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Tax-Free Childcare error preventing parents' fees being paid to providers

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.

New book recommends against relying on private nurseries for the expanded offer

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Thursday, March 28, 2024

| Nursery World

A new book by Professor Helen Penn suggests rather than campaign for greater childcare funding, efforts should be focused on building local authority provision, while curbing the ‘activities of large nursery chains.

Safeguarding: Understanding 'verbal abuse' and roads to prevention

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Wednesday, March 27, 2024

| Nursery World

A study on the lasting impact of ‘childhood verbal abuse’ highlights the need for all adult caregivers to be mindful of how they communicate to children, finds Caroline Vollans

HR Guru: The importance of probationary periods

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Wednesday, March 27, 2024

| Nursery World

Imogen Edmunds, managing director of Redwing Solutions, which specialises in HR for early years settings, on probationary periods.

Our working relationship: Drawing on each other's strengths

Features

Wednesday, March 27, 2024

| Nursery World

Karen Fish is nursery manager at Toddletown Nursery, Godalming, and Lily Martin is the deputy manager.

Kids Planet grows to 190 nurseries

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Wednesday, March 27, 2024

| Nursery World

Kids Planet, the third largest nursery group in the UK, has bought two more nurseries, taking its total number of settings to 190.

EYE SUPPLEMENT Student Spotlight: Learning Online

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Wednesday, March 27, 2024

| Nursery World

Student Rachel Wall, studying Early Childhood Studies at the University of Derby, discusses completing her course virtually alongside her job as deputy manager of Bangor Abbey Preschool, as well as her ambitions for the future.

Special Focus: Now is the time to make the most of your space

Features

Wednesday, March 27, 2024

| Nursery World

When it comes to resources, storage and activities, how can early years settings optimise their outdoors space – even when this is limited? By Karen Hart

Market View: Benchmarking figures

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Wednesday, March 27, 2024

| Nursery World

Leah Turner, co-founder of Owen Froebel, which offers day nursery brokerage, valuations and sales, on taking benchmarking as a guide, not a rule.

Management Queries: What to do when a parent objects to a male practitioner being on potty duty?

Features

Wednesday, March 27, 2024

| Nursery World

What is the most effective way to respond to a parent’s request that male staff do not take their child to the toilet, Gabriella Jozwiak asks our early years panel

Safeguarding in 2024 part 3: How to ensure new early years educators develop essential skills

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Tuesday, March 26, 2024

| Nursery World

Rachel Buckler on strategies for supporting an emerging workforce to keep the children in their care safe.

Scotland: New funding proposal set to disadvantage PVI providers

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Tuesday, March 26, 2024

| Nursery World

With parents who live outside Edinburgh set to lose funded childcare places in private and voluntary settings in the capital, what does this mean for parental choice and for city-based PVI businesses?

Childcare Survey suggests time is running out to find enough places for expanded offer

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Tuesday, March 19, 2024

| Nursery World

With two weeks until the roll out of the 15 hours for two-year-olds, new survey findings show a continued decline in the availability of childcare as costs rise by 7 per cent.