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Pre-School Learning Alliance steps up campaign against ratio changes

Friday, March 1, 2013

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The Pre-School Learning Alliance has lodged an online petition on the Government's epetitions website calling for a halt to the controversial plans to change childcare ratios.

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.

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

| Nursery World

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.

Early years action group to stage protest in March

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Monday, January 16, 2023

| Nursery World

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

DfE publishes childminder agency pilot evaluation

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Friday, September 5, 2014

| Nursery World

Research into the pilot of childminder agencies has been published by the Department for Education.

Year long inquiry into UK education calls for a 'significant boost' to early years funding

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Wednesday, June 15, 2022

| Nursery World

A new report finds the education system is ‘failing’ and calls for wide scale change including reform of Ofsted, increased early years funding and measures to ‘level the playing field’ between advantaged and disadvantaged children.

Rise in pre-school hours for Scottish children

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Monday, April 22, 2013

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Three- and four-year-olds in Scotland will be entitled to 600 hours of early education a year in plans set out in the Children and Young People (Scotland) Bill.

Alliance blames lack of Government funding for closing fifth of settings

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Tuesday, September 18, 2018

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The Pre-school Learning Alliance has closed 23 nurseries since January, as a direct result of the longstanding Government under-funding of 15- and 30-hour childcare entitlements, Nursery World can reveal.

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: All PVI nurseries to be sent home-testing kits

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Monday, February 22, 2021

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All staff at private, voluntary and independent nurseries and pre-schools will have access to rapid Covid tests to use twice weekly at home, the Department for Education has confirmed.

NDNA launches study into nurseries’ sustainability

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Monday, July 19, 2021

| Nursery World

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

NDNA reveals programme for 2014 conference

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Friday, January 24, 2014

| Nursery World

Politicians and industry experts will join bestselling children’s author Jez Alborough and hundreds of delegates from the early years sector at the National Day Nurseries Association (NDNA) 2014 Essential Nursery Conference in June.

Nursery Management free with Nursery World

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Monday, September 23, 2013

| Nursery World

Get up to speed with the all the latest Government proposals and find out what they could mean for your business by taking a look at the current issue of our Nursery Management supplement.

Early years research programme to plug 'analysis gap'

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Monday, March 6, 2017

| Nursery World

Thousands of nurseries, pre-schools and childminders are being invited to take part in a new independent research programme, set up to address the perceived gap in robust analysis of the early years sector.

Pilot study finds no financial barriers to 30-hour childcare

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Monday, July 17, 2017

| Nursery World

An evaluation of the 30-hour pilot areas concludes there is 'no specific reason' to believe that the policy will not be a success.

Providers invited to share experiences of 30 hours

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Friday, July 20, 2018

| Nursery World

The Pre-school Learning Alliance has launched a survey to gather early years providers’ experiences of delivering the 30 hours in the policy's first year.

Scottish nurseries win end to business rates

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Wednesday, September 13, 2017

| Nursery World

Day nurseries in Scotland will be exempt from paying business rates, in reforms to the country’s business rates system.

'Tragic' figures show more than 2,500 early years settings have closed

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Tuesday, June 15, 2021

| Nursery World

More than 2,500 childcare providers have closed in England this year, Ofsted figures released today (Tuesday) show.

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

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Thursday, November 25, 2021

| Nursery World

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 increase in nursery closures over the summer rings 'alarm bells' for the winter

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Tuesday, August 30, 2022

| Nursery World

Around 65 per cent more nurseries have closed this term compared to the same time last year, according to new research.

Large nursery groups join forces to meet coronavirus challenges

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Friday, March 20, 2020

| Nursery World

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.

Coronavirus: Three-quarters of nurseries will operate at a loss over the coming months

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Tuesday, June 2, 2020

| Nursery World

Three-quarters of nurseries expect to operate at a loss over the next three months, a survey by the National Day Nurseries Association published today (2 June) reveals.

Survey to look at impact of furlough on childcare providers

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Wednesday, November 4, 2020

| Nursery World

The National Day Nurseries Association (NDNA) and the Education Policy Institute (EPI) are launching the second survey in their year-long research project, looking at the effect of the Covid-19 pandemic on the early years workforce.

Nurseries say DfE ratio figures don't add up

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Friday, May 31, 2013

| Nursery World

The early years sector has slammed the Department for Education's (DfE) financial analysis of the ratio proposals as a 'fantasy'.

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

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Thursday, March 9, 2023

| Nursery World

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.

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Pre-School Learning Alliance steps up campaign against ratio changes

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

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

Early years action group to stage protest in March

DfE publishes childminder agency pilot evaluation

Year long inquiry into UK education calls for a 'significant boost' to early years funding

Rise in pre-school hours for Scottish children

Alliance blames lack of Government funding for closing fifth of settings

Councils ignoring guidance to fund at pre-Covid levels

Coronavirus: All PVI nurseries to be sent home-testing kits

NDNA launches study into nurseries’ sustainability

NDNA reveals programme for 2014 conference

Nursery Management free with Nursery World

Early years research programme to plug 'analysis gap'

Pilot study finds no financial barriers to 30-hour childcare

Providers invited to share experiences of 30 hours

Scottish nurseries win end to business rates

'Tragic' figures show more than 2,500 early years settings have closed

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

Sharp increase in nursery closures over the summer rings 'alarm bells' for the winter

Large nursery groups join forces to meet coronavirus challenges

Coronavirus: Three-quarters of nurseries will operate at a loss over the coming months

Survey to look at impact of furlough on childcare providers

Nurseries say DfE ratio figures don't add up

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

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