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Maggie’s Day Nursery and Forest School's early years lead reveals how younger staff at the setting have a small repertoire of nursery rhymes, and why preserving traditional songs matters more than ever. nurseryworld.co.uk/content/opinio…

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Michele Davison, owner and manager of Angels on The Park Nursery in Hackney, London, highlights five, key practical strategies for promoting nurseries effectively to new parents nurseryworld.co.uk/content/opinio…

With the continued expansion of the early education entitlement in September, it is essential that we keep our focus on the quality of babies’ experiences in nursery and ensure that expansion does not come at the expense of these formative experiences. ... nurseryworld.co.uk/content/opinio…

The Nursery World Big Day Out on Friday 16 May 2025 celebrated the centenary of championing and supporting everyone in the sector. nurseryworld.co.uk/content/opinio…

The Nursery World Big Day Out on Friday 16 May 2025 celebrated the centenary of championing and supporting everyone in the sector. nurseryworld.co.uk/content/opinio…

How can intelligent materials be best used to make a truly enabling environment? By Debi Keyte-Hartland nurseryworld.co.uk/content/featur…

Leah Turner, co-founder of Owen Froebel, which offers day nursery brokerage, valuations and sales, on how feedback from buyers helps inform brokers. nurseryworld.co.uk/content/featur…

Leah Turner, co-founder of Owen Froebel, which offers day nursery brokerage, valuations and sales, on navigating the new funding landscape. nurseryworld.co.uk/content/manage…

The Covid pandemic is still ‘casting a long shadow’ over millions of children in England, with soaring numbers identified as having a special educational need or disability and more households living in poverty, warns a new report. nurseryworld.co.uk/content/news/c…

How one practitioner with ADHD has been supported. By Leah Jones nurseryworld.co.uk/content/manage…

Early years minister Stephen Morgan joined leading sector figures, experts, practitioners and academics in the House of Commons for the launch of the Early Years Social Enterprise Collective. nurseryworld.co.uk/content/news/e…

Two former political party leaders are calling for universal free childcare in the UK and a commitment to build a ‘resilient’ early years workforce, including reducing the employer NICs burden on PVI settings. nurseryworld.co.uk/content/news/m…

Join Felicity Gillespie of @KindredSquared as she discusses working effectively with parents on a shared understanding of school readiness at Nursery World's latest conference. Book your place today: earlyyearstoschool.com/live/en/page/r…

The new Children’s Laureate, Frank Cottrell-Boyce, tells Annette Rawstrone why he believes in the ability of books to change children’s lives for the better nurseryworld.co.uk/content/featur…

The Department for Education (DfE) has today sent operational updates to early years funding rules for 2026-27 to local authorities and providers, confirming a rise to the minimum rate of funding councils must pass to early years settings. nurseryworld.co.uk/content/news/f…

The number of working parents using funded early education entitlements is at its highest ever, while those in disadvantaged households has fallen, official figures show. nurseryworld.co.uk/content/news/t…

Richard Willis, visiting professor at the University of South Wales, reviews a book that helps readers understand more about how to adapt a Montessori approach in settings nurseryworld.co.uk/content/profes…

David Meechan discusses the differences between types of research and why they are important for early years practitioners nurseryworld.co.uk/content/resear…

The Cross-Party Group on a Fit and Healthy Childhood has called for free school meals to be extended to the early years in its new report that warns poor nutrition in babies and toddlers is fueling a future public health crisis. nurseryworld.co.uk/content/news/c…