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Labour unveils 'radical' plans on childcare funding and workforce

Tuesday, September 25, 2018

| Nursery World

A Labour Government would increase provider funding to £7.35 an hour for free hours, introduce a national pay scale, and move towards a graduate-led workforce.

Early years T-Level 'will give licence to practice'

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Monday, June 18, 2018

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The DfE has confirmed that the early years T-Level will provide students with a licence to practice upon completion.

Focus on Enforcement review: make your views heard about regulation

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Tuesday, January 29, 2013

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The Government is urging the early years sector to respond to an online consultation which will inform its review of how regulation for childcare providers is enforced.

Spring statement: apprenticeships, T-levels and business rates

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Wednesday, March 14, 2018

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In the spring statement, Chancellor Philip Hammond said that he was announcing £80m to support small businesses in engaging apprenticeships.

How will early years be affected by Brexit?

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Monday, July 11, 2016

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Brexit will undoubtedly have an impact in some form on early years, according to commentators.

Underfunding: Chain restricts funded-only 15-hour places

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Friday, May 27, 2016

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A nursery chain which has defended a ‘general extras’ charge as necessary to subsidise government-funded places has published a new policy to help get around the problem.

Removal of LAs' early years quality role raises alarm

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Friday, February 8, 2013

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Local authorities will no longer have a role to improve quality in early years settings, leaving the future of the work of early years authority advisers and their teams unclear.

Functional Skills 'will be accepted' on current apprenticeship framework

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Thursday, March 30, 2017

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An apprenticeship body has confirmed that Functional Skills will be accepted on the current early years apprenticeship framework.

Majority of early years sector oppose reforms

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Friday, March 22, 2013

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A survey by the National Children's Bureau reveals the extent to which the early years sector is opposed to the reforms in More Great Childcare, with the majority claiming they will have a detrimental effect on children, particularly disadvantaged two-year-olds.

Ratios made more flexible for childminders with 30-hours children

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Wednesday, September 20, 2017

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Childminders may be able to operate outside ratios if they are providing wraparound care for children taking up the 30 hours in England.

Ofsted to run consultation on paid-for inspection details

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Monday, September 22, 2014

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Ofsted is to consult in the next few months on the procedures and cost for paid-for early years inspections.

Tax-Free Childcare delayed until 2017

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Thursday, July 2, 2015

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Tax-free childcare (TFC) has been delayed until early 2017, following a legal challenge from the childcare voucher provider companies.

Fears that PVI settings could lose children under new Schools Admissions Code

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Monday, December 15, 2014

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Early years organisations have voiced concerns that the move to allow schools to give priority places to disadvantaged children who attend school nurseries will discriminate against parents who wish to send their children to private, voluntary and independent settings.

Ofsted scraps plan to remove childminders from statistics

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Wednesday, February 25, 2015

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Ofsted has ditched plans to omit data on childminder numbers and places from official figures.

Council backs down over funded places plans for nursery staff

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Wednesday, April 1, 2015

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Lancashire County Council has made a dramatic climbdown over its decision to ban nursery workers with related children in their nursery from claiming free hours funding.

Budget: Compulsory academies plan slammed

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Wednesday, March 16, 2016

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Government plans to end local authority control of the country’s schools have been slammed as ‘undemocratic’ and an ‘ideological step too far’ by teaching unions and local authorities.

Ireland Reforms - Progress is slow for Ireland's childcare sector

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Monday, August 25, 2014

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More than a year since a television programme revealed below-standards of care and mistreatment at some of Ireland's creches, little improvement appears to have been made to the country's childcare.

First aiders warn nursery children at risk

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Friday, April 27, 2018

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A first aid training body has warned that pre-school children in Scotland are being put at unneccessary risk because there is no requirement for childcare staff to hold a paediatric first aid certificate.

New online service for CRB checks

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Thursday, May 23, 2013

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From next month nurseries and childminders will be able to access criminal record checks online.

Changes to Early Learning Goals 'criminal' says early years expert

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Friday, November 9, 2018

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Children are being steered towards pleasing teachers over developing a genuine love of learning under proposed reforms to the Early Learning Goals, early years experts said yesterday.

Bucks children's centre campaigners await High Court decision on closures

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Thursday, July 4, 2019

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A legal challenge against Buckinghamshire County Council’s decision to shut more than half of its children’s centres at the High Court in London came to a close yesterday.

Scotland becomes first UK country to ban smacking

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Friday, October 4, 2019

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Scotland has become the first country in the UK to make smacking a criminal offence.

Coronavirus: EYFS requirements and ratios to be relaxed

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Thursday, April 16, 2020

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Early years settings will no longer be required to meet the learning and development requirements of the EYFS or staff:child ratios, in temporary measures to be put in place during the coronavirus outbreak.

New Birth to 5 Matters guidance to be published

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Wednesday, March 31, 2021

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The new Birth to 5 Matters guidance document is being launched by the Early Years Coalition in a live Facebook stream, tonight.

Children's centres: Why are inspection grades suffering?

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Monday, January 12, 2015

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The latest Ofsted results for children's centres suggest that performance is poor in comparison to other types of childcare provision. Gabriella Jozwiak investigates the facts behind the figures.

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Labour unveils 'radical' plans on childcare funding and workforce

Early years T-Level 'will give licence to practice'

Focus on Enforcement review: make your views heard about regulation

Spring statement: apprenticeships, T-levels and business rates

How will early years be affected by Brexit?

Underfunding: Chain restricts funded-only 15-hour places

Removal of LAs' early years quality role raises alarm

Functional Skills 'will be accepted' on current apprenticeship framework

Majority of early years sector oppose reforms

Ratios made more flexible for childminders with 30-hours children

Ofsted to run consultation on paid-for inspection details

Tax-Free Childcare delayed until 2017

Fears that PVI settings could lose children under new Schools Admissions Code

Ofsted scraps plan to remove childminders from statistics

Council backs down over funded places plans for nursery staff

Budget: Compulsory academies plan slammed

Ireland Reforms - Progress is slow for Ireland's childcare sector

First aiders warn nursery children at risk

New online service for CRB checks

Changes to Early Learning Goals 'criminal' says early years expert

Bucks children's centre campaigners await High Court decision on closures

Scotland becomes first UK country to ban smacking

Coronavirus: EYFS requirements and ratios to be relaxed

New Birth to 5 Matters guidance to be published

Children's centres: Why are inspection grades suffering?

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