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Practising Steiner Waldorf early childhood education: what it means in 2012 and beyond

nurseryworld.co.uk, 23 May 12, 01:17

Jill Taplin, co-ordinator for the North of England Steiner Waldorf Early Childhood Studies ... , children begin school at seven having spent much of the early years in childcare that emphasises play ... with the regulatory nature of the EYFS has come the need for all early years staff, even those in privately funded ... early years setting, not just Steiner settings. One is the London Steiner Waldorf Early Childhood ...

Childcare 'Oyster' card proposed

By Katy Morton, nurseryworld.co.uk, 23 May 12, 10:32

The introduction of a pre-paid card similar to an Oyster for parents to pay for childcare, is just ... will be unable to afford daycare and have to give up work, and the promise of free early education for two-year ... The report by social enterprise United for All Ages , The Childcare Funding Crisis , warns that the UK is heading towards a childcare costs car crash unless radical reform of funding is tackled ...

MP demands childcare overhaul to deliver more affordable places

By Liz Roberts, nurseryworld.co.uk, 21 May 12, 09:13

Conservative MP Elizabeth Truss has called for major changes to Britain's childcare system ... that there is demand in the childcare sector for the changes being proposed today, as the recent Early Years ... to the childcare element of Working Tax Credit last year which has left many low income families 500 a year ... In a report for think tank CentreForum, Ms Truss, who has been leading calls for childcare ...

Why regulatory reform will boost numbers and perception of childminders

By Elizabeth Truss MP, nurseryworld.co.uk, 14 May 12, 12:00

Despite the Government spending £7bn on childcare per year, British parents currently pay 27 ... . That is unsustainable.' Childminders follow the early years framework and those receiving funding are expected to be a ... bureaucratic without sufficient rewards. Last year, visiting and inspecting around 55,000 childminders cost Ofsted 21.1 million nearly 400 per year per childminder. Yet there are concerns over inspections. A ...

Why regulatory reform will benefit childminders

By Elizabeth Truss MP, Nursery World, 14 May 12, 12:00

Despite the Government spending £7bn on childcare per year, British parents currently spend 27 per ... follow the early years framework and those receiving funding are expected to be a member of a ... of childcare provided by conducting home visits and meets the childminder at least twice a year. Agencies also ... Last year, visiting and inspecting around 55,000 childminders cost Ofsted 21.1m - nearly 400 per ...

Take twos .. working in partnership

By James Hempsall, Nursery World, 14 May 12, 12:00

to meet the challenges of increasing places for two-year-olds. James Hempsall describes the benefits ... -paying parents and reports a healthy waiting list and high demand for early education places for two-year ... the places it offers (12 two-year-old places in the full day setting and 16 places within the nursery school ... . As a result, the division between education and wraparound childcare no longer exists. Another ...

Letters

Nursery World, 14 May 12, 12:00

-secretary of state for children Tim Loughton. In addition, David Fitzgerald, deputy director of early years ... , black and other minority ethnic people work in the early years at lower levels than others, sometimes ... , advocate worker for racial equality in the early years REVIEWING DIVERSITY I write in response ...

Big nursery chains set their sights on growth

By Katy Morton, Nursery World, 14 May 12, 12:00

and others doing very well. According to Ms Donaldson, many nurseries and other early years settings ... In the past six months, The Co-operative Childcare has increased its number of places by 50 per ... loan to fund a further 19 nurseries. At the beginning of May, The Co-operative Childcare acquired ...

The cost of female unemployment

By Mary Evans, Nursery World, 14 May 12, 12:00

work a week. Parents, including early years practitioners who cannot find extra work, will lose money ... ,' says Karen Walker, head of children's services at the London Early Years Foundation (LEYF). 'We ... for 25 years at 1.3 million. Labour market statistics published in March showed that eight out of ten ...

Editor's view - childminders are protesting

By Liz Roberts, Nursery World, 14 May 12, 12:00

Childminders have risen in great numbers to protest about proposals circulating in Whitehall that could mean that they are no longer registered and inspected as individuals under the Early Years ... of childcare in the Netherlands, cited by MP Elizabeth Truss in this issue of Nursery World as a shining ...

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