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Latest childcare and early years news

PISA report: UK overall improvement 

03 December 2019
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The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has released its latest Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) report. Read more    

NMT Nursery Award winners 2019 

2 December 2019
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Congratulations to all those winners and finalists of this year’s NMT Awards. Read more   

NDNA - pledge roundup 

29 November 2019
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NDNA has compiled a roundup of the main and most relevant party pledges which affect the sector, ahead of the General Election on 12 December. Read more   

Conservative manifesto: no mention of early years

25 November 2019
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The Conservative Party has launched its election manifesto which includes expanding school holiday childcare and wraparound care for older children – but has no mention of the current crisis in early years. Read more  

Nursery which avoided paying staff pensions fined 

21 November 2019
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A nursery which misled The Pensions Regulator (TPR) and avoided paying staff pensions was ordered to pay £8,200. Read more     

Ofsted: 97% of nurseries still good or outstanding

20 November 2019
Stella Ziolkowski, NDNA's Director of Quality and Training

Ofsted has released its latest statistics which show that at the end of August, 97% of nurseries were judged as good or outstanding. Read more    

Make business rates cut a reality

18 November 2019

Prime Minister Boris Johnson has today promised the CBI Conference a review of business rates across all sectors of the economy. Read more   

Report on project which challenged gender stereotypes 

14 November 2019
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Lifting Limits has released a report following a pilot project which took a whole school approach to challenging gender stereotypes. Read more

Draft quality framework consultation

12 November 2019
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The Care Inspectorate is consulting on its draft quality framework for early learning and childcare (ELC) services. Read more

Real Living Wage rates rise

11 November 2019
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The Living Wage Foundation has announced the new UK living wage rates. Read more

Political parties pledge to expand childcare

11 November 2019
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Two political parties have pledged to expand childcare as part of their election campaigns. Read more

Early years provider survey 2019

7 November 2019
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The Department for Education has published its Childcare and Early Years Providers survey for 2019. Read more

Report on minimum wage youth rates

7 November 2019
National Institute of Economic and Social Research

The National Institute of Economic and Social Research has published its report on National Minimum Wage youth rates (under 25s) to the Low Pay Commission. Read more