Manifesto launched to tackle unique challenges for day nurseries in Wales

The National Day Nurseries Association (NDNA Cymru) is calling on the next Welsh government to focus on high-quality early childhood play, learning and care to support every family in every community.   Early indications from NDNA’s nursery survey suggest that 89% of day nurseries in Wales make a loss on sessional places and 79% say the full day rate doesn’t cover their costs.   As a result of rising staffing costs – with the average increase in staff bills around 10.5% – nurseries… Continue reading Manifesto launched to tackle unique challenges for day nurseries in Wales

NDNA agrees that it’s time to make staff wellbeing a policy

The Anna Freud Centre has today published its findings from a survey about staff wellbeing alongside NDNA’s sample well-being policy. Early years staff working in nurseries or preschools would like their settings to be more open about staff mental health, and to ensure staff wellbeing policies are in place and upheld. While many find their… Continue reading NDNA agrees that it’s time to make staff wellbeing a policy