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Share your thoughts on two-year-old ratios

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.

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.

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

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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.

LONG READ: Extended hours in chaos as councils leave settings in dark on rates

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Tuesday, January 30, 2024

| Nursery World

Most local authorities have yet to tell providers how much they will receive for funded places, raising doubts over how many settings will be able to offer the entitlements. By Katy Morton

MPs call for Ofsted to end single-word inspection judgements

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Monday, January 29, 2024

| Nursery World

MPs have called for a review into Ofsted’s single-word inspection judgements for schools, such as 'requires improvement' or 'outstanding', in a wide-ranging report by the Education Select Committee on the role of the inspectorate in schools.

Key findings from Education Select Committee report into Ofsted's work with schools

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Monday, January 29, 2024

| Nursery World

MPs have concluded their inquiry into Ofsted's work with schools.

Local authorities concerned there won't be enough places for the expanded offer

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Thursday, January 25, 2024

| Nursery World

The majority of local authorities do not think they will have enough places to meet demand for the expanded offer, according to new research by Coram Family and Childcare.

Tens of thousands register for DfE's early years catch-up training

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Thursday, January 25, 2024

| Nursery World

Tens of thousands of early years professionals have signed up to the DfE’s education recovery training courses, designed to improve children’s outcomes,including those that are disadvantaged.

Three in every ten children in the UK live in poverty as ‘scale of destitution’ rises fast

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Tuesday, January 23, 2024

| Nursery World

Six million of the poorest people in the UK would need to double their income to escape poverty, a major report has warned.

Ministers provide 'temporary fix' so parents can get their code for the extended hours

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Monday, January 22, 2024

| Nursery World

Ministers have actioned a last-minute ‘workaround’ to ensure that thousands of parents of two year-olds can get their codes to take-up a funded place.

DfE miscalculated under-twos places by £120m, but says it will cover whatever it costs

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Monday, January 22, 2024

| Nursery World

The DFE miscalculated funding for under-twos places by at least £120 million, but has now committed to ‘funding however much it costs’.

DfE to review Ofsted judgements for schools graded inadequate solely on safeguarding grounds

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Friday, January 19, 2024

| Nursery World

Schools that are found to be inadequate solely on safeguarding grounds, will receive no further intervention if they can prove the safeguarding issues have been resolved quickly, the DfE has said today (19 January).

More children with language delay and behaviour problems as poverty becomes the 'norm'

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Thursday, January 18, 2024

| Nursery World

‘Poverty is so widespread among families it has become the norm’, according to health visitors who have seen an increase in the numbers affected in the last year, impacting children's health and development.

London Mayor urged to take action on early years funding

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Tuesday, January 16, 2024

| Nursery World

The Mayor of London is being urged to lobby the Government to review funding rates for early years places.

‘Complete chaos’ for parents trying to access the extended funding for two-year-olds

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Monday, January 15, 2024

| Nursery World

Thousands of parents are struggling to get their code to take up the extended hours and to find a setting that is offering funded places.

Nurseries' resilience 'wearing increasingly thin' warns Christie & Co in business outlook for 2024

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Friday, January 12, 2024

| Nursery World

Specialist business property adviser Christie & Co is predicting more consolidation among nursery operators and a continued loss of capacity as a result of smaller settings closing, in market predictions for the year ahead.

Labour promises to 'end the scandal of children being held back by poor health' with new action plan

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Thursday, January 11, 2024

| Nursery World

Labour has unveiled plans for a new Child Health Action Plan, with the aim of creating the ‘healthiest generation of children ever in Britain’.

Government's long-awaited Family Hubs now open to families in 75 areas

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Wednesday, January 10, 2024

| Nursery World

The Government’s Family Hubs, first announced in 2021, are now open across 75 local authorities, while the DfE has launched a new campaign to support parents with their child's development.

New Year: The sector reveals its hopes and ambitions for 2024

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Monday, January 8, 2024

| Nursery World

Early years professionals explain what they want the sector, and their own operations, to achieve in the year ahead, against the backdrop of ongoing challenges

New childminder EYFS introduced

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Friday, January 5, 2024

| Nursery World

A new childminder-specific EYFS came into force on Thursday (4 January), as part of changes to regulations in the early years sector.

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Share your thoughts on two-year-old ratios

Foundations launches framework to support councils to develop Family Hubs

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

LONG READ: Extended hours in chaos as councils leave settings in dark on rates

MPs call for Ofsted to end single-word inspection judgements

Key findings from Education Select Committee report into Ofsted's work with schools

Local authorities concerned there won't be enough places for the expanded offer

Tens of thousands register for DfE's early years catch-up training

Three in every ten children in the UK live in poverty as ‘scale of destitution’ rises fast

Ministers provide 'temporary fix' so parents can get their code for the extended hours

DfE miscalculated under-twos places by £120m, but says it will cover whatever it costs

DfE to review Ofsted judgements for schools graded inadequate solely on safeguarding grounds

More children with language delay and behaviour problems as poverty becomes the 'norm'

London Mayor urged to take action on early years funding

‘Complete chaos’ for parents trying to access the extended funding for two-year-olds

Nurseries' resilience 'wearing increasingly thin' warns Christie & Co in business outlook for 2024

Labour promises to 'end the scandal of children being held back by poor health' with new action plan

Government's long-awaited Family Hubs now open to families in 75 areas

New Year: The sector reveals its hopes and ambitions for 2024

New childminder EYFS introduced

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