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Government accused of turning children into 'numbers on a Treasury spreadsheet'

Thursday, June 15, 2023

| Nursery World

The Government has been accused of prioritising a desire to use more ‘free childcare’ as a means to boost the economy over and above the needs of young children

Government urged to extend paternity leave to help close gender pay gap

News

Thursday, June 15, 2023

| Nursery World

Increasing paid paternity leave to six weeks could reduce the gender pay gap and help equalise men and women’s participation in the labour market, suggests new research.

Campaign calls on dads to read with their children

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Wednesday, June 14, 2023

| Nursery World

BookTrust has launched a campaign to get the nation reading, after research reveals that only one in three children are read a story every day by their dads.

Labour considers making the funded childcare hours means-tested, not universal

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Wednesday, June 14, 2023

| Nursery World

Labour has ruled out offering universal free childcare in favour of a means-tested offer to reduce spending commitments, reveal reports.

Cross party MPs to consider whether Ofsted school inspections could be improved

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Tuesday, June 13, 2023

| Nursery World

The Education Committee has today launched a new inquiry into the way Ofsted inspects schools.

'Inadequate' schools with 'ineffective' safeguarding to be re-inspected sooner – Ofsted

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Monday, June 12, 2023

| Nursery World

Ofsted inspectors are to revisit schools graded inadequate due to ineffective safeguarding sooner, under plans by the inspectorate to improve aspects of its work.

Ofsted responds to comments around ‘culture of fear’

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Monday, June 12, 2023

| Nursery World

Delegates at the National Day Nurseries Association annual conference spoke about the ‘culture of fear’ surrounding Ofsted inspections and questioned why the inspection process has not been paused.

Ofsted to ‘significantly’ change complaints process

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Monday, June 12, 2023

| Nursery World

Ofsted has today (Monday 12 June) launched a consultation on plans to ‘significantly’ change its complaints process for both early years settings and schools.

‘Unacceptable’ that changes to Ofsted inspections only apply to schools and not early years

News

Monday, June 12, 2023

| Nursery World

The sector has expressed its frustration at Ofsted for failing to recognise the impact of inspections on early years providers with the majority of its reforms applying to only schools.

More emotional support for mums needed as 1 in 10 struggle to bond with their newborn

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Monday, June 12, 2023

| Nursery World

A survey of mums, undertaken by the Parent-Infant Foundation, suggests pregnant women are not getting the support they need to help them bond with their babies.

Call to increase paternity pay so families avoid money struggles – poll

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Friday, June 9, 2023

| Nursery World

More than half of families struggle financially when dads/partners take paternity leave, according to new research by the TUC, which is calling for paternity pay to be increased to at least the national living wage rate.

Children’s minister pledges to re-examine local authority top-slicing of early years funding

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Friday, June 9, 2023

| Nursery World

The children’s minister has vowed to look again at the percentage of early years funding that local authorities are allowed to keep back from providers in the Early Years Funding Formula.

Nursery World's correspondent wins award for article on Ukraine

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Thursday, June 8, 2023

| Nursery World

Nursery World’s freelance correspondent, Gabriella Jozwiak, has won a journalism award for the live report she wrote for the magazine about the impact of the war in Ukraine on young children and their carers.

Why phonics is more than just learning to read (and write)

Opinion

Thursday, June 8, 2023

| Nursery World

Pearson’s Primary Literacy Advisor explains why the use of phonics are vital for early literacy learning.

Improving T Levels to meet industry needs

Features

Wednesday, June 7, 2023

| Nursery World

Janet King, sector manager for Education and Childcare at NCFE, unpacks the Education Select Committee’s recommendations on post-16 qualifications and looks at the path ahead.