National Day Nurseries Association has revealed the finalists for their much anticipated awards for 2022. Finalists and guests will come together on the 24th June at Chesford Grange Hotel in Kenilworth, Warwickshire, with celebrity guest Jenny Powell, presenting the awards. Purnima Tanuku, Chief Executive of NDNA, said: “We are extremely excited to welcome everyone back… Continue reading Celebrating Early Years; NDNA awards finalists revealed
Author: Isaac Priestley
PM wants to relax ratios to cut childcare costs
The Prime Minister Boris Johnson has revealed he wants to relax safety rules in an attempt to cut the rising cost of childcare as record inflation and the cost of living crisis continues to worsen. Current requirements set out the correct staff to child ratios at 1:3 in groups of children two years or younger,… Continue reading PM wants to relax ratios to cut childcare costs
Ofsted publish five year strategy
Ofsted has published its five year strategy which was recently trailed by HMCI Amanda Spielman at Nursery World Business Summit. Their new approach will have a strong focus on early years. The strategy sets out eight priorities: One of the priorities is ‘Children having the best start in life’ which is where the focus on… Continue reading Ofsted publish five year strategy
£55m of early years funding unspent
National Day Nurseries Association (NDNA) has discovered that at least £55 million of early years funding was either left unspent or allocated against other budget pressures in 2020/21 by local authorities. A huge proportion of this sat in designated schools grant reserves. This was for the financial year during the worst of the Covid pandemic… Continue reading £55m of early years funding unspent
Healthy Body, Happy Me week: supporting children right from the start
“Right from the Start” is the theme of this year’s Healthy Body, Happy Me week, an annual March campaign run by National Day Nurseries Association (NDNA) to support children’s health and wellbeing. The week highlights the essential building blocks for children’s development and focusses on a different area each day to ensure practitioners are equipped with… Continue reading Healthy Body, Happy Me week: supporting children right from the start