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Apprenticeship providers rail against Level 3 impasse

Thursday, March 28, 2019

| Nursery World

Training providers say they have lost faith in the Government to deliver the Level 3 apprenticeship standard – which has still not been produced five years after work on it started.

Rise in staff costs risks nursery 'casualties', warns NDNA

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Tuesday, March 26, 2019

| Nursery World

Three-quarters of nurseries are facing a hike of between 5- to- 12 per cent to their staffing costs due to the rise in wages and pensions from 1 April.

Council tells DfE of settings in financial crisis

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Monday, March 18, 2019

| Nursery World

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.

Alliance launches early years survey on impact of wage rises

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Tuesday, March 12, 2019

| Nursery World

The Early Years Alliance has launched a survey for early years providers ahead of national minimum wage increases next month.

Voucher companies call for scheme to be re-opened

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Tuesday, March 5, 2019

| Nursery World

Childcare voucher providers are ramping up their campaign to re-open the scheme to parents.

Warning over impact of Universal Credit on early years provider funding

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Friday, February 22, 2019

| Nursery World

Self-employed childcare providers could miss out on Universal Credit as a result of receiving early years entitlement funding, the Early Years Alliance has warned.

Petition calling for funding to increase tops 6,000 signatures

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Thursday, January 31, 2019

| Nursery World

A petition calling on the Government to increase childcare funding in line with minimum wage rises has secured more than 6,400 signatures in just a few days.

Ceeda Data: About Early Years 4 - Gaps in the market

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Monday, January 21, 2019

| Nursery World

The new About Early Years Sector Skills Survey finds childcare employers are four times as likely to say staff lack crucial skills than in other sectors. By Hannah Crown

Universal Credit parents 'in debt' over upfront childcare costs

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Thursday, January 3, 2019

| Nursery World

Universal credit claimants are losing jobs and childcare places because they are required to pay childcare bills upfront, a new report has found.

Childcare providers will struggle with rise to national wage rates

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Tuesday, November 27, 2018

| Nursery World

Early years experts have warned that national wage increases could have a ‘devastating’ impact on the sector.

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

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Monday, November 26, 2018

| Nursery World

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.

DfE axes childminder funding scheme

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Friday, November 23, 2018

| Nursery World

The Government has scrapped the only national Government funding scheme set up to help new childminders start their business, despite falling numbers in recent years.

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

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Thursday, November 15, 2018

| Nursery World

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

| Nursery World

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

More than half of nurseries put up their fees last year

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Monday, November 12, 2018

| Nursery World

According to the Department for Education’s (DfE) Early Years and Childcare Providers’ survey, 53 per cent of nurseries increased their fees for at least one age group in the last 12 months.

Nadhim Zahawi promises 'deep dive' into nursery costs

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Thursday, October 11, 2018

| Nursery World

The children’s minister has sought to reassure MPs that the Department for Education is looking into the costs of the 30-hour offer, while denying nursery closures are 'widespread'.

Apprenticeships latest: IfA claims it 'has worked collaboratively'

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Tuesday, October 9, 2018

| Nursery World

The Institute for Apprenticeships has responded to criticism that it is not listening to employers following the resignation of Busy Bees from the trailblazer group.

Childcare access falls in disadvantaged areas, new report reveals

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Monday, October 1, 2018

| Nursery World

Ceeda's About Early Years Annual Report, published today, confirms funding challenges, workforce shortages and inequity of access to places.

EXCLUSIVE: Busy Bees quits trailblazer group as 'process not employer-led'

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Thursday, September 27, 2018

| Nursery World

Busy Bees has sensationally resigned from the chair of the early years trailblazer group after trying for 18 months to get the Level 3 apprenticeship standard released, Nursery World can reveal.

Welsh nurseries win exemption from business rates

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Thursday, September 27, 2018

| Nursery World

All nurseries in Wales will be exempt from business rates from April 2019 as part of plans to help the childcare sector to expand.

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Apprenticeship providers rail against Level 3 impasse

Rise in staff costs risks nursery 'casualties', warns NDNA

Council tells DfE of settings in financial crisis

Alliance launches early years survey on impact of wage rises

Voucher companies call for scheme to be re-opened

Warning over impact of Universal Credit on early years provider funding

Petition calling for funding to increase tops 6,000 signatures

Ceeda Data: About Early Years 4 - Gaps in the market

Universal Credit parents 'in debt' over upfront childcare costs

Childcare providers will struggle with rise to national wage rates

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

DfE axes childminder funding scheme

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

Budget failings to cost nursery sector nearly half a billion pounds

More than half of nurseries put up their fees last year

Nadhim Zahawi promises 'deep dive' into nursery costs

Apprenticeships latest: IfA claims it 'has worked collaboratively'

Childcare access falls in disadvantaged areas, new report reveals

EXCLUSIVE: Busy Bees quits trailblazer group as 'process not employer-led'

Welsh nurseries win exemption from business rates

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