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Summer statement: Government 'without a plan' for the childcare sector and struggling families

Wednesday, July 8, 2020

Early years organisations have criticised the chancellor for failing to come up with a plan to protect nurseries and childcare businesses and for ignoring the sector's plight.

Early years quality must not be sacrificed for vote-winning headlines

Opinion

Wednesday, July 8, 2020

We are at risk of going backwards on the successes of early years policy without a joined-up government strategy, particularly as the effects of Covid hit, argue Beatrice Merrick and Nathan Archer of Early Education

Summer statement: Employers will be paid £1,000 bonus to keep on furloughed employees

News

Wednesday, July 8, 2020

There was no extra funding for the early years and childcare sector in the Chancellor’s summer statement delivered in the House of Commons today.

Call to delay school start and moving on from Reception or Year 1 until January 2021

News

Tuesday, July 7, 2020

Early Education and TACTYC are proposing that children in pre-schools, nurseries, Reception and Year 1 classes stay on in their previous setting or class until January 2021 to support children through the Covid-19 crisis.

#StandUpForEarlyYears: Kids Planet goes on Summer Stampede for Chester Zoo

Other

Tuesday, July 7, 2020

Nursery group Kids Planet has launched a summer fundraising campaign to raise £20,000 for the UK’s number one family attraction, Chester Zoo, due to its significant losses since Covid-19 and its drastic restrictions on visitors for the foreseeable future.

Free breakfast scheme extended over summer holidays

News

Tuesday, July 7, 2020

Disadvantaged children from more than 1,800 schools in England will be given vouchers for healthy breakfasts over the summer holidays.

#StandUpForEarlyYears: Nursery children hold their own 'Glastonbury'

Other

Tuesday, July 7, 2020

Walton Nursery and Early Years Centre in Liverpool recreated Glastonbury Festival at nursery last week. Staff and children created ‘Bubblebury,’ a home-made festival complete with its own Pyramid stage, tents and lots of mud!

River school nursery opens on the banks of the Ribble

News

Tuesday, July 7, 2020

A nursery housed in refurbished sailing vessel has opened its doors to give children in Preston a unique insight into life on the river.

Resources for exploring music and language in early years settings launched

News

Monday, July 6, 2020

Videos demonstrating new ways of encouraging musical exploration within early years settings, along with tips on how to incorporate music into storytelling, are among the latest additions to the online resource, Sound Communities.

Coronavirus: Ofsted to visit settings, ahead of a return to education inspection in January 2021

News

Monday, July 6, 2020

Ofsted will start to visit early years settings, schools and colleges from the autumn, with a return to full inspection planned for January 2021, although this date will be kept under review.

Coronavirus: MPs call for emergency funding for childcare sector

News

Monday, July 6, 2020

MPs have called on the Government to conduct an urgent review into childcare funding, and commit to emergency funding for the sector, in a report which highlights 'the serious and unprecedented impact' of coronavirus on new parents and children.

EXCLUSIVE: Government relaxes guidance on holiday clubs

News

Friday, July 3, 2020

The DfE has clarified that children attending holiday clubs this summer will be able to mix with others, if it is not possible for them to stay in one consistent group or 'bubble', giving the go-ahead for more clubs to open.

#StandUpForEarlyYears: Childbase Partnership celebrates 'extraordinary people'

Other

Thursday, July 2, 2020

More than 2,000 Childbase Partnership owners from the group's 43 nurseries came ‘together’ with online celebrations to mark National Employee Ownership Day on 29 June after going through the most challenging period of their company's history.

Coronavirus: Children and staff will no longer need to keep to small 'bubbles' in early years settings

News

Thursday, July 2, 2020

Children and staff in nurseries and pre-schools will no longer have to stay in separate groups or bubbles from 20 July, the Department for Education has confirmed in updated guidance.

'How we kept our nursery open through a coronavirus outbreak'

Features

Wednesday, July 1, 2020

Zoe Raven, chief executive of Acorn Early Years Foundation, explains how the group kept one of its nurseries open when children, families and staff tested positive for coronavirus - and the lessons she learned.