Search

Three in ten settings downgraded following complaints-driven inspections

Wednesday, October 9, 2013

| Nursery World

Nearly a third of nurseries and childminders inspected following a complaint have seen their grade drop, according to figures released by Ofsted.

Attempts by peers to amend childcare bill fail

News

Monday, November 18, 2013

| Nursery World

Childminders have expressed disappointment that a peer’s attempt to postpone the introduction of childminding agencies has failed.

Wales sets out ten-year vision for childcare

News

Thursday, July 18, 2013

| Nursery World

The Welsh Assembly has published its first early years and childcare plan, detailing ways in which it will support families and young children over the next ten years.

Ofsted takes school and FE inspections in house, but not early years

News

Thursday, May 29, 2014

| Nursery World

Ofsted is to bring school inspections and further education inspections in-house.

Ofsted figures show small rise in good and outstanding grades

News

Thursday, June 26, 2014

| Nursery World

The proportion of nurseries and childminders awarded a grade of outstanding or good by Ofsted has increased slightly, but so has the percentage deemed inadequate.

Inspections must be tailored for the early years

News

Friday, October 10, 2014

| Nursery World

Leading early years organisations have given a positive response to plans for a single inspection framework, but urged Ofsted to ensure that inspections are designed for the early education sector.

Government set to delete 'five year rule' on GCSE re-sits

News

Wednesday, December 3, 2014

| Nursery World

The Government is set to back down over controversial rules which could force hundreds of apprentices to retake valid GCSEs.

Terrorism bill means nurseries 'must understand risk of radicalisation'

News

Tuesday, December 23, 2014

| Nursery World

Nursery staff will have a legal duty to spot potential terrorists, under a new bill before Parliament.

Ofsted confirms separate grades for early years in schools

News

Wednesday, July 2, 2014

| Nursery World

Early years provision in schools will be graded separately from September, Ofsted has confirmed.

Institutional failures over child sex abuse revealed

News

Thursday, November 20, 2014

| Nursery World

Children are at risk of sex abuse because of failures by councils and other agencies to get a grip on the problem, a damning new report has found.

Early years Ofsted reports to be 'shorter and punchier'

News

Friday, November 21, 2014

| Nursery World

Inspection reports are going to be ‘punchier’ from January, Ofsted’s early years chief has said.

Sector responds to cutting red tape review

News

Tuesday, June 14, 2016

| Nursery World

The sector has responded boldly to the Government’s review of the red tape burdening early years provision, amid fears of a ‘tipping point’.

Nursery places for two-year-olds: a timeline

News

Friday, June 28, 2013

| Nursery World

Follow the development of the funded programme in Nursery World's headlines

Children in 'Opportunity Area' have improved outcomes

News

Friday, February 15, 2019

| Nursery World

Children in the most deprived area of the country have seen a huge improvement in their outcomes at the end of the EYFS following a major programme of targeted Government investment.

All workers now entitled to a payslip

News

Tuesday, April 16, 2019

| Nursery World

A poll has found that 15 per cent of workers under 24 do not receive a payslip, ahead of a change to the law that means that all workers are now legally entitled to one.

Union appeals court ruling over employing unqualified teachers

News

Tuesday, May 28, 2013

| Nursery World

The Educational Institute of Scotland (EIS) has today lodged an appeal against a court decision last year that dismissed the union's argument that the employment of unqualified teachers in Glasgow nursery schools was unlawful.

Childminders in Wales win funding for related children

News

Tuesday, June 19, 2018

| Nursery World

Registered childminders in Wales will be able to provide funded places for related children that do not live with them from September.

New plans could make it easier to buy nursery premises

News

Friday, September 6, 2013

| Nursery World

Prospective or current nursery owners could find it easier to purchase premises in the future, under plans being considered by the Government.

Nursery rape case review criticises poor management

News

Tuesday, August 27, 2013

| Nursery World

Failings in a nursery's management and by Ofsted and a local authority meant that concerns about a nursery assistant who raped a toddler were missed.

Nurseries say DfE ratio figures don't add up

News

Friday, May 31, 2013

| Nursery World

The early years sector has slammed the Department for Education's (DfE) financial analysis of the ratio proposals as a 'fantasy'.

Parents not convinced of value of apprenticeships, research suggests

News

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

News

Wednesday, January 29, 2020

| Nursery World

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

DfE updates guidance on wider opening for early years and childcare providers

News

Wednesday, June 3, 2020

| Nursery World

The Department for Education has updated guidance for early years and childcare providers, including confirmation that from 1 June, childminders can look after children of all ages, in line with their current Ofsted registration, and within usual limits on the number of children they can care for.

Changes to planning rules aim to fuel childcare expansion

News

Thursday, August 15, 2013

| Nursery World

Plans to make it easier for childcare providers to open nurseries in empty office buildings have been put out for consultation.

The early years sector tells Ofsted: 'This is what we want'

News

Monday, September 16, 2013

| Nursery World

Consistency, transparency, fairness - the same words kept cropping up during the Ofsted Big Conversation meetings held this weekend.

Search Results

Three in ten settings downgraded following complaints-driven inspections

Attempts by peers to amend childcare bill fail

Wales sets out ten-year vision for childcare

Ofsted takes school and FE inspections in house, but not early years

Ofsted figures show small rise in good and outstanding grades

Inspections must be tailored for the early years

Government set to delete 'five year rule' on GCSE re-sits

Terrorism bill means nurseries 'must understand risk of radicalisation'

Ofsted confirms separate grades for early years in schools

Institutional failures over child sex abuse revealed

Early years Ofsted reports to be 'shorter and punchier'

Sector responds to cutting red tape review

Nursery places for two-year-olds: a timeline

Children in 'Opportunity Area' have improved outcomes

All workers now entitled to a payslip

Union appeals court ruling over employing unqualified teachers

Childminders in Wales win funding for related children

New plans could make it easier to buy nursery premises

Nursery rape case review criticises poor management

Nurseries say DfE ratio figures don't add up

Parents not convinced of value of apprenticeships, research suggests

Wales votes to ban smacking

DfE updates guidance on wider opening for early years and childcare providers

Changes to planning rules aim to fuel childcare expansion

The early years sector tells Ofsted: 'This is what we want'

Current filters

Filter by

Journals

Article Types

Tags