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More nurseries threaten to quit free entitlement scheme

Tuesday, December 14, 2010

| Nursery World

Nurseries in Hertfordshire have warned that they may be forced to pull out of the free entitlement scheme for three- and four-year-olds in April if they are not allowed to charge top-up fees.

Analysis: Sign up for 'Hello' campaign

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Tuesday, January 11, 2011

| Nursery World

There's plenty that you can do to be support this vital drive, says Communication Champion Jean Gross, who spoke to Melanie Defries.

DfE to offer £3m contract to support 30 hours' childcare

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Friday, May 20, 2016

| Nursery World

The Department for Education is launching a tender process for a two-year contract to support the 30 hours free childcare scheme.

York nurseries win rise to 30-hour childcare pilot funding

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Friday, May 27, 2016

| Nursery World

Nurseries and childminders in York have won their battle for more Government funding for the 30 hours’ childcare pilot.

Underestimate of eligible parents could cause 30-hour 'capacity crisis'

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Friday, January 20, 2017

| Nursery World

New research claims the Government has underestimated the take-up of the 30-hours by more than 100,000 places, saying that as many as 500,000 parents could be eligible, rather than the 390,000 cited by the Government.

Plans and providers unveiled for new EYP programme

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Monday, October 17, 2011

| Nursery World

The Children's Workforce Development Council is funding a total of 7,200 places on the new Early Years Professional Status programme between 2012 and 2015, with expectations of a large additional number of self-funded candidates across the programme's lifetime.

Private nurseries fear they will go unheard in Nutbrown qualifications review

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Monday, November 28, 2011

| Nursery World

The National Day Nurseries Association (NDNA) has expressed concern that the views of private day nurseries may not be taken into account in the Government's review of early education and childcare qualifications.

NDNA predicts impact of funding shake-up

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Monday, August 22, 2016

| Nursery World

The potential winners and losers in the Government's national funding formula shake-up are detailed in new data analysis by the National Day Nurseries Association (NDNA), provided exclusively to Nursery World.

Exclusive: The Minister's View - A firm 'no' to top-up fees

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Tuesday, March 22, 2011

| Nursery World

It is unacceptable for parents' access to the free entitlement to be made in any way conditional on the purchase of extras.

Council wins award for service

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Tuesday, March 29, 2011

| Nursery World

The London Borough of Barking and Dagenham has won an award from Local Government Chronicle magazine for the success of the council's initiatives targeted at children and young people.

Council presses on with 6m children's centre cuts despite challenges

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Tuesday, May 3, 2011

| Nursery World

Campaigners fighting to save Hampshire children's centres from cuts of 6m were left disappointed after an emergency council meeting on Tuesday.

Interview - Patricia Mucavele

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Monday, August 8, 2011

| Nursery World

Research and nutrition senior manager at the School Food Trust

Spring Budget 2017: Tax-Free Childcare to start from April

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Wednesday, March 8, 2017

| Nursery World

Tax-Free Childcare will start next month and be rolled out to all eligible parents by the end of the year, Chancellor Philip Hammond announced in his first Budget today.

Manchester to outsource children's centres

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Tuesday, February 22, 2011

| Nursery World

Manchester is set to axe universal children's centres services and commission the private and voluntary sector to take over its maintained daycare provision, according to the council's proposed budget for next year.

Nursery schools will have option to charge parents outside free entitlement hours

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Tuesday, March 1, 2011

| Nursery World

Nursery schools will be able to charge parents for hours outside the free entitlement, in changes to be introduced under the Education Bill.

Early Years National Funding Formula: DfE plans major shake-up of early years funding

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Thursday, August 11, 2016

| Nursery World

Plans to change the way that childcare for three- and four-year-olds is funded to make the system fairer for all early years providers, wherever they are in the country, have been put out for consultation today.

Principles drafted for children's centre outreach services

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Tuesday, March 23, 2010

| Nursery World

Every children's centre outreach service could soon have to comply with a set of core principles and standards, under draft plans by the Department for Children, Schools and Families.

NDNA launches its workforce surveys for Scotland and Wales

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Friday, May 17, 2019

| Nursery World

Nurseries in Scotland and Wales are being urged to take part in the NDNA’s latest workforce surveys.

Nursery owner re-launches business rates petition

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Monday, March 9, 2020

| Nursery World

A petition calling for business rates to be scrapped for childcare providers in England has been re-launched.

Funding, not EYFS, is the main problem, say nurseries

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Tuesday, July 13, 2010

| Nursery World

Nurseries and early years organisations have been telling Nursery World that resolving issues with the Early Years Single Funding Formula and suspending the Code of Practice are more urgent for Government business than reviewing the EYFS.

Children to lose free places as council stops funding nurseries

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Tuesday, July 20, 2010

| Nursery World

Three nurseries in Scotland have been told they will no longer receive funding for the early years entitlement, meaning that parents will have to move their children elsewhere or miss out on a free place.

Early years capital grant for nurseries could be withdrawn

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Tuesday, July 20, 2010

| Nursery World

Private and voluntary settings that have applied for funding for improvements from the early years capital grant could lose out on millions of pounds.

Two-year-olds Q&A: Determined to extend reach

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Friday, June 28, 2013

| Nursery World

With the Government planning to ramp up the two-year-olds programme for 2014, Karen Faux breaks down the facts and figures to ask what it means for the sector.

Government abandons GCSE rules for Early Years Teachers

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Wednesday, August 5, 2015

| Nursery World

Early Years Teachers will no longer need GCSE English and Maths at grade C and above to count in Level 3 workforce ratios, following yet another Government revision to qualification requirements.

Ofsted unveils childminder agency handbook

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Wednesday, August 27, 2014

| Nursery World

Ofsted has published its new Childminder agency handbook, along with the application forms that people will need if they wish to apply to become an agency.

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More nurseries threaten to quit free entitlement scheme

Analysis: Sign up for 'Hello' campaign

DfE to offer £3m contract to support 30 hours' childcare

York nurseries win rise to 30-hour childcare pilot funding

Underestimate of eligible parents could cause 30-hour 'capacity crisis'

Plans and providers unveiled for new EYP programme

Private nurseries fear they will go unheard in Nutbrown qualifications review

NDNA predicts impact of funding shake-up

Exclusive: The Minister's View - A firm 'no' to top-up fees

Council wins award for service

Council presses on with 6m children's centre cuts despite challenges

Interview - Patricia Mucavele

Spring Budget 2017: Tax-Free Childcare to start from April

Manchester to outsource children's centres

Nursery schools will have option to charge parents outside free entitlement hours

Early Years National Funding Formula: DfE plans major shake-up of early years funding

Principles drafted for children's centre outreach services

NDNA launches its workforce surveys for Scotland and Wales

Nursery owner re-launches business rates petition

Funding, not EYFS, is the main problem, say nurseries

Children to lose free places as council stops funding nurseries

Early years capital grant for nurseries could be withdrawn

Two-year-olds Q&A: Determined to extend reach

Government abandons GCSE rules for Early Years Teachers

Ofsted unveils childminder agency handbook

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