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Ofsted: Government rules in favour of keeping single-word judgements

Friday, April 26, 2024

| Nursery World

The Government has said that single-word inspection judgements will stay, despite recommendations from the education select committee of MPs that they should be scrapped and replaced with a more ‘nuanced’ system.

DfE seeks views on new experience-based route qualification for early years practitioners

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Monday, April 22, 2024

| Nursery World

A consultation on plans to introduce a new experience-based route for unqualified early years practitioners to count in ratios has been launched today.

Sector raises concern as survey shows most early years providers haven't increased their places

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Monday, April 22, 2024

| Nursery World

Most early years providers have not changed the number of places they offer, despite an additional 85,000 places being needed for the full roll out of the expanded offer.

New book recommends against relying on private nurseries for the expanded offer

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Thursday, March 28, 2024

| Nursery World

A new book by Professor Helen Penn suggests rather than campaign for greater childcare funding, efforts should be focused on building local authority provision, while curbing the ‘activities of large nursery chains.

Childcare Survey suggests time is running out to find enough places for expanded offer

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Tuesday, March 19, 2024

| Nursery World

With two weeks until the roll out of the 15 hours for two-year-olds, new survey findings show a continued decline in the availability of childcare as costs rise by 7 per cent.

LONG READ: Sector is split over decision to provide funded twos places

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Tuesday, February 27, 2024

| Nursery World

Two surveys show that many settings will not be able to offer parents places for the extended entitlements, as the start of the roll-out of the expanded policy nears. By Catherine Gaunt

Special focus: Guide to latest management software

Features

Tuesday, February 27, 2024

| Nursery World

Amid the uncertainty surrounding the roll-out of the extended entitlements, early years settings need digital management tools now more than ever. By Karen Hart

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

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.

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

Ofsted to bring in changes to post-inspection complaints process from January, as 80 per cent back plans

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Monday, November 27, 2023

| Nursery World

Early years providers will be able to contact Ofsted to raise concerns following an inspection, in changes to the way the inspectorate deals with complaints following inspections.

Interview – Wendy Ratcliff, Ofsted's Principal Officer for Early Education

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Friday, November 24, 2023

| Nursery World

Catherine Gaunt spoke to Wendy Ratcliff, Ofsted's Principal Officer for Early Education, about the findings of Ofsted's Annual Report for 2022-23.

LONG READ: What funding and regulatory changes mean for the sector

News

Tuesday, November 21, 2023

| Nursery World

Katy Morton analyses changes coming down the track and garners opinion on the wider implications.

Special Focus: Has the Education Recovery Plan boosted the sector?

Features

Monday, October 2, 2023

| Nursery World

Jo Parkes gauges the scope and success of the Government’s Education Recovery Plan so far, investigating its priorities, which include developing children’s speech and language skills

Research Nurseries: On a learning curve

Features

Wednesday, August 2, 2023

| Nursery World

In the last of the series, researcher Gemma Goldenberg discusses what research- informed practice means to different settings and unpicks some of the differing views about what works

Latest figures show number of disadvantaged two-year-olds taking up 15 hours lowest ever

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Friday, July 7, 2023

| Nursery World

The number of disadvantaged two-year-olds registered for 15-hour childcare is now the lowest ever, according to the latest official statistics, while the number of children of working parents registered for the 30-hour entitlement is at its highest.

Early years staff under stress due to unmanageable workload – survey

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Tuesday, June 27, 2023

| Nursery World

Early years educators are struggling with their workload, with over a fifth reporting that they ‘frequently’ have ‘too much’ on.

The Big Debate: Should Ofsted scrap the overall judgement grade for early years settings?

News

Tuesday, June 27, 2023

| Nursery World

We asked two early years providers to share their views

Why the Online Safety Bill must include risks to youngest children

Features

Thursday, June 1, 2023

| Nursery World

As the Online Safety Bill goes through Parliament this year, national media headlines are focusing on the risks associated with teenagers. But for many years, early years practitioners have been raising serious concerns about the damaging effects of screentime habits on our youngest children

Proposed Government changes to childcare qualifications spark concern about 'de-professionalisation' of the workforce'

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Wednesday, May 31, 2023

| Nursery World

Early years organisations, experts and consultants are worried that Government proposals on changes to early years qualifications, outlined in a consultation launched today, could lower standards and ultimately, the quality of care.

Trade union calls on Government to address early years workforce challenges

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Tuesday, May 30, 2023

| Nursery World

Community, which represents early years professionals, is launching its Early Years Charter, which sets out the 'key' workforce changes it would like the Government to implement.

Councils warn nurseries against 'top-up' fees

News

Thursday, May 25, 2023

| Nursery World

Early years settings are being warned by councils about charging parents ‘top-up fees’ for the funded hours.

Nurseries and childminders back scrapping Ofsted one-word inspection judgements

News

Friday, May 5, 2023

| Nursery World

Most early years providers would back the scrapping of single-word Ofsted judgements, according to findings from a survey by the Early Years Alliance.

Policy: How the SEND Improvement Plan aims to strengthen support for young children

Features

Wednesday, April 26, 2023

| Nursery World

A new Improvement Plan aims to end the ‘postcode lottery’ of the SEND code of practice. Karen Faux provides a guide

Put your questions to HMRC on Tax-Free Childcare

News

Monday, April 17, 2023

| Nursery World

Nursery World is inviting early years providers to put forward questions for HMRC about Tax-Free Childcare.

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Ofsted: Government rules in favour of keeping single-word judgements

DfE seeks views on new experience-based route qualification for early years practitioners

Sector raises concern as survey shows most early years providers haven't increased their places

New book recommends against relying on private nurseries for the expanded offer

Childcare Survey suggests time is running out to find enough places for expanded offer

LONG READ: Sector is split over decision to provide funded twos places

Special focus: Guide to latest management software

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

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

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

Ofsted to bring in changes to post-inspection complaints process from January, as 80 per cent back plans

Interview – Wendy Ratcliff, Ofsted's Principal Officer for Early Education

LONG READ: What funding and regulatory changes mean for the sector

Special Focus: Has the Education Recovery Plan boosted the sector?

Research Nurseries: On a learning curve

Latest figures show number of disadvantaged two-year-olds taking up 15 hours lowest ever

Early years staff under stress due to unmanageable workload – survey

The Big Debate: Should Ofsted scrap the overall judgement grade for early years settings?

Why the Online Safety Bill must include risks to youngest children

Proposed Government changes to childcare qualifications spark concern about 'de-professionalisation' of the workforce'

Trade union calls on Government to address early years workforce challenges

Councils warn nurseries against 'top-up' fees

Nurseries and childminders back scrapping Ofsted one-word inspection judgements

Policy: How the SEND Improvement Plan aims to strengthen support for young children

Put your questions to HMRC on Tax-Free Childcare

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