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The UK’s largest children’s reading charity is asking for £10 donations to help send book parcels to over 12,000 vulnerable children in the UK this Christmas.

UK's children's commissioners call for focus on children's needs in party manifestos

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Wednesday, November 6, 2019

| Nursery World

The four children’s commissioners have published an assessment of the UK’s progress on children’s rights, calling on all political parties to put the spotlight on children during the run up to the general election next month.

Children identified as possible victims of sexual assault in Devon nursery investigation

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Tuesday, November 5, 2019

| Nursery World

A ‘number of children’ aged two and above have been identified as potential victims by police investigating claims of sexual assault at Jack and Jill Childcare in Torquay.

Co-op Childcare acquires three new settings

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Monday, November 4, 2019

| Nursery World

The nursery group has bought three nurseries in the north east, bringing its total number of settings to 47.

T Levels are the answer to a better trained and more skilled workforce

Opinion

Monday, November 4, 2019

| Nursery World

Dr Joanna Goodman, education consultant, director of Cromwell Consulting Ltd, who helped develop the education and childcare T Level, explains how the qualification will benefit the early years workforce.

EYFS consultation proposals don't go far enough

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Friday, November 1, 2019

| Nursery World

The Government consultation on the EYFS incorporates changes to both the educational programmes and the Early Learning Goals (ELGs), but these fall well short of early years experts' expectations for the framework.

Yorkshire SEND school receives early years award

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Friday, November 1, 2019

| Nursery World

A school in Yorkshire for children with SEND has received an award for its work with local early years settings to provide them with innovative sporting opportunities.

DfE confirms new early years funding rates for 2020-21

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Thursday, October 31, 2019

| Nursery World

The Department for Education has announced an extension of supplementary funding for nursery schools, along with a boost to childcare funding rates of up to 8p per hour, per child.

Getting children moving is key to improving their mental health, say MPs

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Wednesday, October 30, 2019

| Nursery World

Getting children moving can ‘kick-start’ a solution to the children’s mental health crisis, according to a new report from the APPG on a Fit and Healthy Childhood.

More than 500 childcare settings closing each month

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Wednesday, October 30, 2019

| Nursery World

New figures reveal that between April 2018 and March 2019, more than 500 nurseries, pre-schools and childminders on average closed every month.

Parent’s Guide - Early learning: Forest School

Features

Tuesday, October 29, 2019

| Nursery World

What will children actually do during Forest School sessions at nursery and what are the developmental benefits? Annette Rawstrone provides a guide

Cost of childcare forcing parents to quit their jobs

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Tuesday, October 29, 2019

| Nursery World

New research which shows that nearly a fifth of parents have had to leave their job because of the cost of childcare, calls for subsidised care from the age of nine months.