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Improving outcomes for children and families across the Greater London Authority. Between January 2018 and December 2020, National Day Nurseries Association delivered the Early Years Leaders coaching programme to providers across the Greater London Authority. Settings recruited across the region nominated an aspiring or new leader to be participants in the programme. Participants received one-to-one… Continue reading Early Years Leaders Programme

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) What is a Schools Forum? Each local authority has a Schools Forum which looks at specific issues to do with schools, education and early years. They look at budgets, consultations and proposals. They also make decisions regarding funding that local authorities receive from central government for education through the Designated Schools… Continue reading Early years funding: Schools Forum

Get answers to some of the ongoing issues or concerns you may have with nursery fees, contracts and consumer law following the publication of the CMAs advice to the early years sector. This does not constitute legal advice and as all situations and agreements will be different, you should always seek independent legal advice. NDNA… Continue reading Early years and nurseries: Competition and Markets Authority (CMA)

Judge’s Demand – providing “The service you can trust”. ​​ Who is Judge’s Demand? Judge’s Demand provide specialist debt recovery and debt collection related services to nurseries and businesses. Their specialist debt collection and debt recovery team have extensive experience and a wealth of knowledge of debt collection and the UK debt recovery laws.  Established in… Continue reading Debt recovery for nurseries

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Here you’ll find downloadable resources as part of your NDNA Corporate Membership Communication Toolkit. Logo guidelines Use the logo, downloadable below, with the transparent background on materials referencing NDNA. Use the logo in a losenge in cases were it needs to appear on a dark background (as shown on a blue background). The minimum size… Continue reading Corporate Membership Communication Toolkit

Common contacts and queries: Please email the team at [email protected] for the following enquiries: All enquiries will be dealt with within 72 hours of receiving them. ​ For safeguarding concerns call us immediately on 01484 407070 and state that it is a safeguarding issue, and you’ll be put through to the right person. Contact the team using the following direct dial… Continue reading Contact NDNA: National Day Nurseries Association

Get an exclusive 10% discount on employment law and health and safety support for nurseries with Citation. Citation has helped nurture nurseries for over 20 years and is really proud of our long-standing partnership with NDNA. We provide nurseries across the UK with industry-leading advice, resources and support in HR and employment law and health and… Continue reading Citation: employment law and health and safety for nurseries

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In early years, Quality Counts. Benefits of achieving Quality Counts accreditation: See how The Rosebank Centre in Lymm celebrated achieving the full certification mark Read how Teepee Day Nursery in Bracknell celebrated achieving the full certification mark. See how children at Oswestry Prepcare Day Nursery celebrated achieving the full certification mark. Find out more about NDNA’s childcare quality improvement scheme,… Continue reading Childcare Quality Improvement & Self Evaluation

Discover everything you need to know about childcare and early years careers and workforce. Looking at starting a career in childcare, or for more information on recruiting, retaining and managing staff in an early years setting?  Checking qualifications Use the Government qualifications checker tool here to check staff have the correct qualifications to count in EYFS staff:child… Continue reading Childcare and early years workforce and careers

Welcome to NDNA’s policy hub. Here you’ll find the latest in childcare and early years policy from business rates to funding across England, Scotland and Wales. 

Here’s some advice from Connie Barrett, Policy Adviser, Department for Education (DfE) Early Years Strategy, Quality and COVID response about checking overseas childcare qualifications. As of 1 January 2021, requests for recognition of overseas childcare qualifications should now be sent for the attention of the Early Years Workforce Team. The Early Years Service provided by UK… Continue reading Checking overseas childcare qualifications

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Find out all you need to know about 30 Hours Childcare and nursery funding, from the early years experts. Currently, all three and four-year-olds and some two-year-olds in the UK are entitled to funded childcare. In England, all three and four-year-olds are entitled to 15 hours of funded childcare per week during term time (38… Continue reading Nursery funding and funded places