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Childcare 'Oyster' card proposed
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
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
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 ...
The cost of female unemployment
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
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 ...
Childminder inspection campaign takes off
by Professor Cathy Nutbrown in her review of qualifications and training. 'If childminders and early years ... the integrity of the profession from some who may then join.' Jane has a BA in Early Years and last year gained Early Years Professional Status. She added, 'Childminders are professionals and the majority train ...
Safeguarding and Welfare Requirements, part 1: Child protection
director of the Childcare Consultancy. 'Every early years setting must have a clear and robust ... Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) coming into effect in September. What were formerly the Welfare ... INFORMATION Statutory Framework for the Early Years Foundation Stage - setting the standards ...
Queen's speech: Children and Families bill
, increasing living costs, and high childcare costs. Last year, the Prime Minister announced the introduction ... Bill, expected to be introduced in early 2013. Many of the proposals have been outlined by ministers ... last year. The Government is due to publish its formal response to the SEN Green Paper and a timetable ...
Campaign to stop childminder deregulation
early learning and childcare for children, provides confidence and reassurance to parents choosing childminding and unifies the early years sector through the EYFS. All this provides a level playing field ... revealed in March, Ofsted spends six times as much on regulating and inspecting a childcare place with a ...
Early years key to closing gap between rich and poor
The likelihood of going to a top university can be traced back to children's pre-school years ... on to suggest that policy-makers consider prioritising early years staff development in light of results from ... in training of early years staff. To break the cycle through education, the report recommends focusing ... . The pupil premium and extensions of early years provision are important structural changes which should aid ...
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- Nursery Nurse, Working Mums
- £14,000-£15,000, East Sheen, London
- Early Years Practitioner / Nursery Nurse, Fortune Green Nursery Limited
- Starting Salary £17,000 pa, West Hampstead, NW6 (North London)
- Childminding Quality Improvement Partner - One year fixed term contract, National Childminding Association
- £21,369 inc OLW, Feltham
- Nursery Manager, Caleeda Limited
- £25000-£28000, South East England, Kent
- Special Needs Teaching Assistant, Protocol Education
- negotiable, London
