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DfE introduces £1,000 sign-up bonus to encourage more people to work in the early years sector

Friday, February 2, 2024

| Nursery World

Early years professionals joining or returning to the sector could receive a £1,000 sign on bonus under the Department for Education 's (DfE) 'Do Something Big' recruitment campaign, launched today (2 February).

Tens of thousands of children waiting months or years for autism support

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Friday, February 2, 2024

| Nursery World

Tens of thousands of children are waiting months, or even years, for autism support, reveals a new report, which calls for more assessments to take place in nurseries.

Share your thoughts on two-year-old ratios

News

Thursday, February 1, 2024

| Nursery World

Researchers from the Institute of Education at Nottingham University are asking for early years professionals and nursery managers and leaders to share their experiences of the recent changes to ratios for staff and two-year-olds in the EYFS.

Parents re-launch campaign to save Hackney children's centres that are under threat for a second time

News

Thursday, February 1, 2024

| Nursery World

Hackney parents have launched a campaign against the proposed closure and restructuring of four of the borough’s children’s centres by the council in a bid to make £4m in savings within the next three years.

Nursery Chains 2024: Groups by Size – Rise and Fall

Features

Wednesday, January 31, 2024

| Nursery World

Following another challenging year for the sector, Catherine Gaunt looks at winners and losers in the world of group operators, which make up our top 25 table

Nursery Chains 2024: Childbase top of our league

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Wednesday, January 31, 2024

| Nursery World

Childbase Partnership are top in our Nursery Chains’ 2024 table, which analyses the Ofsted reports of the 25 biggest groups in the UK.

Is the future of reading digital?

Opinion

Wednesday, January 31, 2024

| Nursery World

The National Literacy Trust’s head of school programmes, Martin Galway, says that schools should embrace eBooks, which will equip young children for the future and instil a love of reading.

Lockdown Babies: Weighing up the impact on children's health

Features

Wednesday, January 31, 2024

| Nursery World

It has been four years since the Covid-19 pandemic began to change the world. In the first of this series on its legacy, Jo Parkes looks at its impact on children’s health

Foundations launches framework to support councils to develop Family Hubs

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Wednesday, January 31, 2024

| Nursery World

Foundations has launched the Family Hubs Planning Framework to provide evidence-based information for local authorities.

Nursery Chains 2024: Directory - People & places

Features

Wednesday, January 31, 2024

| Nursery World

For your guide to the who, what and where of nursery chains, our directory gives you all the information you need

Nursery Chains 2024: Overview – Wave of Success

Features

Wednesday, January 31, 2024

| Nursery World

What does quality provision look like on the ground for thriving nursery groups? Nicole Weinstein talks to some key players to find out

University leaders call on Government to expand the Childcare Grant to postgraduate students

News

Wednesday, January 31, 2024

| Nursery World

Leaders of four universities are urging the Government to expand the childcare grant to include postgraduate students so they are not disincentivised from studying for higher qualifications.

Early years settings encouraged to 'take silly seriously' this Red Nose Day

News

Wednesday, January 31, 2024

| Nursery World

Children are being urged to ‘get reddy to let loose’ and do something funny for money this Red Nose Day (Friday 15 March).

Special Focus: How apprenticeships are broadening their scope

Features

Tuesday, January 30, 2024

| Nursery World

Following recent changes designed to make EY apprenticeships more attractive, Karen Hart looks at the opportunities they provide for both trainees and settings

The Big Debate: Labour's plans for universal childcare

News

Tuesday, January 30, 2024

| Nursery World

Are Labour’s plans to fund more nursery places within existing primary schools a good way to achieve the party’s vision for universal childcare? We asked two experts in the sector to share their views

Jo Casebourne chief executive, Foundations: Developing a framework for Family Hubs

Opinion

Tuesday, January 30, 2024

| Nursery World

An upcoming Planning Framework will help local authorities ensure that Family Hubs meet the needs of their communities, says Jo Casebourne, chief executive of Foundations – What Works Centre for Children & Families

Market View: Advice for leaseholders when it comes to selling the property

Features

Tuesday, January 30, 2024

| Nursery World

Leah Turner, co-founder of Owen Froebel, which offers day nursery brokerage, valuations and sales, on whether providers should tell their landlord they are selling.

HR Guru: Finding the 'right' person for a job

Features

Tuesday, January 30, 2024

| Nursery World

Imogen Edmunds, managing director of Redwing Solutions, which specialises in HR for early years settings, on ‘safer’ recruitment

TWENTY TOP YEARS

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Tuesday, January 30, 2024

| Nursery World

Tops Day Nurseries celebrated its employee Chris Champion’s 20 years with the company.

Kids Planet grows to 182 nurseries

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Tuesday, January 30, 2024

| Nursery World

The third largest nursery group in the country has acquired its first nurseries in Wales, along with five settings in Greater Manchester.

LIFE AFFIRMING

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Tuesday, January 30, 2024

| Nursery World

At Abbot’s Hill Nursery in Hertfordshire, children are encouraged to take time out during their day to practise their positive affirmations.

Health & Wellbeing: Dealing with children's anxieties

Features

Tuesday, January 30, 2024

| Nursery World

There are many strategies that practitioners can use to help children deal with anxiety. By Annette Rawstrone

What Research Tells Us: ‘Children’s voices: Inclusive early childhood placemaking with children’

Features

Tuesday, January 30, 2024

| Nursery World

Creating enabling environments in early years settings is a core theme of the Early Years Foundation Stage. But do early years practitioners consider children’s own views when designing a nursery environment? By Gabriella Jozwiak