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Counting the cost of early years funding shortfalls
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Opinion
- Tuesday, September 18, 2018 | Nursery World
As recent reports reveal ongoing problems with the underfunding of the 30 hours, Neil Leitch, chief executive of the biggest voluntary sector provider the Pre-school Learning Alliance, calls for Government action, as he explains why it has closed more than 20 settings
Alliance blames lack of Government funding for closing fifth of settings
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News
- Tuesday, September 18, 2018 | Nursery World
The Pre-school Learning Alliance has closed 23 nurseries since January, as a direct result of the longstanding Government under-funding of 15- and 30-hour childcare entitlements, Nursery World can reveal.
Cross-party MPs call on Government to take 'urgent action' to save nursery schools
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News
- Tuesday, September 18, 2018 | Nursery World
More than 70 MPs have signed a letter to education and Treasury ministers calling on them to protect funding for maintained nursery schools beyond 2020.
EXCLUSIVE: Early years workforce 'will get less well qualified'
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News
- Tuesday, September 18, 2018 | Nursery World
The current workforce is facing a ‘ticking timebomb’ of staff shortages combined with falling qualifications levels and an increasing reliance on unpaid staff, the Education Policy Institute has found.
Nursery Management: workforce: the future - On the cards
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Features
- Tuesday, September 18, 2018 | Nursery World
What does the future have in store for the early years workforce if current trends continue? Sara Bonetti, associate director of early years at the Education Policy Institute, makes some exclusive predictions
Nursery Management: Qualifications - Status quo?
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Features
- Tuesday, September 18, 2018 | Nursery World
What does the history of early years policy and qualifications tell us about today’s workforce? Hannah Crown charts developments from the NNEB to T-Levels
Spending on Sure Start cut by two-thirds in nine years
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News
- Monday, September 17, 2018 | Nursery World
Investment in Sure Start has further declined with the Government spending just over £576 million on children's centres in 2017-18, compared with £1.8 billion in 2009-10.
Editor's view - Body of evidence
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Opinion
- Monday, September 17, 2018 | Nursery World
The new school year has begun in a hailstorm of reports, but will their findings result in any significant changes ?
School readiness: A perfect fit?
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Features
- Monday, September 17, 2018 | Nursery World
Being a child-ready school means meeting the needs of new starters. Tamsin Grimmer offers some advice for schools in this extract from her new book on the subject
EYFS Activities: 5 ways to explore outdoors with under-threes
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Features
- Monday, September 17, 2018 | Nursery World
Outdoors is the very best place for babies and toddlers to explore, learn how the body works and to develop its potential, explains Julie Mountain
Interview - Aniruddh Gupta
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Other
- Monday, September 17, 2018 | Nursery World
Safari Kid International's chief executive talks about the growth of the nursery group and its future plans.
Network Whispers: checks for overseas staff, lack of Goodwill, and 'golden tickets' for two-year-olds
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Features
- Monday, September 17, 2018 | Nursery World
Nursery World and NDNA join forces for a behind-the-scenes column
Working with Parents: Single Handed
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Features
- Monday, September 17, 2018 | Nursery World
How can early years settings support single fathers and make them feel included without being patronising? Charlotte Goddard investigates
Downward trend
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Opinion
- Monday, September 17, 2018 | Nursery World
The Government focus on skewing funded childcare towards working parents means those most in need are missing out
Top down, back to front
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Opinion
- Monday, September 17, 2018 | Nursery World
We sometimes need to take a step back, away from the politics, negativity and fear, in order to appreciate what matters most
Nursery closures rise 66 per cent since 30 hours began
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News
- Monday, September 17, 2018 | Nursery World
Nursery closures have increased by two-thirds since the 30 hours funded childcare was introduced a year ago, reveals new research.
In Focus: A golden opportunity?
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News
- Monday, September 17, 2018 | Nursery World
The reform of early childhood education and care in England, Scotland and Sweden is
a story of missed opportunities and incremental change, argues Peter Moss
Parents save nursery in financial straits
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News
- Monday, September 17, 2018 | Nursery World
A group of parents has banded together to save a nursery facing closure.
The Big Picture - Beach Art
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News
- Monday, September 17, 2018 | Nursery World
Children at St Thomas’ Nursery and Beach School have created a replica lifeboat out of rubbish found during their weekly beach-cleaning sessions at Lytham St Annes on the Fylde coast of Lancashire.
Nursery Management: International - Work abroad
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Features
- Monday, September 17, 2018 | Nursery World
We know that pay and prestige are a problem for early years staff in the UK, but how does the workforce fare in other countries? Meredith Jones Russell investigates
'Unquestioning adherance to market dogma': the last 20 years of early years reforms
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Opinion
- Monday, September 17, 2018 | Nursery World
Emeritus Professor Peter Moss, Thomas Coram Research Unit, UCL, spoke last week at an event to mark 25 years since the launch of Early Studies Degrees. Here is his speech in full
Nursery Management: Maintaining Quality - All change
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Features
- Monday, September 17, 2018 | Nursery World
Making sure standards don’t slip and morale remains high amid change in a setting is a vital leadership skill. By Katy Morton
Nursery Management: Early Childhood Studies Degrees Network - Paper round
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Features
- Monday, September 17, 2018 | Nursery World
Jackie Musgrave explains how using the Early Childhood Studies Degrees Network to submit papers can enhance students’ professional development
Nursery Management: Research - In the know
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Features
- Monday, September 17, 2018 | Nursery World
What characteristics are required for those working in the early years? Verity Campbell-Barr sets out the findings of her research on the subject
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