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Iconic Pen Green Children's Centre regains its Ofsted Outstanding grade

Thursday, February 8, 2024

| Nursery World

The award-winning Pen Green Children’s Centre in Corby has regained its ‘Outstanding’ Ofsted grade after disputing a judgement of inadequate by inspectors at the end of last year.

New organisation to address 'crisis' in playwork training

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Wednesday, February 7, 2024

| Nursery World

A new education and training consortium has been launched to improve playwork education and training in England.

Cross-party Parliamentary group set up to champion flexible working

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Wednesday, February 7, 2024

| Nursery World

A new cross-party parliamentary group has been launched to champion better flexible working for families in the UK.

Apprentices the answer to coping with increased demand for 15 and 30 hour-places, says training provider

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Tuesday, February 6, 2024

| Nursery World

Early years training provider Realise has committed to training more than 10,000 apprentices over the next five years to help settings address the ‘seismic’ recruitment crisis.

NW Business Summit: No plans to remove the word 'free' from the 15 and 30 hours, says children's minister

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Monday, February 5, 2024

| Nursery World

The Department for Education has no plans to remove the word ‘free’ when describing and advertising the funded entitlements, the children and families minister David Johnston told delegates at Nursery World’s Business Summit on Friday (2 February).

Local authority timescales to inform providers of funding rates shortened

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Friday, February 2, 2024

| Nursery World

Local authorities will have to confirm funding rates to early years providers eight weeks after the DfE announces local authority rates, under new rules being brought in.

DfE introduces £1,000 sign-up bonus to encourage more people to work in the early years sector

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Friday, February 2, 2024

| Nursery World

Early years professionals joining or returning to the sector could receive a £1,000 sign on bonus under the Department for Education 's (DfE) 'Do Something Big' recruitment campaign, launched today (2 February).

Tens of thousands of children waiting months or years for autism support

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Friday, February 2, 2024

| Nursery World

Tens of thousands of children are waiting months, or even years, for autism support, reveals a new report, which calls for more assessments to take place in nurseries.

Share your thoughts on two-year-old ratios

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Thursday, February 1, 2024

| Nursery World

Researchers from the Institute of Education at Nottingham University are asking for early years professionals and nursery managers and leaders to share their experiences of the recent changes to ratios for staff and two-year-olds in the EYFS.

Parents re-launch campaign to save Hackney children's centres that are under threat for a second time

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Thursday, February 1, 2024

| Nursery World

Hackney parents have launched a campaign against the proposed closure and restructuring of four of the borough’s children’s centres by the council in a bid to make £4m in savings within the next three years.

Nursery Chains 2024: Childbase top of our league

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Wednesday, January 31, 2024

| Nursery World

Childbase Partnership are top in our Nursery Chains’ 2024 table, which analyses the Ofsted reports of the 25 biggest groups in the UK.

Foundations launches framework to support councils to develop Family Hubs

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Wednesday, January 31, 2024

| Nursery World

Foundations has launched the Family Hubs Planning Framework to provide evidence-based information for local authorities.

University leaders call on Government to expand the Childcare Grant to postgraduate students

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Wednesday, January 31, 2024

| Nursery World

Leaders of four universities are urging the Government to expand the childcare grant to include postgraduate students so they are not disincentivised from studying for higher qualifications.

Early years settings encouraged to 'take silly seriously' this Red Nose Day

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Wednesday, January 31, 2024

| Nursery World

Children are being urged to ‘get reddy to let loose’ and do something funny for money this Red Nose Day (Friday 15 March).

The Big Debate: Labour's plans for universal childcare

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Tuesday, January 30, 2024

| Nursery World

Are Labour’s plans to fund more nursery places within existing primary schools a good way to achieve the party’s vision for universal childcare? We asked two experts in the sector to share their views

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Iconic Pen Green Children's Centre regains its Ofsted Outstanding grade

New organisation to address 'crisis' in playwork training

Cross-party Parliamentary group set up to champion flexible working

Apprentices the answer to coping with increased demand for 15 and 30 hour-places, says training provider

NW Business Summit: No plans to remove the word 'free' from the 15 and 30 hours, says children's minister

Local authority timescales to inform providers of funding rates shortened

DfE introduces £1,000 sign-up bonus to encourage more people to work in the early years sector

Tens of thousands of children waiting months or years for autism support

Share your thoughts on two-year-old ratios

Parents re-launch campaign to save Hackney children's centres that are under threat for a second time

Nursery Chains 2024: Childbase top of our league

Foundations launches framework to support councils to develop Family Hubs

University leaders call on Government to expand the Childcare Grant to postgraduate students

Early years settings encouraged to 'take silly seriously' this Red Nose Day

The Big Debate: Labour's plans for universal childcare

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