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Alliance calls for seat at funding review table

Tuesday, May 19, 2015

| Nursery World

The Pre-School Learning Alliance has released a post-election manifesto in which it asks to work with government on the promised review of free entitlement funding.

Exclusive - Analysis uncovers true cost of party childcare pledges

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Tuesday, May 5, 2015

| Nursery World

Data experts have costed the three main parties' pledges on extended free childcare.

Childminders speak out on related children funding ban

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Monday, April 20, 2015

| Nursery World

The ongoing issue of childminders being unable to claim early education funding has come under the spotlight again, after Lancashire County Council was forced to back down on plans to stop the free entitlement for children related to nursery staff at their setting.

Disqualification rules 'ineffective', say providers

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Monday, April 20, 2015

| Nursery World

Rules banning early years staff from working with children because of who they live with are 'unfair' and 'ineffective', nurseries claim.

Council scraps plans for free hours funding withdrawal

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Thursday, April 2, 2015

| Nursery World

Lancashire County Council confirmed today (2 April) that it will not be going ahead with plans that would have seen children with relatives working in the same setting losing their early education funding.

Council backs down over funded places plans for nursery staff

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Wednesday, April 1, 2015

| Nursery World

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.

Council stops children with relatives in nursery claiming free hours

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Wednesday, April 1, 2015

| Nursery World

Education officials have slammed a council’s plans to stop children related to nursery staff from claiming free early education funding in the setting where they work.

End in sight for no-notice nursery inspections

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Friday, March 27, 2015

| Nursery World

In future early years settings will receive a half-day's notice ahead of their routine inspection, Nursery World can exclusively reveal.

Education union calls for nanny registration

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Monday, March 16, 2015

| Nursery World

The union Voice wants the next Government to make the compulsory registration of nannies a priority.

Ofsted set for radical overhaul to unite education inspections

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Tuesday, February 3, 2015

| Nursery World

Early years settings, schools and colleges will be inspected under a new common inspection framework from September, with shorter and more frequent inspections.

Childcare minister calls for business rate relief for nurseries

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Wednesday, January 14, 2015

| Nursery World

Local authorities will be given a financial incentive to encourage them to offer business rate relief to nurseries.

Reporting 'risk of radicalisation' could be 'duty'

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Monday, January 12, 2015

| Nursery World

Nursery staff will be told to report young children they deem at risk of radicalisation, under plans put out for consultation by the Home Office.

Children's centres: Why are inspection grades suffering?

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Monday, January 12, 2015

| Nursery World

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.

Terrorism bill means nurseries 'must understand risk of radicalisation'

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Tuesday, December 23, 2014

| Nursery World

Nursery staff will have a legal duty to spot potential terrorists, under a new bill before Parliament.

Ban on smoking in cars with children comes a step closer

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Friday, December 19, 2014

| Nursery World

New regulations prohibiting smoking in cars carrying children in England have been put forward to Parliament, which if passed will come into effect from 1 October 2015.

Call for all nursery staff to be qualified in paediatric first aid

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Monday, December 15, 2014

| Nursery World

MPs will debate in parliament today whether all nursery staff should be qualified in paediatric first aid, following a campaign by parents.

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

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Monday, December 15, 2014

| Nursery World

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.

Government set to delete 'five year rule' on GCSE re-sits

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Wednesday, December 3, 2014

| Nursery World

The Government is set to back down over controversial rules which could force hundreds of apprentices to retake valid GCSEs.

Early years Ofsted reports to be 'shorter and punchier'

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Friday, November 21, 2014

| Nursery World

Inspection reports are going to be ‘punchier’ from January, Ofsted’s early years chief has said.

Institutional failures over child sex abuse revealed

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Thursday, November 20, 2014

| Nursery World

Children are at risk of sex abuse because of failures by councils and other agencies to get a grip on the problem, a damning new report has found.

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Alliance calls for seat at funding review table

Exclusive - Analysis uncovers true cost of party childcare pledges

Childminders speak out on related children funding ban

Disqualification rules 'ineffective', say providers

Council scraps plans for free hours funding withdrawal

Council backs down over funded places plans for nursery staff

Council stops children with relatives in nursery claiming free hours

End in sight for no-notice nursery inspections

Education union calls for nanny registration

Ofsted set for radical overhaul to unite education inspections

Childcare minister calls for business rate relief for nurseries

Reporting 'risk of radicalisation' could be 'duty'

Children's centres: Why are inspection grades suffering?

Terrorism bill means nurseries 'must understand risk of radicalisation'

Ban on smoking in cars with children comes a step closer

Call for all nursery staff to be qualified in paediatric first aid

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

Government set to delete 'five year rule' on GCSE re-sits

Early years Ofsted reports to be 'shorter and punchier'

Institutional failures over child sex abuse revealed

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