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Unpopular Education For All bill scrapped

Friday, October 28, 2016

| Nursery World

The Government is dropping a bill to convert all schools to academies after a backlash, in a move which has been applauded by campaigners.

Final apprenticeships funding rates: Cuts of up to a third overall

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Tuesday, October 25, 2016

| Nursery World

Plans to slash funding for early years apprentices have been upheld by the Government, despite an outcry.

Nursery Management: Workforce - Rage against the machine

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Monday, September 19, 2016

| Nursery World

The pipeline feeding Level 3 childcare staff into the sector is drying up, and we have the data to prove it. Hannah Crown speaks to a sector in crisis

Funding formula online calculator launched

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Friday, September 9, 2016

| Nursery World

A confusion-busting online calculator is helping settings work out what rates they may be getting when the new early years national funding formula is rolled out.

Brexit - No going back

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Monday, August 22, 2016

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The legislative disentanglement involved in the Brexit vote will keep lawmakers busy for years to come. Its implications for the early years sector are set out here by Phil Richardson, head of employment law at Stephensons Solicitors

Cameron's life chances made a cross-party priority

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Thursday, July 14, 2016

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Transforming children’s life chances was a heated topic for debate by a panel of MPs on the same day David Cameron handed the baton of his flagship policy to Theresa May.

How will early years be affected by Brexit?

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Monday, July 11, 2016

| Nursery World

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

GCSE requirements to be reviewed

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Friday, July 1, 2016

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Sam Gyimah has promised a review of the GCSE requirements at Level 3.

Child poverty rise triggers Brexit warnings

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Wednesday, June 29, 2016

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Children’s charities are urging the Government to rule out further welfare cuts amid Brexit uncertainty, after it was revealed child poverty rose by 200,000 last year.

Sector airs views on red tape

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Monday, June 27, 2016

| Nursery World

With the forthcoming expansion of the free entitlement, the overwhelming message from the sector is that early years businesses need help to ensure provision can grow to meet the demand.

Sector responds to cutting red tape review

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Tuesday, June 14, 2016

| Nursery World

The sector has responded boldly to the Government’s review of the red tape burdening early years provision, amid fears of a ‘tipping point’.

Government forges ahead with academy plans in Queen's Speech

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Wednesday, May 18, 2016

| Nursery World

The Government has included an Education for All Bill in the Queen's Speech, with proposals for under-performing schools to be forcibly converted to academies.

Unions call for halt to academisation

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Tuesday, May 17, 2016

| Nursery World

Teaching unions are warning against the Government’s plans to press ahead with a new Education Bill in the Queen’s Speech.

Government consults on 'unfair' disqualification rules

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Friday, May 6, 2016

| Nursery World

The Government is considering scrapping ‘disqualification by association’ rules for some settings, following heavy criticism from the early years sector, and is inviting comment on three consultation options.

Early years free entitlement 'crisis' in spotlight

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Friday, April 22, 2016

| Nursery World

Sector leaders have criticised the administration of the early years free entitlement during an inquiry considering the DfE’s £2.7 billion investment.

Public Accounts Committee to discuss free entitlement concerns

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Tuesday, April 19, 2016

| Nursery World

Early years providers are being put off offering the free entitlement because of faults with the slow payment regime used by local authorities, a parliamentary committee has been told.

Town hall leaders flag academies' capacity concerns

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Monday, April 18, 2016

| Nursery World

Schools may become disconnected from local need once they all become academies, local authority chiefs have warned, as more than half a million children receive their primary offers today (Monday).

Calls for 'highly selective' primary schools to change ways

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Friday, April 15, 2016

| Nursery World

Campaigners are calling for fairer admissions procedures after research revealed more than 1,500 primary schools in England are 'highly selective' and could be harming life chances of disadvantaged children.

DfE to consult on information sharing between childcare providers and schools

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Thursday, March 24, 2016

| Nursery World

A new consultation on how information sharing can help drive the 30 hours entitlement will happen later this year, the childcare minister said this week.

Future of state-run nursery schools ‘in doubt’ after Budget

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Monday, March 21, 2016

| Nursery World

More than 400 state-run nursery schools could ‘disappear at a stroke’ under the Government’s plan to turn all schools into academies, a leading early years specialist has warned.

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Unpopular Education For All bill scrapped

Final apprenticeships funding rates: Cuts of up to a third overall

Nursery Management: Workforce - Rage against the machine

Funding formula online calculator launched

Brexit - No going back

Cameron's life chances made a cross-party priority

How will early years be affected by Brexit?

GCSE requirements to be reviewed

Child poverty rise triggers Brexit warnings

Sector airs views on red tape

Sector responds to cutting red tape review

Government forges ahead with academy plans in Queen's Speech

Unions call for halt to academisation

Government consults on 'unfair' disqualification rules

Early years free entitlement 'crisis' in spotlight

Public Accounts Committee to discuss free entitlement concerns

Town hall leaders flag academies' capacity concerns

Calls for 'highly selective' primary schools to change ways

DfE to consult on information sharing between childcare providers and schools

Future of state-run nursery schools ‘in doubt’ after Budget

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