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Call for ‘urgent bailout’ of the early years sector

Wednesday, June 30, 2021

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Delegates attending the Labour Party Women’s conference have voted for an urgent conditional bailout of the sector to save settings and make childcare more affordable.

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.

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.

Scottish Government launches new fund to help nurseries be more diverse

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Tuesday, January 18, 2022

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An equality fund to make Scottish workplaces, including childcare settings, more inclusive and diverse has been launched by the Scottish Government.

TUC calls for 'urgent cash boost' to help childcare sector recover from the pandemic

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Wednesday, February 16, 2022

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The trade union is calling for an ‘urgent’ cash boost to the childcare sector and an immediate increase in the minimum wage.

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

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Tuesday, November 21, 2023

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

Calls to reform and improve England's early education system

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Thursday, July 7, 2022

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A new report, which compares childcare and education in six countries, suggests the system in England needs innovating or reforming.

Reform of the childcare system 'urgent' as childcare places become less available

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Thursday, March 9, 2023

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There has been a ‘sharp drop’ in the number of available childcare places across England over the past year, with just half of local authorities reporting sufficiency of places for children under two.

DfE reaffirms its commitment to helping young children impacted by the pandemic

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Thursday, October 20, 2022

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The minister for schools and childhood, Kelly Tolhurst, has today reiterated the £180m package of support available to the early years sector to help support children's development.

MPs tell the DfE 'there are holes that need fixing' with its childcare policies

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Wednesday, July 26, 2023

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Cross-party MPs are warning the Government has more work to do with its incoming childcare policies to ensure children benefit from high-quality affordable early years education to help parents and providers.

Coronavirus: Concern early years sector won't be able to cope with demand for places after lockdown

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Friday, March 26, 2021

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With new findings revealing settings have been heavily reliant on the furlough scheme, there are fears nurseries would struggle with a sudden rise in demand for places.

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

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Tuesday, September 17, 2019

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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

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.

MPs discuss early years workforce challenges

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Wednesday, December 16, 2020

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An urgent independent review is needed to ‘alleviate the pressures’ facing the early years workforce, the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Childcare and Early Education has heard.

Teaching unions to take action if 'landmark' pay rise for teachers is not increased amid record inflation

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Wednesday, July 27, 2022

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Teaching unions have warned their members will be ready to strike if the Government does not increase the value of its new pay deal for teachers.

Think tank puts forward ideas to fix the UK's 'broken' childcare system

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Friday, December 2, 2022

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A new report calls for the UK’s ‘broken childcare’ system to be fixed, providing recommendations to tackle its ‘complexity, inflexibility’ and the ‘dysfunctional provider market’.

Government makes U-turn on nurseries' access to furlough cash

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Friday, April 17, 2020

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The Government has backtracked on the amount of financial support that early years providers can access from ‘free entitlement’ funding and the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (furloughing) in a move described as ‘a kick in the teeth’.

Scottish childminders call for major reform to inspections that are 'geared' towards nurseries

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Thursday, October 27, 2022

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New research suggests that the current quality assurance and inspection system in Scotland is not working for childminders and requires major reform.

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

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Tuesday, February 27, 2024

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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

Workforce survey: Early years sector under increasing strain

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Friday, March 6, 2020

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Widespread staff shortages and retention problems in nurseries are leading to a rise in workplace stress among early years workers, according to a new report out today.

Updated furlough guidance gives flexibility for nurseries to rotate staff

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Thursday, April 2, 2020

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Nursery workers that have been put on temporary leave by their employer during the coronavirus crisis can be furloughed more than once, according to updated guidance.

Report suggests relaxing ratios and giving childminder agencies greater powers will ease childcare costs

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Friday, August 12, 2022

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A new report looking at ways to reform childcare recommends staff: child ratios be relaxed further than the proposed 1:5 in 'good' and 'outstanding' nurseries and suggests childminder agencies take on a larger role within the sector.

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.

Childcare practitioners 'living in poverty' - exclusive survey

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Thursday, September 12, 2019

| Nursery World

One in ten childcare workers are officially in poverty, according to shocking new findings from Nursery World.

Irish childcare crisis laid bare in report

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Monday, October 14, 2019

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‘Early childhood education and care in Ireland is facing a black abyss,’ an early years expert has warned, as 90 per cent of staff look to leave the sector and childcare fees continue to be among the highest in the EU.

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Call for ‘urgent bailout’ of the early years sector

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

Early years action group to stage protest in March

Scottish Government launches new fund to help nurseries be more diverse

TUC calls for 'urgent cash boost' to help childcare sector recover from the pandemic

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

Calls to reform and improve England's early education system

Reform of the childcare system 'urgent' as childcare places become less available

DfE reaffirms its commitment to helping young children impacted by the pandemic

MPs tell the DfE 'there are holes that need fixing' with its childcare policies

Coronavirus: Concern early years sector won't be able to cope with demand for places after lockdown

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

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

MPs discuss early years workforce challenges

Teaching unions to take action if 'landmark' pay rise for teachers is not increased amid record inflation

Think tank puts forward ideas to fix the UK's 'broken' childcare system

Government makes U-turn on nurseries' access to furlough cash

Scottish childminders call for major reform to inspections that are 'geared' towards nurseries

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

Workforce survey: Early years sector under increasing strain

Updated furlough guidance gives flexibility for nurseries to rotate staff

Report suggests relaxing ratios and giving childminder agencies greater powers will ease childcare costs

Poor areas hit hardest by rising nursery closures

Childcare practitioners 'living in poverty' - exclusive survey

Irish childcare crisis laid bare in report

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