Clegg letter intensifies ratios row

News

Friday, May 10, 2013

| Nursery World

The row over childcare ratios escalated last night after leaked letters between education and childcare minister Liz Truss and Nick Clegg came to light.

Cost-of-living crisis hits households with children the most – study

News

Thursday, July 6, 2023

| Nursery World

Children’s learning and development are being impacted by the cost-of-living crisis, according to NatCen research, which highlights that poverty rates are higher for households with children.

Ministers provide 'temporary fix' so parents can get their code for the extended hours

News

Monday, January 22, 2024

| Nursery World

Ministers have actioned a last-minute ‘workaround’ to ensure that thousands of parents of two year-olds can get their codes to take-up a funded place.

£5bn shortfall in funding for extended ‘childcare’ offer

News

Thursday, February 22, 2024

| Nursery World

There is a £5 billion per year gap between Government funding and the estimated cost of delivery to providers of the Government’s expanded childcare offer once fully rolled out, says think tank.

Concern young children missing out on Healthy Start scheme, as figures show a quarter of households with under-fours skip meals

News

Monday, April 3, 2023

| Nursery World

The Food Foundation is calling on ministers to do more to raise awareness of the Healthy Start scheme and increase its value and eligibility, after it failed to meet the Government’s own target for take-up among low-income families.

Fourteen areas named as 'Trailblazer' Family Hubs

News

Thursday, February 9, 2023

| Nursery World

A total of 14 local authorities have been chosen as trailblazers of the Family Hubs programme to support 'fast-track' delivery of services that the Government said would benefit thousands of families.

Labour says Chancellor's plans to expand childcare are 'in absolute tatters'

News

Monday, March 4, 2024

| Nursery World

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has claimed that the Government is ‘on track’ with its plans to expand childcare for parents, in response to Labour claims that it has a dossier that shows that the Conservatives’ plans are ‘in absolute tatters’.

How 'A Better Start' areas support families and babies against backdrop of shortages to midwives and health visitors

News

Friday, March 1, 2024

| Nursery World

A new report on maternity and antenatal support by the National Lottery Community Fund and the National Children’s Bureau highlights the challenges faced by the midwifery and health visiting workforce, and highlights partnership working in the five 'A Better Start' areas of England.

One in four childcare providers fear permanent closure amid virus lockdown

News

Tuesday, May 5, 2020

| Nursery World

A quarter of early years settings are unlikely to be operating in 12 months’ time, as as the financial impact of the Covid-19 pandemic hits, a survey suggests.

Coronavirus: Teaching unions warn against premature reopening of schools

News

Tuesday, May 5, 2020

| Nursery World

Teaching unions have written to the Government urging them to exercise ‘significant caution’ when it comes to the reopening of schools.

Coronavirus: One in five schools report ‘significant’ absences due to Covid-19

News

Monday, October 5, 2020

| Nursery World

One in five schools across England are experiencing 'significant' pupil absences, with almost as many having sent a whole bubble home, according to a survey of teachers.

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