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Labour analysis shows growing cost of childcare for parents

Thursday, March 9, 2023

| Nursery World

Analysis by Labour of official DfE figures has found that the average cost of an hour of childcare for a two-year-old is now 14 per cent higher than in 2018, when the 30 hours was introduced.

Parents could be spending up to 80 per cent of take-home pay on childcare – study

News

Thursday, March 9, 2023

| Nursery World

Parents spend on average a third of their hourly wage on childcare in England, according to research by think tank Nesta.

Covid recovery programme found to benefit children's language skills

News

Thursday, March 9, 2023

| Nursery World

A Government funded Covid recovery programme to provide additional support for four and five-year-olds with their language skills, has been found to benefit pupils years later.

Cost-of-living crisis forces families to share beds and forgo proper meals

News

Wednesday, March 8, 2023

| Nursery World

Families are sharing beds, children are sleeping on floors and sharing soiled beds due to the cost-of-living crisis, reveals new research.

Sally Goddard Blythe: 'Why introducing screening and movement programmes in school would help child development'

Opinion

Wednesday, March 8, 2023

| Nursery World

With many children starting school lacking in self-care skills, the value of introducing a screening and movement programme in schools is clear, says Sally Goddard Blythe

Leap into spring with our March issue, featuring Nursery Chains

News

Tuesday, March 7, 2023

| Nursery World

A packed March issue includes our annual Nursery Chains supplement, a new series linking resources with the areas of learning, and we investigate research-led practice at Sheringham nursery school and look at post-pandemic infectious diseases.

Bright Horizons nursery temporarily closed by Ofsted due to concerns over children's safety

News

Tuesday, March 7, 2023

| Nursery World

Bright Horizons’ Crouch End nursery in North London has had its registration temporarily suspended by Ofsted.

Nursery World Business Summit: Labour reiterates breakfast club pledge, but promises wider childcare reforms

News

Tuesday, March 7, 2023

| Nursery World

Bridget Phillipson, shadow education secretary, said that a Labour Government would ‘fix’ the country’s ‘broken childcare system’, in a speech to delegates at Nursery World’s 9th Business Summit.

Julian Grenier to join Ofsted's early education curriculum unit

News

Tuesday, March 7, 2023

| Nursery World

Ofsted is expanding its curriculum unit to include two new leads for early education.

Lack of affordable, accessible childcare is costing the economy billions in lost earnings – report

News

Monday, March 6, 2023

| Nursery World

The UK is losing 1 per cent of its GDP, equivalent to £27bn, due to a lack of suitable childcare, warns a new economic think tank report.

Ukrainian kindergartens secure generators following UK appeal

News

Friday, March 3, 2023

| Nursery World

More than 300 generators have been sent to Ukrainian early years settings, schools and orphanages, following a successful appeal by UK to Ukraine, enabling more children to continue learning, despite Russian attacks.

SEND improvement plan – sector response

News

Friday, March 3, 2023

| Nursery World

Charities and sector organisations have responded to the publication of the Government’s SEND improvement plan. We look at what the plan says, and whether those on the frontline in supporting children and families think it measures up.

Chancellor urged to boost childcare funding by estimated shortfall

News

Friday, March 3, 2023

| Nursery World

A gender equality think tank is calling on the Chancellor to boost childcare funding by £1.7bn – the estimated shortfall – in the Spring Budget.

LEYF publishes sustainability strategy and encourages early years settings to get involved

News

Friday, March 3, 2023

| Nursery World

London Early Years Foundation (LEYF) invites children, parents and all early years settings to join it in its sustainability journey with the publication of its sustainability strategy.

Parents claim it doesn't make 'financial sense' to work due to childcare costs - survey

News

Thursday, March 2, 2023

| Nursery World

Three-quarters of mothers who pay for childcare say that it does not make financial sense for them to work, reveals new research.

World Book Day 2023: The Queen Consort and children's laureate share their love of books

News

Thursday, March 2, 2023

| Nursery World

To mark World Book Day today (2 March), The Queen Consort sat down with the children’s laureate to discuss their shared love of books and the importance of reading.

Petition calling for free school meals for all primary children to be delivered to 10 Downing Street

News

Thursday, March 2, 2023

| Nursery World

A petition of over 32,000 signatures calling for free school meals to be expanded is being delivered to Parliament by Barnardo’s and actress and ambassador Michelle Collins today (2 March).

SEND improvement plan: Government pledges to end postcode lottery for families and fund training for 5,000 early years SENCos

News

Thursday, March 2, 2023

| Nursery World

Ministers have pledged to fund training for thousands of workers to support children with special educational needs and disabilities in the long-awaited SEND improvement plan for England, which will be published on Thursday.

Nursery Chains 2023 – N Family Club stays at number one

News

Wednesday, March 1, 2023

| Nursery World

N Family Club retains the top spot as in our Nursery Chains quality table, which analyses the Ofsted reports of the 25 biggest groups in the UK.

PM told to 'prioritise' childcare and deliver more support for early education

News

Wednesday, March 1, 2023

| Nursery World

Nearly two out of three parents are reconsidering whether to have another child due to ‘spiralling’ childcare costs, finds new research.

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Tuesday, February 28, 2023

| Nursery World

Child First Moulton has received five stars from the RHS Gardening Awards.

Agency's ‘ineffective’ grade puts childminders on alert

News

Tuesday, February 28, 2023

| Nursery World

Childminders in more than 100 local authority areas are being restricted or having funding for entitlement offers withheld after their agency's Ofsted inspection. By Katy Morton