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Nominees and guests gather at the 2023 awards at The Brewery in London for a night of celebration PHOTO Colin Miller

News 26 April 2024

Last chance to enter Nursery World Awards 2024!

The closing date is fast approaching for the Nursery World Awards 2024 – your chance to shine!

Awards

Parents have put together a manifesto calling on political parties to commit to putting healthy food at the 'heart of their plans', PHOTO: Adobe Stock

News 26 April 2024

Parents call on politcians to prioritise healthy food for children

Nutrition

News 26 April 2024

Ofsted: Government rules in favour of keeping single-word judgements

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News 25 April 2024

Stockport nursery tragedy: Setting was 'badly run' and didn't adhere to ratios, court hears

Safeguarding

The JRF has questioned the Scottish Government's delay to introduce universal early years education, PHOTO: Adobe Stock

News 25 April 2024

Scottish Government told to expand funded places to help families escape poverty

Policy & Politics

Frank Field, Lord Field of Birkenhead PHOTO UK Parliament

News 25 April 2024

Tributes paid to peer and anti-poverty campaigner Frank Field

Policy & Politics

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The NAO report highlights how the DfE set out a timetable for the expansion without knowing whether there would be enough capacity, PHOTO: Adobe Stock

News 24 April 2024

Expanded offer 'ambitious' against background of uncertainty around costs and benefits

Policy & Politics

The Early Years Bootcamps are mainly delivered online outside the Bootcamp Hubs, PHOTO: Adobe Stock

News 24 April 2024

DfE's Early Years Bootcamp courses underway

Careers & Training

FE college teachers in early years courses may be eligible for extra incentive payments from September PHOTO Adobe Stock

News 23 April 2024

Early years FE college tutors could be eligible for an extra £6,000 a year from September

Provision

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News 23 April 2024

Stockport nursery tragedy: An 'unsafe sleeping environment' responsible for baby's death

Safeguarding

The DfE has launched a consultation on proposals for a new experience-based route for early years practitioners, PHOTO: Adobe Stock

News 22 April 2024

DfE seeks views on new experience-based route qualification for early years practitioners

Careers & Training

The DfE is consulting on introducing new requirements around job references for early years workers PHOTO Adobe Stock

News 22 April 2024

Plans to strengthen safeguarding rules in the EYFS out for consultation

Policy & Politics

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LONG READ: Nursery staff lose out as they face paying more tax from April

Lower earners, such as most early years staff, are about to lose more of their pay to income tax. By Katy Morton

Analysis

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LONG READ: Sector is split over decision to provide funded twos places

Two surveys show that many settings will not be able to offer parents places for the extended entitlements, as the start of the roll-out of the expanded policy nears. By Catherine Gaunt

Analysis

Delegates taking part in the Nursery World Business Summit on 4 February 2024 PHOTO Colin Miller

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

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...

Policy & Politics

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Building confidence through music

An A to Z of enhancements: T is for Transport

Activities

At St Martin’s, the focus is on natural, loose-parts resources, both indoors and outside PHOTO Daycare St Martin's

Essential Resources: Nursery World visits… Daycare St Martin’s, Solihull

Practice

Special Focus: Now is the time to make the most of your space

Practice

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Alison Featherbe

Alison Featherbe: 'Lessons from past safeguarding cases have driven the need for clarity'

Early Years Curriculum

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

Viewpoint

June O'Sullivan

June O' Sullivan: Why we developed a new toolkit to support prisoners’ children

Viewpoint

Business

The DfE Pulse survey highlights early years provider's issues around places, staffing and funding, PHOTO: Adobe Stock

Sector raises concern as survey shows most early years providers haven't increased their places

Business

NS&I has confirmed there is a problem processing Tax-Free Childcare payments, PHOTO: Adobe Stock

Tax-Free Childcare error preventing parents' fees being paid to providers

Management

As of 1 April, working parents of two-year-olds in England are entitled to 15 hours of funded childcare a week during term time PHOTO Adobe Stock

Government starts to roll out childcare expansion, as sector highlights ongoing 'challenges'

Policy & Politics

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