Early Years Digest

19 November 2024

 

PRESS & MEDIA

Parents face higher nursery fees due to national insurance hike, charity warns - The Independent

Tax increase will impact nursery costs - minister - BBC News

Overhaul of children’s social care in England will crack down on firms’ profiteering - The Guardian

Ex-MP and key Kemi Badenoch ally says Tories were wrong to expand free childcare - The Daily Mirror

Big increase in schools lowering their age range - TES Magazine

Number of children in care drops for first time in 16 years - Children & Young People Now

Ofsted launches new childminders without domestic premises registration category - Nursery World Magazine

 

FEATURE STORIES

Using spare capacity in schools for new nurseries: do the numbers add up? - Frontier Economics

Don’t jump into early years ‘glassy-eyed’, primary leaders warned - TES Magazine 

Around 100,000 more children set to be in poverty by 2029 - Nursery World Magazine
 
Toilet training in schools – Time for a new approach? - Teach Early Years
 
 
  

BLOGS, PODCASTS & MORE

PODCAST: The next chapter: Freddie Whittaker interviews Bridget Phillipson - Schools Week Magazine
 
New map tells the story of childcare activism - Nursery World Magazine
 
VIDEO: How to support parents to explore books with children: Advice for early years practitioners - PEDAL
  
PODCAST: Ark Start MD: How To Elevate Early Years Education Within Your Trust - The Key

 

 

RESEARCH & POLICY DEVELOPMENT

 
Turning Point? An updated analysis of the impact of recruitment and retention challenges on the early years sector in England - Early Years Alliance
 
Pregnancy brain changes revealed in detailed scans - BBC News
 
Child development outcomes at 2 to 2 and a half years, 2023 to 2024: statistical commentary - Gov.uk
 
Children with asthma have worse memory, major new study finds - The Independent
 
Better Start Building Systems for Early Childhood Development - Better Start
 

 

EVENTS & COURSES

TRAINING: Early Talk Boost - Speech and Language UK - a catch-up programme for children aged 3-4 who are struggling with talking and understanding words

Nursery Management Show - 29-30 November, Excel London (free)

 

JOBS

  
 
Philanthropy Manager - Magic Breakfast (Remote/London)
 
Community Engagement Coordinator - BookTrust (Remote/Central England)

Group Director of Education and Children's Services - MacIntyre Academies Trust and MacIntyre Care (Milton Keynes)
 

 

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