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£5bn shortfall in funding for extended ‘childcare’ offer

Thursday, February 22, 2024

| Nursery World

There is a £5 billion per year gap between Government funding and the estimated cost of delivery to providers of the Government’s expanded childcare offer once fully rolled out, says think tank.

Concerns the expanded offer isn't 'workable in practice' due to limited space and providers capping places

News

Thursday, February 22, 2024

| Nursery World

Early years providers will struggle to meet increased demand for funded places once the expanded offer comes in due to staffing and space shortages, suggest new findings.

Parents unlikely to benefit much financially under expanded offer

News

Thursday, February 22, 2024

| Nursery World

For a third of parents, the expanded ‘childcare’ offer will save them less than £100 a month due to charges for extras and increased fees outside of the funding, new research suggests.

Labour accuses Government of 'failing families' over soaring childcare costs

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Tuesday, February 20, 2024

| Nursery World

Analysis of childcare costs by Labour shows that the average cost of a part-time childcare place has risen by 80 per cent since 2010 when the party was last in office.

Growing number of parents getting into debt to pay for 'childcare'

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Sunday, February 18, 2024

| Nursery World

Nearly half of parents have been plunged into debt or withdrawn their savings to pay for childcare, new figures show.

Early years job vacancies up by 146 per cent on pre-pandemic levels

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Friday, February 16, 2024

| Nursery World

Job vacancies for early years practitioners have risen by 146 per cent since before the Covid-19 pandemic, reveals new data.

Oxford University Press launches augmented and virtual reality EYFS app for pre-school children and parents

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Friday, February 16, 2024

| Nursery World

Education experts at Oxford University Press have designed a new app for pre-school children to use with their parents, which uses augmented and virtual reality activities to support the areas of learning in the EYFS.

Open letter demands Government give parents a 'better deal' with early years provision

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Wednesday, February 14, 2024

| Nursery World

An open letter calling for the Government to increase early years funding and improve its communication with parents has been signed by LEYF, the Fatherhood Institute and campaigner Kate Dyson of The Motherload.

New water safety campaign aims to help children stay safe by canals

News

Wednesday, February 14, 2024

| Nursery World

A charity that looks after waterways in England and Wales has launched a safety campaign to help parents talk to children about how to stay safe by the water.

Enter our Nursery World Awards 2024!

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Tuesday, February 13, 2024

| Nursery World

Want to put your nursery, pre-school, or childminding business in the spotlight, celebrate your team, or gain recognition for outstanding practice? Enter the Nursery World Awards 2024.

LONG READ: Nursery World Business Summit – Concern children with SEND and poorer families could miss out on expanded hours

News

Monday, February 12, 2024

| Nursery World

Nursery owners have warned of the dangers of a ‘two-tier system’ being created, with low-income families and children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) increasingly unable to access funded entitlements.

Employers moving backwards in enabling parents to balance their work/family life

News

Monday, February 12, 2024

| Nursery World

There has been an increase in the number of employees who feel their employer is not supportive of family life, reveals new research.

Why staff wellbeing is a top priority when it comes to delivering high quality provision

Features

Friday, February 9, 2024

| Nursery World

Neglecting and the wellbeing and health needs of your staff will ultimately damage the level of education and care the children in your setting receive, says Andrew Greener of Gallantium.

Storal's Farley outdoor nursery downgraded to Inadequate

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Friday, February 9, 2024

| Nursery World

Storal’s Farley Sparsholt outdoor nursery has been downgraded from Outstanding to Inadequate in its latest Ofsted inspection.

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

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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

News

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.

EYE and Nursery World guide to graduate career pathways

Features

Wednesday, February 7, 2024

| Nursery World

Wondering what a degree in Early Childhood Studies could do for your career?

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

News

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).

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