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Nine in 10 early years settings oppose Government plans to change childcare ratios

Friday, May 20, 2022

| Nursery World

Early years settings are overwhelmingly against Government plans to change ratios, with just 2 per cent of the opinion that the rule change would enable them to lower fees for parents, according to a survey by the Early Years Alliance.

Government to launch consultation on childcare ratio changes before summer

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Friday, May 13, 2022

| Nursery World

The children and families minister Will Quince has confirmed today that the Department for Education will consult 'before the summer' on plans to raise the number of two-year-olds that one member of staff can care for in early years settings in England from four to five.

Early years sector condemns Telegraph article and unites behind Liz Pemberton's 'vital work'

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Tuesday, May 10, 2022

| Nursery World

The sector has rallied behind early years expert and trainer Liz Pemberton, after The Telegraph published what many consider to be a highly personal attack about her company The Black Nursery Manager, under the headline ‘Councils hire “Maoist” consultants to “decolonise minds” of nursery school children.’

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

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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.

New DfE research emphasises the impact of Covid on early years sector

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Friday, April 29, 2022

| Nursery World

Three new reports from the Department for Education outline how childcare settings across the country have been impacted by the pandemic, staffing challenges and sustained Government underfunding.

PM's plans to reduce staff to child ratios in nurseries to cut childcare costs slammed as 'ludicrous'

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Wednesday, April 27, 2022

| Nursery World

Sector organisations and nurseries have roundly criticised Boris Johnson’s plans to change the rules to cut the number of staff caring for children in early years settings.

Rise in number of teachers planning to leave the job

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Monday, April 11, 2022

| Nursery World

High workload and workplace stress are significant factors leading to 44 per cent of teachers to say they plan to leave teaching in the next five years.

Nursery group's 'open letter' calls for Government action to save sector

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Friday, March 25, 2022

| Nursery World

More than 100 nursery groups and early years providers have signed an open letter to the Government highlighting the dire situation the sector faces with recruitment at ‘an all-time low’ and settings struggling to survive after years of underfunding.

Councils underspent £55m in early years funding which failed to reach providers

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Thursday, March 24, 2022

| Nursery World

The majority of local authorities are not passing on money left over from Government funding to deliver childcare places to providers, according to an analysis of responses to Freedom of Information requests.

EXCLUSIVE: Coronavirus forced childcare providers to take dire action, study shows

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Tuesday, March 1, 2022

| Nursery World

Covid has seen professionals cut staff, use reserves and even sell belongings, but researchers say an early years education and care-led recovery is now vital, as Katy Morton reports

Change to Covid rules on testing and isolation provokes mixed response among nurseries and childminders

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Tuesday, February 22, 2022

| Nursery World

Early years settings have questioned the Government’s decision to scrap twice-weekly testing in early years settings and have raised concerns about plans to end self-isolation for positive Covid cases.

Sector accuses Government of misleading it over early years funding

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Thursday, January 27, 2022

| Nursery World

Early years sector organisations have reacted with alarm to more details of funding for the next three financial years, which confirms that the extra money announced for early years entitlements in the autumn budget is £320m less than was stated at the time.

Nurseries at risk of collapse due to 'large corporate takeovers'

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Thursday, January 27, 2022

| Nursery World

A new report warns the nursery sector is ‘at threat of being damaged’ as smaller settings get taken over by large corporate companies that are ‘profit-focused’.

Ofsted U-turn on controversial early years employee health guidance

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Thursday, January 13, 2022

| Nursery World

In a swift turnaround, Ofsted has withdrawn its document requiring early years providers to report 'significant events and changes to health’ in employees and volunteers, less than 24 hours after publishing it, and says it will ‘review’ the guidance.

NDNA to collect data on number of nursery staff with Covid

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Monday, January 10, 2022

| Nursery World

Nurseries across England, Scotland and Wales are being encouraged to fill in a survey designed to find out the proportion of staff and children who are absent due to Covid.

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