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Budget 2024: Chancellor confirms 'guaranteed' rates for 'landmark' childcare expansion

Wednesday, March 6, 2024

| Nursery World

The Chancellor has delivered his spring Budget today confirming there will be an extra £500m for providers over two years to support providers with workforce costs.

Budget 2024: Early years sector cautiously welcomes Chancellor's plans for funding rates to rise in line with costs

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Wednesday, March 6, 2024

| Nursery World

Early years sector organisations have given a cautious welcome to the Chancellor’s confirmation that he would ‘guarantee rates’ for providers to deliver the expanded childcare offer, but say the 'devil is in the detail'.

'Pandemic babies' found to have fewer allergies and infections

News

Tuesday, March 5, 2024

| Nursery World

Babies born during the Covid-19 pandemic have experienced lower rates of infection and fewer allergies, reveals new research.

More than eight in 10 single parents on universal credit unable to meet new work requirements

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Tuesday, March 5, 2024

| Nursery World

Over 80 per cent of single parents claiming universal credit say they are unable to meet the 30-hour work requirements introduced last October for ‘lead carers’ of three-to-12-year-olds.

Labour says Chancellor's plans to expand childcare are 'in absolute tatters'

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Monday, March 4, 2024

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Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has claimed that the Government is ‘on track’ with its plans to expand childcare for parents, in response to Labour claims that it has a dossier that shows that the Conservatives’ plans are ‘in absolute tatters’.

Working families will be £1,300 worse off by the end of the decade

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Monday, March 4, 2024

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New analysis by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) suggests that the upcoming Budget on Wednesday risks keeping the UK economy on a course which would see household worse off by £1,300 a year, compared to the beginning of the decade (2021).

How 'A Better Start' areas support families and babies against backdrop of shortages to midwives and health visitors

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Friday, March 1, 2024

| Nursery World

A new report on maternity and antenatal support by the National Lottery Community Fund and the National Children’s Bureau highlights the challenges faced by the midwifery and health visiting workforce, and highlights partnership working in the five 'A Better Start' areas of England.

Call to give more importance to family learning

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Friday, March 1, 2024

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A group of organisations from across the early years and family support sectors is calling for family learning to be reformed so every child and parent in England are supported.

A 'significant' proportion of families still not using Tax-Free Childcare

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Thursday, February 29, 2024

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While take-up of Tax-Free Childcare among families has risen, there still remains a ‘significant’ proportion not using the taxable benefit.

Rising numbers of children now start school without the basic skills they need

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Wednesday, February 28, 2024

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Fewer children are ‘school ready’, with many unable to listen and respond to basic instructions and share and play together, suggests new research.

How to avoid 'labelling' children

Features

Tuesday, February 27, 2024

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Emma Davis explores why labelling children can limit learning and jeopardise self esteem, and why it is in opposition to the 'unique child'.

Essential Resources: Nursery World visits… N Family Club Stoke Newington

Features

Tuesday, February 27, 2024

| Nursery World

Nicole Weinstein visits a nursery in the London borough of Hackney to look at the resources and learning that takes place in the atelier

Management Queries - Should staff cover up tattoos?

Features

Tuesday, February 27, 2024

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Our panel discusses whether early years settings should tell staff to cover up their tattoos, or allow them to be on show. By Gabriella Jozwiak

Dr Jo Jenkinson: Help postgrad parents with childcare costs

Opinion

Tuesday, February 27, 2024

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Why the Government should allow postgraduate students to access childcare schemes such as the grant offered to undergraduates

How to achieve gender equality through best practice

Features

Tuesday, February 27, 2024

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What are the issues related to gender inequality and stereotypes, and how can early years settings help children to have more inclusive attitudes? Gemma Goldenberg reports

Lockdown Babies: What are the knock-on effects for child development?

Features

Tuesday, February 27, 2024

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What are the key issues developmentally for babies born in lockdown, and how are they presenting themselves now? Jo Parkes investigates

We’ve explored… elephants

Features

Tuesday, February 27, 2024

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Children at one setting have worked on individual and collaborative elephant projects. By Annette Rawstrone

HR Guru: Guide to effective inductions

Features

Tuesday, February 27, 2024

| Nursery World

Imogen Edmunds, managing director of Redwing Solutions, which specialises in HR for early years settings, on effective inductions.

Physical Development p3: Building strength and stamina

Features

Tuesday, February 27, 2024

| Nursery World

How should children build strength and stamina in a developmentally appropriate way, asks Dr Lala Manners in part three of her series

Our working relationship: Combining knowledge to create exciting outdoor activities

Features

Tuesday, February 27, 2024

| Nursery World

Kirsty holds an early years degree and has worked for the Kids Planet group since 2016. Apprentice Rhys is a sports coach who is working towards his Level 3 qualification. Both Kirsty and Rhys work closely together to encourage children’s physical development through fun activities.

‘Baby farming’ is the theme of a new BBC podcast which delves into archive ads from Nursery World in the 1950s

Features

Tuesday, February 27, 2024

| Nursery World

Seun Matiluko explains the subject matter behind one episode of her BBC podcast, which looks at how many West Africans privately fostered their children between the 1950s and 90s

What Research Tells Us: 'The Jamaica Home Visit Intervention'

Features

Tuesday, February 27, 2024

| Nursery World

The Jamaica Home Visit Intervention was a landmark study demonstrating the positive impact of home intervention programmes on three-year-olds. This has gone on to influence early years practice across the globe today. By Gabriella Jozwiak

Market View: Managing your accounts

Features

Tuesday, February 27, 2024

| Nursery World

Leah Turner, co-founder of Owen Froebel, which offers day nursery brokerage, valuations and sales, on keeping track of income and managing your accounts.

Outdoors: Stem – experimenting with friction

Features

Tuesday, February 27, 2024

| Nursery World

Forces are all around us – this month we’re going to explore the forces that relate to motion on wheels: pushing and pulling, and the effects of gravity and friction. By Julie Mountain and Felicity Robinson

Safeguarding in 2024 part 2: Ensuring a person's suitability

Features

Tuesday, February 27, 2024

| Nursery World

In part two of her series, Rachel Buckler outlines how to ensure the ‘suitability’ of persons in positions of trust

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Budget 2024: Chancellor confirms 'guaranteed' rates for 'landmark' childcare expansion

Budget 2024: Early years sector cautiously welcomes Chancellor's plans for funding rates to rise in line with costs

'Pandemic babies' found to have fewer allergies and infections

More than eight in 10 single parents on universal credit unable to meet new work requirements

Labour says Chancellor's plans to expand childcare are 'in absolute tatters'

Working families will be £1,300 worse off by the end of the decade

How 'A Better Start' areas support families and babies against backdrop of shortages to midwives and health visitors

Call to give more importance to family learning

A 'significant' proportion of families still not using Tax-Free Childcare

Rising numbers of children now start school without the basic skills they need

How to avoid 'labelling' children

Essential Resources: Nursery World visits… N Family Club Stoke Newington

Management Queries - Should staff cover up tattoos?

Dr Jo Jenkinson: Help postgrad parents with childcare costs

How to achieve gender equality through best practice

Lockdown Babies: What are the knock-on effects for child development?

We’ve explored… elephants

HR Guru: Guide to effective inductions

Physical Development p3: Building strength and stamina

Our working relationship: Combining knowledge to create exciting outdoor activities

‘Baby farming’ is the theme of a new BBC podcast which delves into archive ads from Nursery World in the 1950s

What Research Tells Us: 'The Jamaica Home Visit Intervention'

Market View: Managing your accounts

Outdoors: Stem – experimenting with friction

Safeguarding in 2024 part 2: Ensuring a person's suitability

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