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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.
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.
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.
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.
Charity urges Prime Minister to do more to help working parents
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- Tuesday, March 26, 2024 | Nursery World
A charity has written to the Prime Minister calling for him to do more to improve the lives of the UK’s 12 million working parents, including boosting early years funding.
Estimate that the expanded offer will save families up to £6,500 is a 'far cry' from the truth
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- Monday, March 25, 2024 | Nursery World
Many families eligible for the new two-year-old funding will still struggle to afford their childcare bill, warns new research that finds a quarter of parents will save less than £100 a month.
NDNA launches 'Healthy Body, Happy Me' resources
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- Friday, March 22, 2024 | Nursery World
National Day Nurseries Association has launched resources and activity ideas ahead of 'Healthy Body, Happy Me Week' (25-29 March), with the theme ‘Off We Grow’.
300,000 more children living in absolute poverty, reveal Government figures
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- Friday, March 22, 2024 | Nursery World
The number of children in poverty has grown for the second year in a row with 300,000 more children living in absolute poverty at the end of last year, compared to the previous 12 months.
Call for next Government to prioritise 1.9m children struggling with speech and language
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- Friday, March 22, 2024 | Nursery World
Speech and Language UK has launched its manifesto to draw the attention of all political parties to help the one in five children in the UK who struggle with talking and understanding words.
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.
Parents of nine-month-olds can apply for funded places from May under 'largest ever childcare expansion'
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- Friday, March 15, 2024 | Nursery World
Parents of nine-month-olds can apply for their funded place in May ahead of the September rollout, the Government has announced today as it launches a consultation into ways to recruit more childminders.
Government told it's time to 'unlock the trauma trap' of Adverse Childhood Experiences
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- Wednesday, March 13, 2024 | Nursery World
Cross party MPs have called on the Government to ‘unlock the trauma trap’ of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and free children with a population-wide public health strategy.
Seven in 10 dads forced to cut their paternity leave short
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- Friday, March 8, 2024 | Nursery World
Just over 70 per cent of dads have had to cut their paternity leave short as they couldn’t afford to stay off work that long, finds new research.
TV presenter Rachel Riley named as the ambassador for new early years reading initiative
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- Thursday, March 7, 2024 | Nursery World
Television presenter Rachel Riley has been announced as the first ever ambassador for Oscar’s Book Club, a new initiative to inspire early years reading.
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