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DfE publishes guidance for early years settings on coronavirus

Tuesday, March 24, 2020

| Nursery World

The Department for Education has this afternoon published guidance for the sector on early years and childcare closures due to Covid-19.

Large nursery groups join forces to meet coronavirus challenges

News

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.

Childcare sector slams Government for 'ignoring' them in coronavirus crisis

News

Wednesday, March 18, 2020

| Nursery World

Nurseries have called on the Government to set out dedicated measures to help them survive, saying they provide vital support to frontline workers and families.

Nursery Management: Funding - Make or break

Features

Monday, March 16, 2020

| Nursery World

The sector is in crisis mode, with widespread underfunding, a workforce problem and rising costs. Just how bad will it become before it gets better? By Hannah Crown

Nursery Management: Funding - Don’t hold back

Features

Monday, March 16, 2020

| Nursery World

Some councils are wrongly withholding thousands of pounds in contingency funding. Jo Parkes speaks to settings who have successfully claimed it back

Practitioners' views sought on SEND funding

News

Tuesday, January 28, 2020

| Nursery World

A new survey into the impact of early years funding on SEND provision has been launched by the Early Years Alliance.

Ceeda debate: 'Until the sector collapses you won't get investment'

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Monday, January 27, 2020

| Nursery World

A legal challenge, a PR campaign and a working group were mooted as solutions to raise the profile of unsustainable childcare funding with the public, in crunch talks last week.

Funded or free? Take our poll on the future of childcare

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Monday, January 13, 2020

| Nursery World

Have your say in our joint Nursery World and Ceeda survey

SEND funding: More SEND cash for early years?

Features

Monday, September 30, 2019

| Nursery World

SEND funding has been in crisis for years, and while the Government has announced a funding boost and a review, will any of it reach the early years? By Hannah Crown

EXCLUSIVE: Working Poverty, Childcare Practitioners - Childcare’s dirty secret

News

Tuesday, September 17, 2019

| Nursery World

We know early years education suffers from a pay problem, but just how does this affect practitioners’ ability to afford to lead ‘normal’ lives? Hannah Crown has these shocking findings from our exclusive survey

Nursery Management: Working Poverty: Parents - On the breadline

Features

Sunday, September 15, 2019

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We know that 70 per cent of all poor children are in working families. So how easy is it for these families to access childcare? Charlotte Goddard investigates

Nursery Management: Community Cohesion - All together now

Features

Sunday, September 15, 2019

| Nursery World

How one setting in Yorkshire secured more than £100,000 in funding over five years, and opened a yurt, food bank, art sessions and Forest School. By Carl Duck

Poor areas hit hardest by rising nursery closures

News

Thursday, September 12, 2019

| Nursery World

More nurseries are closing in the most deprived areas of the country than elsewhere, according to analysis by the National Day Nurseries Association.

Childcare practitioners 'living in poverty' - exclusive survey

News

Thursday, September 12, 2019

| Nursery World

One in ten childcare workers are officially in poverty, according to shocking new findings from Nursery World.

T-level funding 'better' than for EYE courses

News

Friday, June 21, 2019

| Nursery World

The Government will spend more than £10,000 on each childcare T- level in a bid to boost the numbers taking this new Level 3 programme.

Nurseries in poor areas facing closure

News

Tuesday, June 11, 2019

| Nursery World

Childcare providers in deprived areas are twice as likely to close as those in the most affluent areas, according to new research, which also finds that the early years funding shortfall has risen by £50m in a year.

Early years Welsh language scheme launches

News

Tuesday, May 28, 2019

| Nursery World

A new scheme to strengthen early years practitioners’ Welsh language skills has been launched by the National Centre for Learning Welsh.

30 hours policy 'entrenches inequality' says social mobility watchdog

News

Tuesday, April 30, 2019

| Nursery World

The Government should extend its 30 hours offer to those working eight hours per week and eventually to all unemployed parents, the Social Mobility Commission said today.

China - Eastern promises

Features

Monday, April 29, 2019

| Nursery World

Early years provision in China is a huge growth market, with UK nurseries large and small taking up opportunities to open there. So, what are the pros and cons of doing business in this very different country?

New intergenerational scheme to grow, cook and eat together

News

Wednesday, April 24, 2019

| Nursery World

A new lottery-funded programme aims to connect people of all ages and tackle loneliness and unhealthy eating.

Local authority tells settings not to charge for funded twos

News

Monday, April 15, 2019

| Nursery World

As providers increasingly move to charging parents of disadvantaged two-year-olds for ‘extras’, one local authority body has recommended settings refrain from doing so.

Settings face cuts after council overspend

News

Monday, April 1, 2019

| Nursery World

Childcare providers in Northamptonshire may be forced to get rid of staff, resources or reduce their own salaries if the county council goes ahead with plans to cut early years funding from April.

Apprenticeship providers rail against Level 3 impasse

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Thursday, March 28, 2019

| Nursery World

Training providers say they have lost faith in the Government to deliver the Level 3 apprenticeship standard – which has still not been produced five years after work on it started.

Nursery Management: National Living Wage - Pay slip

Features

Tuesday, March 26, 2019

| Nursery World

Many settings are wondering how they are going to afford the upcoming 5 per cent increase to the National Living Wage, let alone keep pay differentials to reward senior staff. So what are the options? Annette Rawstrone reports

Wales expands childcare training scheme

News

Friday, March 22, 2019

| Nursery World

Wales has launched the second phase of a government-funded scheme giving participants the chance to trial a career in childcare.

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DfE publishes guidance for early years settings on coronavirus

Large nursery groups join forces to meet coronavirus challenges

Childcare sector slams Government for 'ignoring' them in coronavirus crisis

Nursery Management: Funding - Make or break

Nursery Management: Funding - Don’t hold back

Practitioners' views sought on SEND funding

Ceeda debate: 'Until the sector collapses you won't get investment'

Funded or free? Take our poll on the future of childcare

SEND funding: More SEND cash for early years?

EXCLUSIVE: Working Poverty, Childcare Practitioners - Childcare’s dirty secret

Nursery Management: Working Poverty: Parents - On the breadline

Nursery Management: Community Cohesion - All together now

Poor areas hit hardest by rising nursery closures

Childcare practitioners 'living in poverty' - exclusive survey

T-level funding 'better' than for EYE courses

Nurseries in poor areas facing closure

Early years Welsh language scheme launches

30 hours policy 'entrenches inequality' says social mobility watchdog

China - Eastern promises

New intergenerational scheme to grow, cook and eat together

Local authority tells settings not to charge for funded twos

Settings face cuts after council overspend

Apprenticeship providers rail against Level 3 impasse

Nursery Management: National Living Wage - Pay slip

Wales expands childcare training scheme

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