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DfE publishes 30 hours guide for early years providers and councils

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Monday, April 24, 2017

| Nursery World

The Department for Education has published operational guidance for 30-hour childcare.

Plush new home mapped out for pre-school

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Monday, August 15, 2016

| Nursery World

Building is due to start on a multi-million pound school expansion which will provide brand new premises for a pre-school that has spent nearly 16 years in an outdoor cabin.

Teaching schools awarded £5m to boost early years provision

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Thursday, January 29, 2015

| Nursery World

Sixty teaching schools will share £5m of Government funding in partnerships with local nurseries.

Nurseries plan to restrict 30 hour places and charge parents

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Thursday, August 10, 2017

| Nursery World

Many nurseries that plan to offer 30 hour childcare from next month can only do so by limiting places, raising concerns that thousands of working parents could miss out.

Analysis: 30 hours pilot study predicts success but flags up 'risks'

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Monday, July 24, 2017

| Nursery World

Following the publication of the evaluation of the 30-hour pilots, we take an in-depth look at the findings.

Campaigners lodge complaint against Government on 30 hours 'price fixing'

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Monday, February 20, 2017

| Nursery World

A campaign group of childcare providers have lodged a complaint with the competition watchdog about the Government’s underfunding of the free hours.

Government reduces restrictions on 30-hour provision

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Sunday, November 13, 2016

| Nursery World

Fewer restrictions are to be placed on the delivery of the 30 free hours of childcare to better meet the needs of children, parents and providers.

Government funds early years apprenticeships for 1,000 students

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Wednesday, May 29, 2013

| Nursery World

A total of 2m will be available through a new scheme in the run-up to the Early Years Educator qualification.

Nine in 10 early years settings oppose Government plans to change childcare ratios

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Friday, May 20, 2022

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Early years settings are overwhelmingly against Government plans to change ratios, with just 2 per cent of the opinion that the rule change would enable them to lower fees for parents, according to a survey by the Early Years Alliance.

Paying nursery staff just £1.45 an hour more could boost poor quality to outstanding

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Wednesday, February 10, 2016

| Nursery World

The link between staff pay and a nursery's Ofsted grade is exposed in a new report by the Family and Childcare Trust.

Nurseries face 'chronic' under-funding

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Wednesday, January 14, 2015

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Nurseries are losing £800 per child per year on funded places for three-and four-year-olds, according to the annual survey from the National Day Nurseries Association.

Budget cuts result in fewer hours and reduced services at children’s centres

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Monday, November 2, 2015

| Nursery World

Children’s centres are having to reduce their opening hours and scale back or charge for services because of cuts to their budgets.

Government launches parent campaign showing the cost benefit of free childcare

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Wednesday, November 26, 2014

| Nursery World

The Government has launched a new parent campaign to highlight the cash value of early education places.

Sector slams DfE for failing to address 30-hour childcare challenges

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Monday, July 17, 2017

| Nursery World

Early years sector organisations have warned that the Government is putting the 30-hour childcare policy in jeopardy by failing to listen to providers’ concerns.

Alliance launches funding rate database to help providers plan

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Thursday, February 2, 2017

| Nursery World

A new online database developed by the Pre-school Learning Alliance aims to help settings prepare for the new early years national funding formula.

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

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Tuesday, January 30, 2024

| Nursery World

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

New report calls for radical reform to create anti-poverty childcare system

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Wednesday, January 27, 2016

| Nursery World

A simpler funding system, where parents pay for the cost of their childcare outside the free 15 hours on a sliding scale based on their income, has been proposed by the Family and Childcare Trust.

Poorer children could miss out on free childcare places, NAO warns

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Wednesday, March 2, 2016

| Nursery World

Failure to get the funding right for the 30-hour childcare policy could lead to cuts to places for disadvantaged two-year-olds, the Government’s independent spending watchdog claims today.

Settings close as financial pressure takes its toll

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Monday, December 12, 2016

| Nursery World

Nurseries across the country are being hit by cuts to funding and increased costs, leading many to close ahead of the introduction of the 30 free hours.

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.

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

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Friday, March 27, 2020

| Nursery World

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.

Majority of nurseries in Wales expect to make a loss or break even - survey

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Wednesday, March 29, 2023

| Nursery World

A quarter of nurseries in Wales expect to make a loss in the coming year, reveals new research.

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

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Thursday, May 18, 2023

| Nursery World

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'.

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DfE publishes 30 hours guide for early years providers and councils

Plush new home mapped out for pre-school

Teaching schools awarded £5m to boost early years provision

Nurseries plan to restrict 30 hour places and charge parents

Analysis: 30 hours pilot study predicts success but flags up 'risks'

Campaigners lodge complaint against Government on 30 hours 'price fixing'

Government reduces restrictions on 30-hour provision

Government funds early years apprenticeships for 1,000 students

Nine in 10 early years settings oppose Government plans to change childcare ratios

Paying nursery staff just £1.45 an hour more could boost poor quality to outstanding

Nurseries face 'chronic' under-funding

Budget cuts result in fewer hours and reduced services at children’s centres

Government launches parent campaign showing the cost benefit of free childcare

Sector slams DfE for failing to address 30-hour childcare challenges

Alliance launches funding rate database to help providers plan

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

New report calls for radical reform to create anti-poverty childcare system

Poorer children could miss out on free childcare places, NAO warns

Settings close as financial pressure takes its toll

Council tells DfE of settings in financial crisis

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

Majority of nurseries in Wales expect to make a loss or break even - survey

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

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