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LONG READ: Nursery World Survey – Most providers unable to meet demand for ‘free’ twos offer

Tuesday, April 30, 2024

| Nursery World

Respondents to a Nursery World survey cite insufficient space and problems recruiting extra staff as reasons for putting children on waiting lists.

LONG READ: Sector is split over decision to provide funded twos places

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Tuesday, February 27, 2024

| Nursery World

Two surveys show that many settings will not be able to offer parents places for the extended entitlements, as the start of the roll-out of the expanded policy nears. By Catherine Gaunt

LONG READ: Extended hours in chaos as councils leave settings in dark on rates

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Tuesday, January 30, 2024

| Nursery World

Most local authorities have yet to tell providers how much they will receive for funded places, raising doubts over how many settings will be able to offer the entitlements. By Katy Morton

LONG READ: What funding and regulatory changes mean for the sector

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Tuesday, November 21, 2023

| Nursery World

Katy Morton analyses changes coming down the track and garners opinion on the wider implications.

Will the Chancellor's childcare reforms work in practice?

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Tuesday, March 28, 2023

| Nursery World

The increase to ‘free’ entitlements is likely to be welcomed by parents, but the early years sector and Institute for Fiscal Studies question the practicalities and purpose. By Catherine Gaunt

Agency's ‘ineffective’ grade puts childminders on alert

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Tuesday, February 28, 2023

| Nursery World

Childminders in more than 100 local authority areas are being restricted or having funding for entitlement offers withheld after their agency's Ofsted inspection. By Katy Morton

Government keeps the early years sector guessing on childcare reforms

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Tuesday, October 25, 2022

| Nursery World

Early years organisations and campaigners have urged the new Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to scrap plans to change staff-to-child ratios, and axe the deregulation agenda pursued by the previous PM Liz Truss.

Cost crisis, strike threat and staff shortage loom large in schools

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Tuesday, August 30, 2022

| Nursery World

Schools are facing a triple-whammy of problems this autumn and beyond as concerns are raised about the potential knock-on effects on children. Meredith Jones Russell reports

Analysis - Why changing the rules is no easy fix to cost challenges

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Tuesday, May 31, 2022

| Nursery World

With childcare ratios yet again in the spotlight, what do the Government’s plans to align England with Scotland really mean for early years settings? Catherine Gaunt reports

Analysis: Doubts raised over the impact of next year's rise in funding

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Tuesday, November 23, 2021

| Nursery World

Wage increases, uncertainty over local authority payments for funded hours and the return of business rates, amid other costs, dampen the funding announcement. By Catherine Gaunt

Nursery school heads seek 'levelling-up' role as funding crisis worsens

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Tuesday, August 3, 2021

| Nursery World

With the pandemic having a disastrous impact on the funding of nursery schools, head teachers speak out about the urgent need for Government to find a solution. Disadvantaged families and children with SEND stand to lose most. By Catherine Gaunt

Analysis: The fallout from the Alliance investigation stokes calls for funding review

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Tuesday, June 29, 2021

| Nursery World

The longstanding row over the underfunding of nurseries and childminders has intensified in the wake of the Early Years Alliance investigations. Catherine Gaunt reports

Sector seeks 'catch-up' cash to alleviate Covid's impact

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Tuesday, June 1, 2021

| Nursery World

Various organisations urge the Government to make more funding available to early years settings as parents and practitioners reveal concerns over lockdown’s effect on children.

Nurseries fear refund claims following top-up fee ruling

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Tuesday, March 2, 2021

| Nursery World

Top-up fees have always been a grey area, and now a nursery and county council have been found to have broken the rules following an intervention by the Local Government & Social Care Ombudsman. So what does this mean for the sector? Hannah Crown reports

What does the early years sector want for the coming year?

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Wednesday, December 30, 2020

| Nursery World

Leading figures and professionals in the early years reflect on an incredibly challenging year and share their wishes for a better 2021 with Annette Rawstrone

Councils ignoring guidance to fund at pre-Covid levels

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Tuesday, October 27, 2020

| Nursery World

With the autumn term under way, thousands of early years providers are already feeling the knock-on effect of the pandemic, as much lower numbers of children have returned or taken up new places.

Coronavirus: Sector tries to stay positive with uncertain times ahead

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Tuesday, September 1, 2020

| Nursery World

Nurseries and pre-schools have spoken to Nursery World about the challenges of opening to more children in September, whether taking on new families or children who are returning for the first time since lockdown. So, what will the new normal look like in the autumn term?

EXCLUSIVE: Working Poverty, Childcare Practitioners - Childcare’s dirty secret

News

Tuesday, September 17, 2019

| Nursery World

We know early years education suffers from a pay problem, but just how does this affect practitioners’ ability to afford to lead ‘normal’ lives? Hannah Crown has these shocking findings from our exclusive survey

EXCLUSIVE In Focus: 30 hours: the hidden cost

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Monday, November 12, 2018

| Nursery World

What price are the most vulnerable children paying for the Government’s flagship childcare policy? Our FOI investigation reveals that nearly a fifth of councils have cut nursery places in the past year or are currently doing so.

DfE study finds quality ‘does not cost substantially more’

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Monday, February 6, 2017

| Nursery World

Higher-quality early years education does not involve ‘substantially higher cost’, according to new research commissioned by the DfE, which also found that maintained provision has higher delivery costs than the PVI sector.

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LONG READ: Nursery World Survey – Most providers unable to meet demand for ‘free’ twos offer

LONG READ: Sector is split over decision to provide funded twos places

LONG READ: Extended hours in chaos as councils leave settings in dark on rates

LONG READ: What funding and regulatory changes mean for the sector

Will the Chancellor's childcare reforms work in practice?

Agency's ‘ineffective’ grade puts childminders on alert

Government keeps the early years sector guessing on childcare reforms

Cost crisis, strike threat and staff shortage loom large in schools

Analysis - Why changing the rules is no easy fix to cost challenges

Analysis: Doubts raised over the impact of next year's rise in funding

Nursery school heads seek 'levelling-up' role as funding crisis worsens

Analysis: The fallout from the Alliance investigation stokes calls for funding review

Sector seeks 'catch-up' cash to alleviate Covid's impact

Nurseries fear refund claims following top-up fee ruling

What does the early years sector want for the coming year?

Councils ignoring guidance to fund at pre-Covid levels

Coronavirus: Sector tries to stay positive with uncertain times ahead

EXCLUSIVE: Working Poverty, Childcare Practitioners - Childcare’s dirty secret

EXCLUSIVE In Focus: 30 hours: the hidden cost

DfE study finds quality ‘does not cost substantially more’

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