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Survey to analyse impacts of rising costs and funding challenges for early years sector 

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National Day Nurseries Association (NDNA) is running a survey throughout January 2024 to analyse the cost and staffing pressures that nurseries from England, Scotland and Wales are under.  All three countries are in the process of preparing for or undergoing an expansion to their two-year-old childcare entitlement. Following years of soaring costs and significant increases… Continue reading Survey to analyse impacts of rising costs and funding challenges for early years sector 

Nursery policies and procedures

NDNA’s nursery policies and procedures templates save you time, are legally checked and written by childcare experts. Once purchased in our shop, you’ll receive an email with the document attached.

Could your nursery be the next Wales Nursery of the Year 2024?

Winners of the NDNA Wales Nursery of t2023he Year Awards

Nominate your nursery for the NDNA Nursery Awards 2024 With only one month left until the NDNA Awards 2024 nominations close for this year, here we share the experiences of last year’s winners of the Wales Nursery of the Year 2023 Award. St Aubin Nursery, based in Roath, won the Wales Nursery of the Year… Continue reading Could your nursery be the next Wales Nursery of the Year 2024?

How does winning our Nursery of the Year award benefit your nursery?

Nursery of the year awards ndna 2024

Nominate your nursery for the NDNA Nursery Awards 2024  Our prestigious nursery awards acknowledge, reward and celebrate excellence across the nursery sector, highlighting the fantastic work of nurseries and practitioners in supporting over one million children and their families. There are many benefits to settings to winning one of the NDNA Nursery Awards. We heard… Continue reading How does winning our Nursery of the Year award benefit your nursery?

Early Years Sector Events

Here’s where you’ll find details of early years sector events including conferences, workshops and exhibitions for early years childcare professionals. 

Birth to Five Matters: what is it?

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What is Birth to Five Matters? According to Nancy Stewart – Early Years consultant, Project Lead for Birth to Five Matters – Birth to Five Matters is a tool to help early years practitioners in England bring the EYFS to life in their settings. It has been created with the sole purpose of supporting practitioners… Continue reading Birth to Five Matters: what is it?

Happy anniversary, NDNA!

NDNA is celebrating 25 years of being a charity and we would love our members to celebrate with us! Print out the relevant bunting template below and circulate to parents/carers or complete it as a fun activity to do within your setting with the children. Once complete, put up your bunting around the nursery, creating… Continue reading Happy anniversary, NDNA!

NDNA Nursery Awards 2024: Spotlight on last year’s winner – Overall Nursery of the Year Award

With the NDNA Awards 2024 nominations kicking off to a great start this month, we wanted to hear from last year’s double winners of the Nursery of the Year 2023 Award Little Professors Nursery, based at Walsall College, won the Nursery of the Year Award – England Central, as well as the coveted overall Nursery… Continue reading NDNA Nursery Awards 2024: Spotlight on last year’s winner – Overall Nursery of the Year Award

Start Life Well

Start Life Well is a complete online well-being framework and whole-setting approach that will reinforce the value of physical activity, healthy eating and emotional well-being in everything you do. NDNA’s proven system supports organisations to measure, improve and maintain focus on physical activity, nutrition and well-being, for the benefit of children and families. Why Start… Continue reading Start Life Well

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. Millie’s Mark is the gold standard in paediatric first aid for early years and has been available in England and Scotland for a few years. Since… Continue reading Gold standard first aid accreditation Millie’s Mark comes to Wales

NDNA funding partners

We value the support, funding and grants from all NDNA funding partners. This funding enables us to drive positive impact to benefit sustainable communities, a sustainable early years sector, the workforce, families and most importantly, young children. We work closely with a range of funding partners to deliver NDNA’s quality products and services to wider… Continue reading NDNA funding partners

A vision for early education and care

Early years organisation National Day Nurseries Association (NDNA) has launched its Blueprint for Early Education and Care to inform decision-makers and politicians to gain the best outcomes for children. The document which will be shaped by NDNA’s members to develop a manifesto for early education and care ahead of the next General Election contains ten… Continue reading A vision for early education and care

PANCo Resources

Our PANCo training, qualification and specialist role is a beacon for quality provision in the early years. The PANCo training programme is a well-being in action intervention that promotes positive nutrition and physical activity to support the prevention of obesity within early years settings. Our PANCo qualification gives early years educators a robust knowledge base… Continue reading PANCo Resources