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Early Years providers still not happy with the increase in Early Years funding The Department For Education have announced a new early years funding formula; this will mean an increase in funding rates for early years providers, however, early years providers are still saying this isn't enough. Early years settings will receive a minimum … [Read more...] about Increase in Early Years Funding

Recruitment crisis only getting worse because of exam requirements According to the National Day Nursery Association nursery workers do not need exam grades to be able to qualify to work with children Exam requirements of Grade GCSE C in English and Maths is causing a recruitment crisis for many early years settings. Because of this the … [Read more...] about Exam requirements causing nurseries difficulty in recruiting

Charging parents to watch their child's Nativity play Recently in the news a primary school is charging parents £1 to watch their child's nativity play, this has caused a huge response from parents, leading to some teachers suffering verbal abuse.  Recently other parents have been informed that they will have to buy tickets to watch … [Read more...] about Parents being charged to watch Nativity plays

Early years education is under threat from a national funding formula, argue the MPs Tulip Siddiq and Jack Dromey. The government plans to introduce a single national funding formula for the early years, to tackle the uneven funding around the country. Early years education is under threat from a national funding formula, argue the MPs … [Read more...] about Funding plans detrimental to nurseries

Save The Children charity campaign for further investment in Early Education To support Save the Children campaign for further investment in Early Years Education, MP Kate Green from Stretford and Urmston visited a local pre-school at Kings Road Primary.   Many five-year-olds in Stretford and Urmston are not meeting the … [Read more...] about A further investment in Early Education is needed

Should parents lie to children about Father Christmas? The majority of young children believe in Father Christmas and love the magic of the annual celebration. However, recent claims have stated that parents shouldn't continue to tell this lie and it can, in fact, damage a child's trust and relationship with parents. Early Years Careers … [Read more...] about Should children be told the truth about Father Christmas?

Children starting school are behind in their development       According to recent figures, a third of children starting school are still behind in their development and statistics from Department of Education show that children from disadvantaged families are behind in their literacy, and numeracy skills. The … [Read more...] about Figures show that a majority of five year olds are behind at school

PLANS to double free childcare hours for working parents confirmed by the Chancellor.  The chancellor has confirmed during his Autumn Statement, that from September 2017 childcare places for all three and four year olds will be increased to thirty hours.However, Early Years Carers warns the funding that will not be enough. The … [Read more...] about Childcare funding increase has been confirmed

More five years are playing on the internet than watching television  According to recent research from Ofcom, it states that five-year-olds are for the first time ever spending more time on the internet than watching television. Even children as young as three are accessing the internet on average 8 hours a week. Could the … [Read more...] about Children spending too much time on the internet