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Childbase employee-ownership report gets ministerial backing

Tuesday, April 10, 2012

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Nursery group Childbase Partnership has received support from government ministers for its call for more employee ownership in UK businesses.

NDNA wins two-year-old support contracts

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Friday, November 30, 2012

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The National Day Nurseries Association has won ten contracts to support 62 local authorities in England with the rollout of free early education places for disadvantaged two-year-olds

Falling occupancy levels and chronic underfunding threatens high-quality nursery provision

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Tuesday, January 15, 2013

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Under-funding of free early education places and the tough economic climate are threatening sustainability of the nursery sector and the viability of the two-year-olds programme, the National Day Nurseries Association has warned.

'More Great Childcare': Expansion for Ofsted as councils lose early years quality work

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Monday, January 28, 2013

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Local authorities are set to lose their early years quality improvement role, as Ofsted becomes 'the sole arbiter of quality in the early years', in the Government's 'More Great Childcare' shake-up.

College nursery rescued from closure

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Friday, August 26, 2011

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A students' union is to take over the running of a campus nursery after leading a year-long campaign to save it.

Stress and mental health problems taking their toll on early years staff

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Friday, June 1, 2018

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One in four early years workers are considering leaving the sector due to stress and mental health problems, a major survey has revealed.

Pre-school Learning Alliance to become the Early Years Alliance

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Tuesday, October 30, 2018

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The Pre-school Learning Alliance will be changing its name to the Early Years Alliance from next year as part of plans to re-brand.

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

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Thursday, November 15, 2018

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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.

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

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Monday, November 26, 2018

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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.

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

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Thursday, March 16, 2023

| Nursery World

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 attendance drops, latest official figures show

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Tuesday, August 11, 2020

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Less than a half (46 per cent) of early years settings were open at the end of July, according to the latest statistics from the Department for Education.

DfE brings in temporary change to early years funding to provide 'reassurance' to nurseries and childminders

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Thursday, March 18, 2021

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Childcare providers will receive funding based on actual attendance numbers during this year's summer and autumn terms, in a move designed to protect their funding, as children return to early years settings.

Sector accuses Government of misleading it over early years funding

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Thursday, January 27, 2022

| Nursery World

Early years sector organisations have reacted with alarm to more details of funding for the next three financial years, which confirms that the extra money announced for early years entitlements in the autumn budget is £320m less than was stated at the time.

Coronavirus: Seventy nurseries signed up to bring potential lawsuit against insurance broker

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Thursday, July 14, 2022

| Nursery World

Law firm Fieldfisher is planning to push ahead with legal action on behalf of dozens of nurseries against insurance broker Pound Gates for recommending business interruption insurance policies that failed to pay out during the pandemic.

Development of 5,000 two-year-olds tracked as part of Government-funded study

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Friday, October 18, 2013

| Nursery World

Research interviews began last week with families taking part in one of the largest ever Government-funded studies into early years education.

Does the 30-hour funding stack up?

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Monday, December 14, 2015

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Following the announcements made in the Chancellor’s Autumn Spending Review, Dr Jo Verrill, managing director of research agency Ceeda, examines how providers will be affected financially

Early years sector’s hopes and dreams for the year ahead

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Monday, January 8, 2018

| Nursery World

Early years organisations, childcare providers and unions share their new year wishes.

Nursery owners create 'Champagne nurseries, lemonade funding' video

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Thursday, March 31, 2016

| Nursery World

The YouTube video has been launched by a group of nursery owners to campaign against the government’s policies on the free entitlement.

'Head count' costs nursery free entitlement funding

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Tuesday, December 7, 2010

| Nursery World

A nursery rated outstanding is fighting a loophole in its local free entitlement funding which left it 288 out of pocket.

Nursery chain threatens to pull out of free entitlement

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Tuesday, December 7, 2010

| Nursery World

A nursery chain offering more than 650 childcare places is considering pulling its nine nurseries out of the free entitlement scheme if underfunding continues.

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Childbase employee-ownership report gets ministerial backing

NDNA wins two-year-old support contracts

Falling occupancy levels and chronic underfunding threatens high-quality nursery provision

'More Great Childcare': Expansion for Ofsted as councils lose early years quality work

College nursery rescued from closure

Stress and mental health problems taking their toll on early years staff

Pre-school Learning Alliance to become the Early Years Alliance

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

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

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

Early years attendance drops, latest official figures show

DfE brings in temporary change to early years funding to provide 'reassurance' to nurseries and childminders

Sector accuses Government of misleading it over early years funding

Coronavirus: Seventy nurseries signed up to bring potential lawsuit against insurance broker

Development of 5,000 two-year-olds tracked as part of Government-funded study

Does the 30-hour funding stack up?

Early years sector’s hopes and dreams for the year ahead

Nursery owners create 'Champagne nurseries, lemonade funding' video

'Head count' costs nursery free entitlement funding

Nursery chain threatens to pull out of free entitlement

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