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Most Scottish childcare providers getting raw deal from councils
Most Scottish childcare providers getting raw deal from councils
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Government biggest childcare investment promise amounts to just a few pence
Government biggest childcare investment promise amounts to just a few pence
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Gold standard first aid accreditation Millie’s Mark comes to Wales
An awards accreditation scheme to support early childhood play learning and care staff to keep ch…
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Early years maths and language champions programmes receive funding across Greater London
Two professional development programmes designed by NDNA aimed at increasing practitioner skills,…
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Early years Maths Champions programme receives funding for expansion
Early years Maths Champions programme receives funding for expansion
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A vision for early education and care
Early years organisation NDNA has launched its Blueprint for Early Education and Care to inform d…
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Nursery closure rates up fifty per cent on previous academic year
Nurseries in England continue to close at an alarming rate, with fifty per cent more closures in …
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MP visits nursery awarded 1000th Millie’s Mark accreditation
MP visits nursery awarded 1000th Millie’s Mark accreditation
Mary Robinson MP for Cheadle vis…
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Early Years maths programme boosts child development by three months
A project evaluation report published by the Education Endowment Foundation (EEF) alongside a tea…
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£204 million cash boost given to nurseries for childcare expansion
The investment intended to make childcare more accessible allowing more parents to return to work…
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Nursery closure rates up fifty per cent on last year
Nurseries continue to close at a faster rate than previously, with fifty per cent more closures i…
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NDNA Awards 2023 returns to celebrate sector achievements
The NDNA’s annual conference and awards evening brought members and sector experts together to ce…
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Government to consult on further changes to the EYFS
The Department for Education has launched an eight week consultation on possible changes to the E…
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Childcare payments for Universal Credit overhauled after NDNA campaign
As part of the Government’s biggest ever expansion to childcare provision, low-income families wi…
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Early years funding – millions used for other purposes or taken back by DfE
Local authorities are continuing to use £millions of early years funding to offset other deficits…
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Childcare expansion: success or failure depends on government support
Following the ambitious announcement of extra funded early education and care for children and fa…
Read more NDNA partners with Hope to secure more discounts for nurseries
National Day Nurseries Association (NDNA) is announcing a new commercial partnership with educati…
Read more Meet the Minister at NDNA’s Annual Nursery Conference
Children, Families and Wellbeing Minister Claire Coutinho will be attending National Day Nurserie…
Read more Wales nursery crisis: 88% expect to make a loss or break even
Rising costs are putting increasing pressure on private and voluntary nurseries in Wales as Natio…
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Childcare crisis: business rates bills shoot up by 40% for nurseries
A national early years charity calls on the Chancellor to make nurseries exempt from paying unfai…
Read more Childcare crisis: 98.4% of nurseries losing £1000s due to funding shortfall
Government’s underfunding of childcare places in England has led to an 87% increase in nursery cl…
Read more Parents plan to have less children due to spiralling childcare costs
New research from smart money app Plum has laid bare the painful choices parents are having to ma…
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“Beat the Budget” tickets for NDNA’s Annual Nursery Conference
Today (17 Jan) National Day Nurseries Association (NDNA) launches its annual national nursery con…
Read more Official reports show pressure building on early years providers
New statistics released by DfE and Ofsted reveal that recruitment and retention crisis remains pr…
Read more New childcare funding rates fall short of rocketing nursery costs
With childcare providers’ costs due to rise dramatically from April, the Government has today unv…
Read more Childcare Works bring vital new staff into the sector
National Day Nurseries Association (NDNA) Cymru’s Childcare Works programme continues to bring vi…
Read more Nurseries could pay staff more if they didn’t have to pay business rates
Nurseries in England would be able to pay staff more and reduce fee increases to parents if they …
Read more Sharp rise in summer nursery closures ring alarm bells for winter months
Many more nurseries have closed during the summer term than previously, setting course for a disa…
Read more Half of Scottish nurseries still don’t know funding rates for next week
Nearly half of councils in Scotland (47%) have yet to make a decision on the hourly rates they wi…
Read more Sector returns to celebrate achievements in annual nursery awards!
Staff and practitioners made a triumphant return to NDNA’s annual awards to celebrate their achie…
Read more Private and voluntary nurseries expected to deliver more for less
Scottish private and independent nurseries are delivering almost a third of the country’s funded …
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