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Changes to Early Learning Goals 'criminal' says early years expert

Friday, November 9, 2018

| Nursery World

Children are being steered towards pleasing teachers over developing a genuine love of learning under proposed reforms to the Early Learning Goals, early years experts said yesterday.

Scotland becomes first UK country to ban smacking

News

Friday, October 4, 2019

| Nursery World

Scotland has become the first country in the UK to make smacking a criminal offence.

Coronavirus: EYFS requirements and ratios to be relaxed

News

Thursday, April 16, 2020

| Nursery World

Early years settings will no longer be required to meet the learning and development requirements of the EYFS or staff:child ratios, in temporary measures to be put in place during the coronavirus outbreak.

Children's centres: Why are inspection grades suffering?

News

Monday, January 12, 2015

| Nursery World

The latest Ofsted results for children's centres suggest that performance is poor in comparison to other types of childcare provision. Gabriella Jozwiak investigates the facts behind the figures.

Three in ten settings downgraded following complaints-driven inspections

News

Wednesday, October 9, 2013

| Nursery World

Nearly a third of nurseries and childminders inspected following a complaint have seen their grade drop, according to figures released by Ofsted.

Attempts by peers to amend childcare bill fail

News

Monday, November 18, 2013

| Nursery World

Childminders have expressed disappointment that a peer’s attempt to postpone the introduction of childminding agencies has failed.

Nursery Management: Schools Forums - Team spirit

Features

Monday, March 20, 2017

| Nursery World

What are schools forums and why do they matter? With funding set to take on an extra dimension from September with the free entitlement extension to 30 hours, Charlotte Goddard investigates

Wales sets out ten-year vision for childcare

News

Thursday, July 18, 2013

| Nursery World

The Welsh Assembly has published its first early years and childcare plan, detailing ways in which it will support families and young children over the next ten years.

A model for failure?

Opinion

Tuesday, August 6, 2013

| Nursery World

Childminder agencies are being rushed in despite fundamental flaws, argues Neil Leitch

Ofsted takes school and FE inspections in house, but not early years

News

Thursday, May 29, 2014

| Nursery World

Ofsted is to bring school inspections and further education inspections in-house.

Ofsted figures show small rise in good and outstanding grades

News

Thursday, June 26, 2014

| Nursery World

The proportion of nurseries and childminders awarded a grade of outstanding or good by Ofsted has increased slightly, but so has the percentage deemed inadequate.

Ofsted duo seek to reassure sector

Other

Monday, May 19, 2014

| Nursery World

The new early years heads are keen to listen, they tell Catherine Gaunt in an exclusive interview.

Government set to delete 'five year rule' on GCSE re-sits

News

Wednesday, December 3, 2014

| Nursery World

The Government is set to back down over controversial rules which could force hundreds of apprentices to retake valid GCSEs.

Terrorism bill means nurseries 'must understand risk of radicalisation'

News

Tuesday, December 23, 2014

| Nursery World

Nursery staff will have a legal duty to spot potential terrorists, under a new bill before Parliament.

Ofsted confirms separate grades for early years in schools

News

Wednesday, July 2, 2014

| Nursery World

Early years provision in schools will be graded separately from September, Ofsted has confirmed.

Institutional failures over child sex abuse revealed

News

Thursday, November 20, 2014

| Nursery World

Children are at risk of sex abuse because of failures by councils and other agencies to get a grip on the problem, a damning new report has found.

Early years Ofsted reports to be 'shorter and punchier'

News

Friday, November 21, 2014

| Nursery World

Inspection reports are going to be ‘punchier’ from January, Ofsted’s early years chief has said.

Sector responds to cutting red tape review

News

Tuesday, June 14, 2016

| Nursery World

The sector has responded boldly to the Government’s review of the red tape burdening early years provision, amid fears of a ‘tipping point’.

Nursery places for two-year-olds: a timeline

News

Friday, June 28, 2013

| Nursery World

Follow the development of the funded programme in Nursery World's headlines

Children in 'Opportunity Area' have improved outcomes

News

Friday, February 15, 2019

| Nursery World

Children in the most deprived area of the country have seen a huge improvement in their outcomes at the end of the EYFS following a major programme of targeted Government investment.

Union appeals court ruling over employing unqualified teachers

News

Tuesday, May 28, 2013

| Nursery World

The Educational Institute of Scotland (EIS) has today lodged an appeal against a court decision last year that dismissed the union's argument that the employment of unqualified teachers in Glasgow nursery schools was unlawful.

Nurseries say DfE ratio figures don't add up

News

Friday, May 31, 2013

| Nursery World

The early years sector has slammed the Department for Education's (DfE) financial analysis of the ratio proposals as a 'fantasy'.

Why Early Years Teacher standards fail the youngest children

Opinion

Monday, July 22, 2013

| Nursery World

The Early Years Teacher standards have a vital role in shaping the nature of the work that early years teachers will undertake and the training towards meeting those standards.

Wales votes to ban smacking

News

Wednesday, January 29, 2020

| Nursery World

Wales has become the latest country to pass a law banning the physical punishment of children.

DfE updates guidance on wider opening for early years and childcare providers

News

Wednesday, June 3, 2020

| Nursery World

The Department for Education has updated guidance for early years and childcare providers, including confirmation that from 1 June, childminders can look after children of all ages, in line with their current Ofsted registration, and within usual limits on the number of children they can care for.

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Changes to Early Learning Goals 'criminal' says early years expert

Scotland becomes first UK country to ban smacking

Coronavirus: EYFS requirements and ratios to be relaxed

Children's centres: Why are inspection grades suffering?

Three in ten settings downgraded following complaints-driven inspections

Attempts by peers to amend childcare bill fail

Nursery Management: Schools Forums - Team spirit

Wales sets out ten-year vision for childcare

A model for failure?

Ofsted takes school and FE inspections in house, but not early years

Ofsted figures show small rise in good and outstanding grades

Ofsted duo seek to reassure sector

Government set to delete 'five year rule' on GCSE re-sits

Terrorism bill means nurseries 'must understand risk of radicalisation'

Ofsted confirms separate grades for early years in schools

Institutional failures over child sex abuse revealed

Early years Ofsted reports to be 'shorter and punchier'

Sector responds to cutting red tape review

Nursery places for two-year-olds: a timeline

Children in 'Opportunity Area' have improved outcomes

Union appeals court ruling over employing unqualified teachers

Nurseries say DfE ratio figures don't add up

Why Early Years Teacher standards fail the youngest children

Wales votes to ban smacking

DfE updates guidance on wider opening for early years and childcare providers

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