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

Tuesday, January 30, 2024

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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

Council told to reimburse parent's nursery fees as funded hours invoice was unclear

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Thursday, May 18, 2023

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A council has been told to reimburse a parent’s nursery fees after an ombudsman investigation found it failed to work with the provider to ensure its invoices for the funded hours and charges were 'clear and transparent'.

Budget 2023: Big funding questions hang over Chancellor's 'landmark' childcare reform pledge

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Thursday, March 16, 2023

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Sector leaders and experts have welcomed the Chancellor’s focus on childcare reform in the Budget, but warn the funding promised will not solve the current crisis, and there is no detail as yet on funding rates for providers of the expanded 30-hour offer.

Budget 2023: Sector disappointed over lack of support for existing childminders as new entrants to receive start-up grant

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Thursday, March 16, 2023

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The sector has broadly welcomed the Budget announcement to boost the number of childminders by introducing start-up grants, however expressed disappointment over a lack of support for those currently in the profession.

Budget 2023: Nurseries warn they 'need to see the sums' as Government plans major expansion in childcare for one- and two-year-olds

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Wednesday, March 15, 2023

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Sector organisations have welcomed Treasury plans to increase funding for childcare by £4 billion, but experts have warned ‘the devil is in the detail’, amid nurseries closing due to the ongoing underfunding and recruitment crisis.

Average nursery loses £32,000 a year by subsidising 15-hour childcare

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Thursday, March 9, 2023

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Less than 2 per cent of nurseries say the Government funding they receive to provide universal childcare for three-and four-year-olds covers their delivery costs, according to a survey by the National Day Nurseries Association, which also found that closures have risen by 87 per cent.

Nursery World Business Summit: Labour reiterates breakfast club pledge, but promises wider childcare reforms

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Tuesday, March 7, 2023

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Bridget Phillipson, shadow education secretary, said that a Labour Government would ‘fix’ the country’s ‘broken childcare system’, in a speech to delegates at Nursery World’s 9th Business Summit.

Cost-of-living crisis: Childcare settings forced to increase fees and a third warning of closure

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Wednesday, February 15, 2023

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Findings from a survey of providers, reveal that 89 per cent are likely to increase fees this year, while more than a third believe they will have to close their setting within the next year due to rising costs.

Early years action group to stage protest in March

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Monday, January 16, 2023

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A protest has been organised for the early years sector in London in two months' time.

Early years funding for three-and four-years-olds to rise by 17p an hour

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Thursday, November 25, 2021

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The hourly funding rate paid by the Government to local authorities for the three-and four-year-old entitlements will rise by 17p an hour in most local authority areas in England from April, the Department for Education has confirmed.

Sharp rise in number of nurseries making a loss – survey

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Thursday, September 9, 2021

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More than eight in ten private, voluntary or independent nurseries in England are making a loss or only just breaking even, according to a survey by the National Day Nurseries Association.

NDNA launches study into nurseries’ sustainability

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Monday, July 19, 2021

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Nurseries in England, Scotland and Wales are being urged to take part in a survey into their sustainability.

DfE brings in temporary change to early years funding to provide 'reassurance' to nurseries and childminders

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Thursday, March 18, 2021

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Childcare providers will receive funding based on actual attendance numbers during this year's summer and autumn terms, in a move designed to protect their funding, as children return to early years settings.

Councils ignoring guidance to fund at pre-Covid levels

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Tuesday, October 27, 2020

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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.

September early years funding will be based on pre-Covid occupancy to protect the sector

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Tuesday, July 21, 2020

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Local authorities will receive early years funding for the autumn term on the basis of how many children were attending settings before the coronavirus pandemic hit.

Childcare providers among hundreds of firms not eligible for Government help

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Wednesday, April 15, 2020

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The Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) has been inundated with emails from the self-employed and small companies, including childcare providers, that are missing out on Government support during the coronavirus crisis.

Nursery group secures £1.6m loan to support business during pandemic

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Thursday, April 9, 2020

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Children 1st has secured a £1.6 million loan to support the business during the coronavirus crisis and keep nurseries open for key workers.

Coronavirus: Childminders will be covered under the scheme to support self-employed

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Friday, March 27, 2020

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Childminders are among the workers that could be eligible for the Government scheme to extend financial support to the self-employed affected by Covid-19.

Large nursery groups join forces to meet coronavirus challenges

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Friday, March 20, 2020

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More than 20 of the UK's leading nursery operators and early years organisations have formed a working group to co-ordinate responses and lobbying on the coronavirus crisis.

Funded or free? Take our poll on the future of childcare

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Monday, January 13, 2020

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Have your say in our joint Nursery World and Ceeda survey

Poor areas hit hardest by rising nursery closures

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Thursday, September 12, 2019

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More nurseries are closing in the most deprived areas of the country than elsewhere, according to analysis by the National Day Nurseries Association.

Council tells DfE of settings in financial crisis

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Monday, March 18, 2019

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Lancashire County Council has written to the Education Secretary with concerns it will not be able to provide sufficient childcare places if early years settings there continue to close.

Providers in Wales find £4.50 rate for 30 hours commercially viable

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Monday, November 26, 2018

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Nearly nine in ten providers offering the 30 hours in Wales agree that the rate is viable, according to findings from research into the early implementer phase of the scheme.

Nadhim Zahawi sets out next steps for £20m early years fund

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Thursday, November 15, 2018

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The DfE is looking for a national training partner to take on the next stage of the Early Years Professional Development Fund, the children’s minister told delegates at the Nursery World Business Summit.

Budget failings to cost nursery sector nearly half a billion pounds

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Wednesday, November 14, 2018

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The cost to private and voluntary nurseries of last month’s budget is £437m according to an analysis by the National Day Nurseries Association.

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

Council told to reimburse parent's nursery fees as funded hours invoice was unclear

Budget 2023: Big funding questions hang over Chancellor's 'landmark' childcare reform pledge

Budget 2023: Sector disappointed over lack of support for existing childminders as new entrants to receive start-up grant

Budget 2023: Nurseries warn they 'need to see the sums' as Government plans major expansion in childcare for one- and two-year-olds

Average nursery loses £32,000 a year by subsidising 15-hour childcare

Nursery World Business Summit: Labour reiterates breakfast club pledge, but promises wider childcare reforms

Cost-of-living crisis: Childcare settings forced to increase fees and a third warning of closure

Early years action group to stage protest in March

Early years funding for three-and four-years-olds to rise by 17p an hour

Sharp rise in number of nurseries making a loss – survey

NDNA launches study into nurseries’ sustainability

DfE brings in temporary change to early years funding to provide 'reassurance' to nurseries and childminders

Councils ignoring guidance to fund at pre-Covid levels

September early years funding will be based on pre-Covid occupancy to protect the sector

Childcare providers among hundreds of firms not eligible for Government help

Nursery group secures £1.6m loan to support business during pandemic

Coronavirus: Childminders will be covered under the scheme to support self-employed

Large nursery groups join forces to meet coronavirus challenges

Funded or free? Take our poll on the future of childcare

Poor areas hit hardest by rising nursery closures

Council tells DfE of settings in financial crisis

Providers in Wales find £4.50 rate for 30 hours commercially viable

Nadhim Zahawi sets out next steps for £20m early years fund

Budget failings to cost nursery sector nearly half a billion pounds

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