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Exclusive - Incidents of Covid in nurseries far higher than originally published

Friday, May 6, 2022

| Nursery World

Reported notifications of Covid in early years settings during the recent Omicron wave were far higher than originally published – and in some weeks double the number - analysis of Ofsted data shows.

Health & Nutrition - Come on in

Features

Tuesday, January 4, 2022

| Nursery World

What services will the new family hubs offer and how are they going to be introduced over the coming years? Meredith Jones Russell investigates

Coronavirus: Dismay as early years staff told they won't be sent testing kits

News

Thursday, January 14, 2021

| Nursery World

Nursery workers and childminders will have to travel to test centres to access asymptomatic testing for Covid-19, unlike those working in nursery classes and maintained nurseries, who will be sent home testing kits – a decision branded as ‘unfair’ and ‘insulting’ by the sector.

Nurseries call for early years staff to be vaccinated

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Wednesday, January 6, 2021

| Nursery World

Nursery groups are calling on the Government to commit to prioritising childcare workers for vaccination against Covid-19.

New helpline for early years providers and school to report positive Covid-19 cases launched

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Thursday, September 17, 2020

| Nursery World

A dedicated helpline has been launched to advise early years providers and schools on what action to take if they have a confirmed positive case of Covid-19 within their setting.

Coronavirus: Group of major providers calls for delayed school start for young children

News

Tuesday, May 5, 2020

| Nursery World

The Covid-19 response group, formed by more than 70 childcare groups and the sector membership organisations, has called on the Government to allow children to delay starting Reception until January or April 2021 and to stay at their early years settings instead.

Large nursery groups join forces to meet coronavirus challenges

News

Friday, March 20, 2020

| Nursery World

More than 20 of the UK's leading nursery operators and early years organisations have formed a working group to co-ordinate responses and lobbying on the coronavirus crisis.

Nurseries not covered by insurance for coronavirus closures

News

Tuesday, March 3, 2020

| Nursery World

Philippe Fraser, director of London-based Bilingual Nurseries and Les Petites Etoiles, has raised concerns about the financial viability of childcare settings if they have to close to contain the spread of coronavirus.

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.

Guide to: Childhood Obesity Strategy

Features

Monday, September 17, 2018

| Nursery World

Following criticism of its obesity strategy, the Government added a second chapter earlier this year setting out new aims and commitments. Meredith Jones Russell reports

Stress and mental health problems taking their toll on early years staff

News

Friday, June 1, 2018

| Nursery World

One in four early years workers are considering leaving the sector due to stress and mental health problems, a major survey has revealed.

UK falls from 11th to 156th place in global children’s rights rankings

News

Monday, May 15, 2017

| Nursery World

The UK is now ranked among the bottom ten countries across the world for its performance on children’s rights.

Level 2 and 3 job-starters must have first-aid training

News

Monday, March 20, 2017

| Nursery World

All newly qualified Level 2 and 3 entrants to the early years workforce must have a paediatric first-aid (PFA) certificate within three months of starting work in order to be included in ratios.

Budget: Small nurseries taken out of business rates

News

Thursday, March 17, 2016

| Nursery World

Measure in yesterday's Budget set to affect the early years sector include a cut to business rates, a sugar levy and an extension to childcare vouchers.

Food quality may be hit by 30 hours offer

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Monday, January 11, 2016

| Nursery World

The quality of food that children eat in their early years settings could suffer as an unintended consequence of introducing the 30-hour childcare entitlement, findings from a joint survey carried out by Nursery World and the Children’s Food Trust suggest.