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Working parents seek practical support from employers to balance family life

Friday, February 17, 2023

| Nursery World

Help with childcare, eldercare and ongoing support for families have been highlighted as key areas for employee retention in a new report by nursery and back-up care provider, Bright Horizons.

Wales invests £10m to extend roll out of funded two-year-old places

News

Thursday, February 16, 2023

| Nursery World

Over 2,000 two-year olds in disadvantaged areas across Wales are set to benefit from a £10m extension of the funded childcare programme.

Cost-of-living crisis: Childcare settings forced to increase fees and a third warning of closure

News

Wednesday, February 15, 2023

| Nursery World

Findings from a survey of providers, reveal that 89 per cent are likely to increase fees this year, while more than a third believe they will have to close their setting within the next year due to rising costs.

Anne Longfield: Why the Government's commitment to Family Hubs is 'not enough'

Opinion

Wednesday, February 15, 2023

| Nursery World

The chair of the Young Lives Commission and former Children's Commissioner for England, says the Government's ambition for Family Hubs is 'nowhere near the scale of what families need', nor is it enough to replace 'hundreds of closed Sure Start centres'.

Disadvantaged children 'positively benefit' from 20 hours a week of early years education – research

News

Wednesday, February 15, 2023

| Nursery World

There are clear benefits for disadvantaged children spending up to 20 hours per week in early years provision, Sutton Trust study finds.

Taking away the stigma of helping parents

Opinion

Tuesday, February 14, 2023

| Nursery World

Parenting is the ‘golden thread’ that runs through so many of the policy areas that improve the lives of children and families, asserts Matt Buttery, and that is why the Government’s Family Hubs should embed parenting support programmes throughout all local services.

Chancellor set to reject DfE proposal to expand free childcare for under-twos

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Tuesday, February 14, 2023

| Nursery World

A DfE proposal for the state to subsidise free 30-hours-a-week childcare for parents of children aged nine months to three years is set to be rejected by the Chancellor in the run up to next month’s Budget, according to press reports.

Louise Livingston: 'School readiness is much more than being able to hold a pencil – but how do we get it right?'

Opinion

Monday, February 13, 2023

| Nursery World

New research reveals a disparity between teacher and parent perceptions of 'school readiness', highlighting the need for greater understanding of, and support for, early child development says Louise Livingston, head of training at the Maria Montessori Institute.

Business organisation urges Government to invest and reform the childcare system

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Friday, February 10, 2023

| Nursery World

The Confederation of British Industry (CBI) is calling on the Chancellor to invest £8.9bn into the early years ahead of the Spring Budget next month (15 March).

Research Nurseries: Evidence-based practice at a nursery with no disadvantage gap

Features

Friday, February 10, 2023

| Nursery World

In part 3 of this series, Gemma Goldenberg discovers what evidence-based practice looks like at a research school

Fourteen areas named as 'Trailblazer' Family Hubs

News

Thursday, February 9, 2023

| Nursery World

A total of 14 local authorities have been chosen as trailblazers of the Family Hubs programme to support 'fast-track' delivery of services that the Government said would benefit thousands of families.

Disadvantaged two-year-olds missing out on 45 million hours of education a year

News

Thursday, February 9, 2023

| Nursery World

Disadvantaged two year olds are more likely to be absent from nurseries than their peers, missing out on as many as 45 million hours of early education a year, new research has found.

Tina Maltman: Dispelling the myths around written observations

Opinion

Thursday, February 9, 2023

| Nursery World

Tina Maltman, operations manager at Childminding UK, dispels the myth that Ofsted do not require written observations.

New specialist business hub launched for early years providers

News

Thursday, February 9, 2023

| Nursery World

Early childhood platform Famly has launched a new hub of articles, videos and webinars providing specialist business advice for the sector.

New resource that links sustainability to the EYFS launched

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Wednesday, February 8, 2023

| Nursery World

A new resource linking climate education and green skills to the EYFS has been launched by educational charity NCFE.

Almost 2 million children could be 'trapped in poverty' as work is not the 'silver bullet'

News

Wednesday, February 8, 2023

| Nursery World

Almost two million UK children could be ‘trapped in poverty’ as their parents face at least one major barrier to ‘working themselves out of hardship’, a new report from Action for Children reveals.

BookTrust Cymru’s annual Big Welsh Rhyme Time returns with more bilingual rhymes

News

Wednesday, February 8, 2023

| Nursery World

BookTrust Cymru is encouraging families, schools and early years spaces across Wales to join in with Big Welsh Rhyme Time, a weeklong celebration of sharing bilingual rhymes, poems and songs

Early years community gathers at the Nursery World Show 2023

News

Wednesday, February 8, 2023

| Nursery World

Returning to the Business Design Centre, the Nursery World Show 2023 hosted two days of inspiration as delegates from across the sector met under the same roof to hear from experts and exhibitors last weekend (3 and 4 February).

Interactive reading found to boost early language development by seven months

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Wednesday, February 8, 2023

| Nursery World

Encouraging children to engage with pictures, texts and ask questions during story time can boost their early language development by up to seven months, according to new research.