The government has claimed that changing the maximum number of two-year-olds per adult in nurseries and pre-schools in England from four to five could result in savings of 15% or £40 per week for parents of two-year-olds.
This is based on the following calculation:
Staff costs account for 74% of overall costs in early years settings. Moving from a ratio for 1:4 to 1:5 for two-year-...
Leading membership organisation the Early Years Alliance has today launched a new campaign to recognise those working in the early years as educational professionals.
The #WeAreEducators campaign aims to help those working in the early years sector highlight to parents, local communities and policymakers the unique importance of the early years and the role the early years workforce...
Reading aloud to young children is great for their literacy, but studies show that young children can learn more vocabulary from conversation at the dinner table, according to The Family Dinner Project .
They say, children who eat dinner with their families have better skills for developing literacy than those who don’t eat with their families.
Ofsted has published the latest in a series of reviews into different subjects across the curriculum. Today’s review looks at English.
This review explores a wide and diverse range of research relating to English, to identify factors that can contribute to high-quality curriculums, pedagogy, assessment and schools’ systems for managing the subject. Ofsted’s education inspection framework (...
Launching on May 3rd 2022, The Early Years Pack by The Positive Birth Company (PBC) is a new digital course featuring 8 expert-led workshops to support parents from 6 months +.
The Positive Birth Company ( as seen on Dragons’ Den 2021 ) brought on 8 of the UK’s leading parenting experts to deliver bespoke workshops in this digital 21st century guide , imparting their experience and...
Clock up the miles this Easter, and into the Summer term, in Schoolreaders Race for Reading and help more children leave primary school able to read well.
The 80-day virtual Around the World challenge runs until June 19th 2022. Set your distance, go it alone or with friends, family, your sports’ club or book group, and commit to walk, run, cycle, swim or even walk a dog to help cover the...
One in 100 children are diagnosed with autism in the UK and often require additional support to assist their personal and social development. London based Three Little Birds Nurseries is sharing the features it has put in place to ensure children with autism are as comfortable in the nursery’s environment as possible.
Every year, April is Autism Awareness Month and fosters worldwide
Ofsted has today published the second set of reports in a series looking at the pandemic’s continued impact on education providers.
From: Ofsted
Published 4 April 2022
The reports find that much good progress has been made across the education sector to help children and learners recover the knowledge and skills they missed out on during the pandemic. However, amid strong...
Educational recovery and excellence in early years practice will be the top priorities as National Day Nurseries Association (NDNA)’s annual national nursery conference returns in 2022 following an enforced two year absence. To reflect the sector’s great commitment to children and families, and their efforts to rebuild recovery following the most difficult years of the pandemic, the theme for...
