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Families impacted by two-child benefits limit ‘struggling to keep their head above water’

Thursday, April 18, 2024

| Nursery World

The two-child benefits cap has put families in financial hardship, reduced their opportunities to learn and impacted their mental health, finds research.

Government urged to focus on early intervention to tackle 'unprecedented' mental health challenges for children

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Wednesday, April 17, 2024

| Nursery World

Children and young people's mental health charity Anna Freud wants the next government to adopt its plan to shift the emphasis from urgent mental health care to prevention and early intervention.

One in five schools on the ‘frontline’ of supporting families with food poverty

News

Wednesday, April 17, 2024

| Nursery World

There are now more than 4,000 food banks running in schools in England, which equates to one in every five primary and secondary schools in the country, according to new research.

Building confidence through music

Features

Wednesday, April 17, 2024

| Nursery World

It’s hard to imagine any setting without music and sound. Music is an important aspect of the early years, says Sally-Anne Brown and Vic Holmes, directors of a community of learning for early years music.

Stockport deputy nursery manager caused the death of a baby she strapped to a beanbag, face down, court hears

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Tuesday, April 16, 2024

| Nursery World

A Stockport deputy nursery manager caused the death of a nine-month-old by placing her face down, tightly swaddled and strapped to a bean bag for more than an hour and a half, a court has heard.

Aid spending on early years at record high, but investment on higher education remains 21 times higher

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Tuesday, April 16, 2024

| Nursery World

There has been record aid spending on early years education, but millions of the world’s poorest children are still missing out on pre-school because of a ‘chronic’ lack of funding by donor countries, according to a new report.

England’s broken childcare system is ‘falling behind the rest of the world’

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Monday, April 15, 2024

| Nursery World

England’s childcare system is ‘dysfunctional, propped up by piecemeal policies, held back by a lack of vision and not fit for purpose or the future, argues a new report.

Take part in a Nursery World survey on the expanded childcare entitlement for two-year-olds

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Monday, April 15, 2024

| Nursery World

Are you a nursery or childminder taking part in the Government’s new offer of 15-hours for two-year-olds? Or are you still undecided?

Rebecca Taylor & Carla Phillips: Universal free school meals - It’s time England caught up with other nations

Opinion

Thursday, April 11, 2024

| Nursery World

Head of education, Rebecca Taylor, and Carla Phillips, head of health and nutrition, both at University College Birmingham, share their thoughts on free school meals for all.

Early years providers sceptical Ofsted's new complaints process will be fairer

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Thursday, April 11, 2024

| Nursery World

In response to the news that the inspectorate has updated its complaints procedure to handle providers’ concerns more ‘fairly, thoroughly and efficiently’, providers have expressed their disbelief that anything will change while Ofsted still handles complaints internally.