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Government urged to do more to protect schools from Covid-19

Thursday, December 9, 2021

| Nursery World

Teaching unions have criticised the Government for failing to put more safety measures in place to protect children and school staff from Covid, following the move by the Prime Minister to implement ‘Plan B’ in the fight against the virus.

Health inequalities between disadvantaged and advantaged under-fives increasing

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Thursday, December 9, 2021

| Nursery World

Progress in improving the health of under-fives has ‘stalled’ in the last five years, particularly infant mortality and obesity, which is getting worse, according to findings from a new report.

Children's books: Best of the bunch

Features

Wednesday, December 8, 2021

| Nursery World

Karen Hart takes her pick of the best recent releases. These include Time to get Dressed – part of a new series by Penny Tassoni designed to support all children to be independent – and Sophie Dahl's seriously funny The Worst Sleepover in the World.

Covid has 'worsened' the outcomes of children living in the North of England

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Wednesday, December 8, 2021

| Nursery World

The pandemic has created a widening inequality gap between children living in the North and South of England, finds a new report.

Kids Planet buys group of nine nurseries

News

Wednesday, December 8, 2021

| Nursery World

The UK’s third largest nursery group Kids Planet has bought Kinder Haven, which operates nine settings in West Yorkshire.

Imagine Children's Festival to celebrate children's uniqueness

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Tuesday, December 7, 2021

| Nursery World

Imagine Children’s festival returns to London’s Southbank Centre for its 20th year this February half-term.

Ofsted 'must take account of ongoing pandemic in inspection'

News

Tuesday, December 7, 2021

| Nursery World

Ofsted has been urged to consider the ongoing impact of Covid in its inspections as early years settings continue to recover from the pandemic, organisations responding to its annual report have said.

Ofsted finds impact of Covid on learning and development of 'almost all children'

News

Tuesday, December 7, 2021

| Nursery World

Ofsted’s annual report for 2020/21, published today, highlights the impact of the pandemic on children and staff working in early years, schools and colleges.

Nanny association BAPN to close

News

Monday, December 6, 2021

| Nursery World

BAPN, the Professional Association for Nannies, will cease trading at the end of the month (31 December).

Helen Hayes named new shadow children and early years minister

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Monday, December 6, 2021

| Nursery World

Helen Hayes MP has been named as the new shadow children’s minister, replacing Tulip Siddiq who moves to a shadow Treasury role.

N Family Club grows to 17 settings

News

Friday, December 3, 2021

| Nursery World

N Family Club has acquired Bright Minds Daycare, a group of four nurseries across the West Midlands.

London nurseries and childminders urged to take part in survey to understand the pressures they face

News

Friday, December 3, 2021

| Nursery World

London childcare providers are being invited to take part in a survey to find out the challenges they are facing following more than a year of Covid-19 restrictions.

Concerns vulnerable children are being let down due to 'stretched' health visiting services

News

Friday, December 3, 2021

| Nursery World

More than 40 per cent of health visitors are worried they ‘can’t do enough to safeguard babies and children’, according to new survey findings.

Survey highlights 'sector-wide' early years workforce crisis

News

Thursday, December 2, 2021

| Nursery World

More than eight in ten early years settings are struggling to recruit staff and half of them are having to turn away new parents because of staff shortages, sector research suggests.

Charity launches free parenting app with personalised daily content for fathers

News

Thursday, December 2, 2021

| Nursery World

Dads can now receive bespoke, daily information on all aspects of fatherhood, thanks to a new app developed by charity Best Beginnings.

Urgent action needed to address the impacts of the pandemic on children under six

Opinion

Wednesday, December 1, 2021

| Nursery World

The pandemic has left its mark on all of us, but particularly young children and their physical development, says Max Stanford, of the Early Intervention Foundation

Sector concerned DfE mentoring programme will put added pressure on nurseries

News

Wednesday, December 1, 2021

| Nursery World

The DfE’s new mentoring programme has faced criticism from the sector, with some raising concern it will take much needed senior staff away from settings already experiencing a recruitment crisis.

Early years funding is ‘treading water’, finds report

News

Tuesday, November 30, 2021

| Nursery World

According to new research on education spending, high levels of inflation, a rising minimum wage and new taxes, will mean the 17p uplift in early years funding will ‘almost certainly’ not be enough to compensate for rising costs.

Covid cases on the rise in schools

News

Tuesday, November 30, 2021

| Nursery World

The number of children absent from school due to Covid has risen by 60 per cent in the past two weeks.

Bridget Phillipson appointed shadow education secretary

News

Tuesday, November 30, 2021

| Nursery World

Bridget Phillipson has been named as the new shadow education secretary, following Labour leader Keir Starmer’s reshuffle.

Loss of childcare places highest in South West

News

Tuesday, November 30, 2021

| Nursery World

Analysis of Ofsted data by the Early Years Alliance reveals 'huge regional disparities' in childcare place losses.

Nurseries and pre-schools to receive air quality monitors before Christmas

News

Tuesday, November 30, 2021

| Nursery World

All early years providers will receive CO2 monitors, designed to improved ventilation and prevent the spread of Covid-19, by the end of this term.

Government publishes new Covid-19 measures for nurseries, childminders and schools amid Omicron concern

News

Monday, November 29, 2021

| Nursery World

The Government has announced additional safety measures for early years settings and schools to prevent the spread of the new Coronavirus Omicron variant.

Scotland's Baby Box delivered to 200,000 new parents

News

Monday, November 29, 2021

| Nursery World

A total of 200,000 expectant parents in Scotland have received a Baby Box, under the devolved government’s scheme aimed at tackling inequality and promoting health.

Open letter to Ofsted raises concern over claims of 'harrowing' and 'confusing' early years inspections

News

Monday, November 29, 2021

| Nursery World

Nearly 600 people have signed an open letter to Ofsted raising concerns about the negative inspection experiences of early years settings, maintained nursery schools, and schools, amid claims they are leading to a severe impact on the confidence, morale and wellbeing of practitioners.

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