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More than 51,600 two-year-olds without a funded place
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- Friday, April 19, 2024 | Nursery World
Around 51,645 two-year-olds have yet to take up their funded place, reveal the latest Government figures.
Families impacted by two-child benefits limit ‘struggling to keep their head above water’
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- Thursday, April 18, 2024 | Nursery World
The two-child benefits cap has put families in financial hardship, reduced their opportunities to learn and impacted their mental health, finds research.
Government urged to focus on early intervention to tackle 'unprecedented' mental health challenges for children
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- Wednesday, April 17, 2024 | Nursery World
Children and young people's mental health charity Anna Freud wants the next government to adopt its plan to shift the emphasis from urgent mental health care to prevention and early intervention.
One in five schools on the ‘frontline’ of supporting families with food poverty
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- Wednesday, April 17, 2024 | Nursery World
There are now more than 4,000 food banks running in schools in England, which equates to one in every five primary and secondary schools in the country, according to new research.
Stockport deputy nursery manager caused the death of a baby she strapped to a beanbag, face down, court hears
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- Tuesday, April 16, 2024 | Nursery World
A Stockport deputy nursery manager caused the death of a nine-month-old by placing her face down, tightly swaddled and strapped to a bean bag for more than an hour and a half, a court has heard.
Aid spending on early years at record high, but investment on higher education remains 21 times higher
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- Tuesday, April 16, 2024 | Nursery World
There has been record aid spending on early years education, but millions of the world’s poorest children are still missing out on pre-school because of a ‘chronic’ lack of funding by donor countries, according to a new report.
England’s broken childcare system is ‘falling behind the rest of the world’
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- Monday, April 15, 2024 | Nursery World
England’s childcare system is ‘dysfunctional, propped up by piecemeal policies, held back by a lack of vision and not fit for purpose or the future, argues a new report.
Take part in a Nursery World survey on the expanded childcare entitlement for two-year-olds
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- Monday, April 15, 2024 | Nursery World
Are you a nursery or childminder taking part in the Government’s new offer of 15-hours for two-year-olds? Or are you still undecided?
Early years providers sceptical Ofsted's new complaints process will be fairer
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- Thursday, April 11, 2024 | Nursery World
In response to the news that the inspectorate has updated its complaints procedure to handle providers’ concerns more ‘fairly, thoroughly and efficiently’, providers have expressed their disbelief that anything will change while Ofsted still handles complaints internally.
Sharp drop in pupil numbers could lead to schools losing £1 billion in funding
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- Wednesday, April 10, 2024 | Nursery World
Schools could lose over £1 billion in funding by 2030 due to falling pupil numbers, according to new analysis by the Education Policy Institute.
Research shows that children living near Sure Start centres gained higher GCSE grades
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- Tuesday, April 9, 2024 | Nursery World
Children from low-income families who lived near a Sure Start centre did better at GCSE, according to new research from the Institute for Fiscal Studies.
Lib Dem leader calls for SEND national body and more funding for EHC Plans
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- Monday, April 8, 2024 | Nursery World
The Liberal Democrat leader, Ed Davey, is calling for a national body for special educational needs and disabilities (SEND), ending the postcode lottery for provision.
Former Ofsted chief inspector to lead independent review into inspectorate's response to Ruth Perry
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- Monday, April 8, 2024 | Nursery World
Ofsted has appointed Dame Christine Gilbert, a former chief inspector of Ofsted, to to lead an independent review into the organisation’s response to the death of headteacher Ruth Perry.
More than 150,000 two-year-olds taking up funded places - surpassing Government target
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- Friday, April 5, 2024 | Nursery World
Over 150,000 two-year-olds have secured a funded place under the first phase of the expanded offer that came into effect at the beginning of this week, the Government has announced.
Tax-Free Childcare error preventing parents' fees being paid to providers
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- Friday, April 5, 2024 | Nursery World
Early years providers have been left out of pocket due to an error with the Tax-Free Childcare scheme that has prevented payments from being transferred from parents’ accounts.
Ofsted's new complaints procedure goes live
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- Friday, April 5, 2024 | Nursery World
Ofsted has updated its complaints process to allow providers to seek a review of their inspection when they receive their draft report.
Government admits an extra 40,000 staff are needed for 30 hours expansion
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- Thursday, April 4, 2024 | Nursery World
The education secretary Gillian Keegan has said that an extra 40,000 staff will be needed to deliver the full rollout of the expanded 30 hours.
Distrust of Ofsted continues as majority of teachers want inspectorate replaced
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- Wednesday, April 3, 2024 | Nursery World
More than 80 per cent of teachers think Ofsted should be replaced with a new system, with just 4 per cent believing the inspectorate acts independently to Government, reveals a new survey.
Remembering the Islington nursery workers strike 40 years on
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- Tuesday, April 2, 2024 | Nursery World
Forty years ago this month, a group of nursery workers went on strike.
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