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Ofsted calls for stronger 'oversight' of large providers

Monday, November 1, 2021

| Nursery World

Ofsted is calling for stronger regulatory powers to ensure early years providers with multiple settings are having a positive impact on children.

DfE to reform Level 3 early years qualifications

News

Friday, October 29, 2021

| Nursery World

The Department for Education is to review and reform level 3 early years qualifications as part of its measures to address the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on young children.

Why food support should start at school

Opinion

Friday, October 29, 2021

| Nursery World

Many children are not receiving the correct nutrition, as a direct result of household poverty, and school food packages play a key role in supporting a child’s health, explains Sajad Mahmood, chief executive of the international food charity Right.

Family First nursery group grows to 30 settings

News

Friday, October 29, 2021

| Nursery World

The rapidly growing nursery group Family First has acquired a chain of settings in Essex and two standalone sites, taking its number of nurseries to 30.

National Centre for Family Hubs to launch toolkit at first conference

News

Friday, October 29, 2021

| Nursery World

A toolkit to support local authorities, health and education teams to implement the Government’s Family Hubs is being launched at a virtual conference on Tuesday (2 November).

Children’s minister confirms £510m total increase for early years funding

News

Thursday, October 28, 2021

| Nursery World

Children and families minister Will Quince has confirmed that the Government is providing an additional £510m for early years funding over the next three years, despite initial announcements of £170m by 2024-25.

Time to level all the way up

Opinion

Thursday, October 28, 2021

| Nursery World

The Chancellor had some tough decisions to make in his Spending Review, but I am not convinced he placed every child at the heart of it by providing the real cost of investment.

Autumn Budget 2021: Early years sector gives cautious welcome to funding increase

News

Wednesday, October 27, 2021

| Nursery World

While Chancellor Rishi Sunak announced £170m for early years funding by 2024-25 in his Budget speech today, Nursery World now understands that there will be additional funding in 2022-23 and 2023-24 that was not initially set out.

Autumn Budget 2021: £170m for childcare providers

News

Wednesday, October 27, 2021

| Nursery World

Chancellor Rishi Sunak has pledged £170m more for childcare providers in early years funding by 2024-25.

A special report on - Being sustainable

Features

Tuesday, October 26, 2021

| Nursery World

As awareness of the climate emergency increases among businesses and consumers alike, Nicole Weinstein considers how nurseries can be more environmentally sustainable

Music in The Early Years - Strike a chord

Features

Tuesday, October 26, 2021

| Nursery World

How does music link to learning and development, and what are the best ways to introduce musical opportunities for all age groups? Penny Tassoni investigates

Smoke and mirrors

Opinion

Tuesday, October 26, 2021

| Nursery World

The Government’s communications around the early years and teaching could have been written by a satirist, says our columnist Michael Pettavel

Nursery Management: Buying And Selling - Survive, adapt and flourish

Features

Tuesday, October 26, 2021

| Nursery World

After a pandemic-led downturn last year, the investment outlook for the childcare market is rebounding and optimism is high once again. Meredith Jones Russell reports

Best Practice - War of words

Features

Tuesday, October 26, 2021

| Nursery World

The publication earlier this year of the Government’s new Reading Framework was met with a mixed reaction. Caroline Vollans considers the responses

Your outdoor calendar: November

Features

Tuesday, October 26, 2021

| Nursery World

This month, Julie Mountain is focusing on STEM because quick science, technology, engineering and maths projects are great when the weather is so unpredictable