Latest News, Policy & Events

Coronavirus / COVID-19

It is important that you and your nursery, are prepared for how this situation may develop. We are keeping in touch with the relevant government departments and health bodies to make sure our advice for you is up-to-date. We have a dedicated page all about coronavirus / COVID-19 for early years here.

See guidance

Contacting NDNA

We want to assure you that we have remained open as usual with the team working remotely, to continue to support you. Please bear with us when calling, we will endeavour to respond as soon as possible. You can also email info@ndna.org.uk, contact our legal helpline for members, and see here for media enquiries.

Get back on track: reopening

Our early years advisers have been working hard to create a hub of resources to recovery for all members.

Use our resources to recovery to get your nursery successfully back on track to reopening following the coronavirus/COVID-19 nationwide crisis.
See resources to recovery

NEW: virtual training

To support the childcare sector through the coronavirus / COVID-19 pandemic, we are hosting a range of business support webinars and live virtual classroom training with early years experts. See virtual classroom training here.

See webinars here

Factsheets

We have released a range of new factsheets - free to NDNA members - 'Getting Ready for School: Maths Confidence', 'Getting Ready for School: Developing Literacy at Home', 'Getting Ready for School: Building Children's Confidence' and 'Getting Ready for School: Support with EAL'.

See all factsheets

Training

Please note that all face to face training has been postponed until autumn. If you have a question about an existing booking please call us on 01484 407070. We apologise for this inconvenience. In the meantime we are running Live Virtual Classroom training and webinars.

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Please note that when ordering publications only Accident Forms will be posted out. All other publications will be supplied in electronic format, due to the current situation of COVID-19. Your hard copies will be posted at a later date. We apologise for any inconvenience caused.

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Supporting nurseries across the UK & overseas

NDNA International

Welcome aboard to Sue Asquith our new NDNA International Early Years Adviser! See how we support and deliver an ambitious vision for quality education and care for young children around the world here.

NDNA England

We support nurseries across England to provide high-quality, sustainable childcare. From our head office in West Yorkshire we provide day nurseries and the early years sector in England with campaigning, support, training and advice.

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NDNA Scotland

We support Scottish nurseries from our office in Edinburgh and we're a strategic partner to the Scottish Government, supporting policy development and the implementation of Early Learning and Childcare strategy.

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NDNA Cymru

NDNA has a committed and enthusiastic member base representing day nurseries throughout Wales. We have active member networks in local authority areas across the country.

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