Case Study – Developing reflective practice and leadership skills
In this guest blog from Steven White of Tiptoes Nursery, he shares with us a case study example of using reflective practice and the development of leadership skills.
One in four UK parents have had to give up work or education due to the cost of early education
New study shows the impact of high early education costs across the world
Prime Minister faces questions over wife’s shares in childminding agency
Akshata Murty is listed as a shareholder at childminding agency Koru Kids
27% of households with children under four-years-old experienced food insecurity in January 2023
Uptake of Healthy Start scheme is just 64% – lower than government target of 75%
84% of Britons believe that the government should ensure everyone has access to early education
Survey reveals that clear majority believe government should fund early education and care
Chancellor reveals plans to extend 30 hours offer
Working parents of children aged just nine-months old will eventually be able to access offer
Government claims about early years sufficiency branded ‘meaningless’ following Alliance FOI
Most local authorities collect little to no data about whether early years provision in their area meets families’ needs
New partnership sets the standard for children’s nutrition
Young children’s nutrition will get a welcome boost from today with the launch of the Early Years Nutrition (EYN) Partnership. The EYN Partnership sets a new standard for nutrition practice in early years settings, providing ‘hands-on’ help, delivered by a network of registered nutritionists and dietitians with experience of early years settings. The goal of […]
Two-to-four year olds in the UK ‘not active enough to be healthy’
A recent report by The British Heart Foundation National Centre claims that 91% of two-to-four year olds in the UK are not active enough to be healthy. UK physical activity guidelines state that children within this age group need at least three hours activity a day to see health benefits, but The British Heart Foundation […]
Government mulls Ofsted fee increase
The government are set to consult on proposed increases to Ofsted annual fees, childcare minister Sam Gyimah has confirmed. In a letter sent to early years organisations, the minister stated “…many providers have faced increases in operating costs and, for this reason, we have resisted any fee increased over the course of the last parliament” […]
Ofsted publishes childminder agency inspection guidance
Childminder agencies will be rated as ‘effective’ or ‘ineffective’ rather than ‘outstanding’, ‘good’, ‘requires improvement’ or ‘inadequate’, Ofsted has confirmed. According to the childminding agencies inspection handbook, published in draft format last month, childminder agencies will be assessed against three sub-judgements: the effectiveness of the leadership and management of the agency; the quality of the […]
Jenny Chapman appointed as shadow childcare minister in Labour reshuffle
Labour MP Jenny Chapman has been appointed shadow childcare minister in party leader Jeremy Corbyn’s first reshuffle. Prior to the reshuffle, Chapman had been shadow prisons and probation minister since 2011. She has a history of campaigning in Westminster, securing 480 Department of Education jobs in her constituency and fighting for a cap on payday […]