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

Friday, May 6, 2022

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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.

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

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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

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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

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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

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Tuesday, May 5, 2020

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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

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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

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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

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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.

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

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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

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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

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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

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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.

Call for all nursery staff to be qualified in paediatric first aid

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Monday, December 15, 2014

| Nursery World

MPs will debate in parliament today whether all nursery staff should be qualified in paediatric first aid, following a campaign by parents.

Wales sets out ten-year vision for childcare

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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.

Milk supplier's suspension puts delivery in disarray

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Friday, April 5, 2013

| Nursery World

Milk supplier Scotts has been suspended from claiming for free nursery milk after a number of discrepancies in its claims.

Outcome of the government nursery milk review is still awaited

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Friday, April 5, 2013

| Nursery World

Last June, the Government launched a review into the Nursery Milk Scheme to try to cut the rising costs of the initiative.

Exclusive: Concern over lack of data on nursery deaths and injuries

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Friday, January 11, 2013

| Nursery World

No official records are kept on the number of deaths, serious injuries and accidents that occur while children are in nursery or other childcare settings, a Nursery World investigation reveals.

Call for Government to clarify advice around sunscreen in nurseries

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Thursday, May 31, 2012

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The British Skin Foundation has launched a petition calling for a standardised sunscreen policy in nurseries and primary schools to stop children getting sunburnt.

Guidance on well-being for under-fives out for consultation

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Friday, April 20, 2012

| Nursery World

The importance of early education for vulnerable children has been recognised in new draft guidance developed by the National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE).

Early years nutritional guidelines welcomed

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Friday, January 20, 2012

| Nursery World

Child health experts have welcomed the first-ever nutritional guidelines for early years settings in England, while taking issue with the fact that they are not mandatory.

First national guidelines for early years nutrition in England launched

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Monday, January 16, 2012

| Nursery World

The first ever nutritional guidelines to support early years settings in providing healthy meals for children under five have been launched today by the School Food Trust.

EYFS REVIEW: second consultation on early learning goals

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Tuesday, December 20, 2011

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The early learning goals for literacy and mathematics in the EYFS have been amended, in light of the response from the early years sector to the revised framework.

Interview - Patricia Mucavele

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Monday, August 8, 2011

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Research and nutrition senior manager at the School Food Trust

Proposal to locate health visitors in children's centres sparks row

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Tuesday, June 29, 2010

| Nursery World

A debate on whether health visitors should be based in children's centres or at doctors' surgeries has broken out, after GPs claimed that there is a communication breakdown with those based at childcare settings.

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

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

Nurseries call for early years staff to be vaccinated

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

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

Large nursery groups join forces to meet coronavirus challenges

Nurseries not covered by insurance for coronavirus closures

Children in 'Opportunity Area' have improved outcomes

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

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

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

Budget: Small nurseries taken out of business rates

Food quality may be hit by 30 hours offer

Call for all nursery staff to be qualified in paediatric first aid

Wales sets out ten-year vision for childcare

Milk supplier's suspension puts delivery in disarray

Outcome of the government nursery milk review is still awaited

Exclusive: Concern over lack of data on nursery deaths and injuries

Call for Government to clarify advice around sunscreen in nurseries

Guidance on well-being for under-fives out for consultation

Early years nutritional guidelines welcomed

First national guidelines for early years nutrition in England launched

EYFS REVIEW: second consultation on early learning goals

Interview - Patricia Mucavele

Proposal to locate health visitors in children's centres sparks row

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