NDNA in the press

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Healthy Body, Happy Me week is back – Off we grow

Healthy Body, Happy Me week is back – Off we grow
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Seven out of ten nurseries in Scotland say they are under funded

Seven out of ten nurseries in Scotland say they are under funded
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Wales Childcare Crisis: Nine in ten nurseries expect to make a loss or break even

Wales Childcare Crisis: Nine in ten nurseries expect to make a loss or break even
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PANCo Training Qualification Supports Prevention of Obesity in Early Years

PANCo Training Qualification Supports Prevention of Obesity in Early Years
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Childcare expansion: Urgent Budget boost needed to deliver on Government’s plans  

Childcare expansion: Urgent Budget boost needed to deliver on Government’s plans 
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Nursery Trainee Employment Programme Launches in Scotland

Nursery Trainee Employment Programme Launches in Scotland
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Survey to analyse impacts of rising costs and funding challenges for early years sector 

Survey to analyse impacts of rising costs and funding challenges for early years sector 
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Gweinidog yn croesawu achrediad Millie Marc i Gymru

Gweinidog yn croesawu achrediad Millie Marc i Gymru
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Minister welcomes Millie’s Mark accreditation to Wales

Minister welcomes Millie’s Mark accreditation to Wales
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Childcare Works project brings new talent into the early years sector

Childcare Works project brings new talent into the early years sector
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Most Scottish childcare providers getting raw deal from councils

Most Scottish childcare providers getting raw deal from councils
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Government biggest childcare investment promise amounts to just a few pence

Government biggest childcare investment promise amounts to just a few pence
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The NDNA nursery awards are back for 2024!

The NDNA nursery awards are back for 2024!
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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 ch…
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Early years maths and language champions programmes receive funding across Greater London  

Two professional development programmes designed by NDNA aimed at increasing practitioner skills,…
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Early years Maths Champions programme receives funding for expansion 

Early years Maths Champions programme receives funding for expansion 
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A vision for early education and care

Early years organisation NDNA has launched its Blueprint for Early Education and Care to inform d…
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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 …
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MP visits nursery awarded 1000th Millie’s Mark accreditation 

MP visits nursery awarded 1000th Millie’s Mark accreditation  Mary Robinson MP for Cheadle vis…
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Early Years maths programme boosts child development by three months

A project evaluation report published by the Education Endowment Foundation (EEF) alongside a tea…
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£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…
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Nursery closure rates up fifty per cent on last year

Nurseries continue to close at a faster rate than previously, with fifty per cent more closures i…
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NDNA Awards 2023 returns to celebrate sector achievements

The NDNA’s annual conference and awards evening brought members and sector experts together to ce…
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Nursery of the Year 2023 - Overall Winner Little Professors

Government to consult on further changes to the EYFS

The Department for Education has launched an eight week consultation on possible changes to the E…
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Childcare payments for Universal Credit overhauled after NDNA campaign

As part of the Government’s biggest ever expansion to childcare provision, low-income families wi…
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Early years funding – millions used for other purposes or taken back by DfE

Local authorities are continuing to use £millions of early years funding to offset other deficits…
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Childcare expansion: success or failure depends on government support

Following the ambitious announcement of extra funded early education and care for children and fa…
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NDNA partners with Hope to secure more discounts for nurseries

National Day Nurseries Association (NDNA) is announcing a new commercial partnership with educati…
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Meet the Minister at NDNA’s Annual Nursery Conference

Children, Families and Wellbeing Minister Claire Coutinho will be attending National Day Nurserie…
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Wales nursery crisis: 88% expect to make a loss or break even

Rising costs are putting increasing pressure on private and voluntary nurseries in Wales as Natio…
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Childcare crisis: business rates bills shoot up by 40% for nurseries

A national early years charity calls on the Chancellor to make nurseries exempt from paying unfai…
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Childcare crisis: 98.4% of nurseries losing £1000s due to funding shortfall

Government’s underfunding of childcare places in England has led to an 87% increase in nursery cl…
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