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Government biggest childcare investment promise amounts to just a few pence

The NDNA nursery awards are back for 2024!

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 children as safe as possible is now available to all early settings across Wales.

Early years maths and language champions programmes receive funding across Greater London

Two professional development programmes designed by NDNA aimed at increasing practitioner skills, knowledge and confidence in delivering early maths, language and communication have secured funding for 18 London boroughs.

Early years Maths Champions programme receives funding for expansion

A vision for early education and care

Early years organisation NDNA has launched its Blueprint for Early Education and Care to inform decision-makers and politicians to gain the best outcomes for children.

Blueprint for early education and care event

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 the academic year 2022-23, compared with the previous year, according to research by National Day Nurseries Association (NDNA).

MP visits nursery awarded 1000th Millie’s Mark accreditation

MP visits nursery awarded 1000th Millie’s Mark accreditation Mary Robinson MP for Cheadle visited the nursery which was awarded the 1000th Millie’s Mark in July. Millie’s Mark is the gold standard in paediatric first aid for early years settings across England and Scotland.

Early Years maths programme boosts child development by three months

A project evaluation report published by the Education Endowment Foundation (EEF) alongside a team from the Universities of York and Durham found evidence that the Maths Champions programme has improved young children’s maths and language development.

£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 and stimulate economic growth is being celebrated by government as ‘the largest ever investment in childcare.’