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Coronavirus guidance: a handy summary

Thursday, April 30, 2020

| Nursery World

A raft of guidance has been produced since the country went into lockdown. Here is a handy summary of key guidance and dates, with links to further, official, information:

Government confirms EYFS relaxations for coronavirus outbreak

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Tuesday, April 28, 2020

| Nursery World

The Government has put into force temporary changes to the Early Years Foundation Stage framework for early years providers remaining open in the coronavirus outbreak.

Coronavirus: EYFS requirements and ratios to be relaxed

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Thursday, April 16, 2020

| Nursery World

Early years settings will no longer be required to meet the learning and development requirements of the EYFS or staff:child ratios, in temporary measures to be put in place during the coronavirus outbreak.

Childcare and Education T level content published

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Wednesday, April 15, 2020

| Nursery World

The detail of the education and childcare T-level has now been published.

Settings encouraged to stay open over Easter

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Thursday, April 2, 2020

| Nursery World

Settings remaining open to cater for the children of key workers are encouraged to stay open over Easter, the Department of Education has confirmed.

Coronavirus: Inquiry into the impact of coronavirus on the education sector

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Tuesday, March 31, 2020

| Nursery World

The impact of coronavirus on the education sector will be scrutinised by the Education Select Committee.

Coronavirus: Call for early years inspections to be put on hold

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Friday, March 13, 2020

| Nursery World

Ofsted is being urged to temporarily suspend routine early years inspections in light of the ongoing coronavirus spread.

Ofsted makes registration process more straightforward for childcarers

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Thursday, February 20, 2020

| Nursery World

Ofsted has updated its online registration system to make the process easier for early years providers and help stop delays which had been affecting prospective childminders.

Guide to: using the apprenticeship service - Greater access

Features

Monday, February 17, 2020

| Nursery World

As of January 2020, the digital apprenticeship service has been available to small employers that don’t pay the levy. So how does it work, asks the AELP's Simon Ashworth

Parents not convinced of value of apprenticeships, research suggests

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Tuesday, February 4, 2020

| Nursery World

Findings from a survey of 1,000 Mumsnet users with children aged 13-18 reveal that more than 60 per cent would be concerned their child would be ‘stuck making the tea’ if they were to choose an apprenticeship.

Wales votes to ban smacking

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Wednesday, January 29, 2020

| Nursery World

Wales has become the latest country to pass a law banning the physical punishment of children.

MPs urge Government to put children's needs at the heart of new mental health legislation

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Wednesday, January 29, 2020

| Nursery World

A Labour MP has tabled a motion calling for children’s needs be made a focus of any reforms to the Mental Health Act, which were promised in the Queen’s Speech last month.

Bereaved parents will be entitled to two weeks' paid leave

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Thursday, January 23, 2020

| Nursery World

Parents who lose a child under the age of 18 will be entitled to two weeks’ paid bereavement leave from work, the Government has announced.

Guide to: changes to the EYFS

Features

Monday, November 11, 2019

| Nursery World

The Government is consulting on its proposals for the EYFS. How has it been changed and what is the background to the latest amendments? Hannah Crown has the details

Families lose landmark SEND case against Government

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Monday, October 7, 2019

| Nursery World

The families of children with SEND who brought a legal challenge against the Government over funding have lost their case in the High Court.

Scotland becomes first UK country to ban smacking

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Friday, October 4, 2019

| Nursery World

Scotland has become the first country in the UK to make smacking a criminal offence.

'Human capital': measuring the value people bring to the economy

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Tuesday, October 1, 2019

| Nursery World

A consultation has opened on how the Government measures the value people bring to the economy.

EXCLUSIVE: Working Poverty, Childcare Practitioners - Childcare’s dirty secret

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Tuesday, September 17, 2019

| Nursery World

We know early years education suffers from a pay problem, but just how does this affect practitioners’ ability to afford to lead ‘normal’ lives? Hannah Crown has these shocking findings from our exclusive survey

Guide to: Upcoming policy changes 2019

Features

Monday, August 19, 2019

| Nursery World

A swathe of new big policy documents are hitting the early years sector from September, starting with the new inspection framework. Hannah Crown has a handy summary of what is happening and when

Families lose legal challenge against Reception baseline

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Wednesday, July 31, 2019

| Nursery World

Families challenging the Department for Education’s introduction of the Reception baseline assessment have been refused permission to take the case to a full judicial review.

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Coronavirus guidance: a handy summary

Government confirms EYFS relaxations for coronavirus outbreak

Coronavirus: EYFS requirements and ratios to be relaxed

Childcare and Education T level content published

Settings encouraged to stay open over Easter

Coronavirus: Inquiry into the impact of coronavirus on the education sector

Coronavirus: Call for early years inspections to be put on hold

Ofsted makes registration process more straightforward for childcarers

Guide to: using the apprenticeship service - Greater access

Parents not convinced of value of apprenticeships, research suggests

Wales votes to ban smacking

MPs urge Government to put children's needs at the heart of new mental health legislation

Bereaved parents will be entitled to two weeks' paid leave

Guide to: changes to the EYFS

Families lose landmark SEND case against Government

Scotland becomes first UK country to ban smacking

'Human capital': measuring the value people bring to the economy

EXCLUSIVE: Working Poverty, Childcare Practitioners - Childcare’s dirty secret

Guide to: Upcoming policy changes 2019

Families lose legal challenge against Reception baseline

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