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Principles drafted for children's centre outreach services

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.

DfE recommends parents use apps to help pre-school children learn at home

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Friday, February 21, 2020

| Nursery World

A number of educational apps for two- to five-year-olds have received a stamp of approval from the Department for Education, to encourage parents to boost their children’s learning at home in speaking, writing and reading.

Campaigners call for Academies Bill amendment to give parents a say

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Tuesday, June 15, 2010

| Nursery World

The group 38 Degrees is urging people to write to their MP to support an amendment to the Academies Bill to ensure that schools seeking academy status will have to consult the local community.

Free school meals on the rise

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Tuesday, May 18, 2010

| Nursery World

The number of pupils eligible for free school meals has risen dramatically, figures from the Department for Children, Schools and Families reveal.

Labour's energy freeze and business rate cuts will save PVI providers thousands

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Friday, June 20, 2014

| Nursery World

The Labour party says its plans to freeze energy prices and cut business rates will save childcare providers at least £26 million.

Scottish Labour party reveals plans to cap childcare costs

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Friday, October 10, 2014

| Nursery World

The Scottish Labour leader has proposed capping childcare costs at 10 per cent of the median income to help families.

Projects for disadvantage get share of £1m fund

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Monday, April 6, 2015

| Nursery World

Six projects designed to raise the attainment of disadvantaged children from the age of two have been granted a share of £1m in funding.

Conservatives to 'look again' at delaying school start for summer-borns

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Thursday, April 30, 2015

| Nursery World

A Conservative Government would revisit the issue of parents being able to defer their summer-born child’s school start.

Children under four should travel in rear-facing car seats

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Tuesday, January 24, 2012

| Nursery World

Clearer guidance on car seats is needed as many people are unaware that it is safer for children up until the age of four to be placed in rear-facing car seats, claims a new study.

Children will have legal right to see fathers after divorce

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Friday, February 3, 2012

| Nursery World

The Government is to recommend that children are given legal rights to maintain relationships with both parents after they separate, in its response to the Norgrove review of the family justice system published on Monday.

Think-tank proposes scheme to make childcare more affordable

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Wednesday, February 8, 2012

| Nursery World

Parents would be able to borrow up to 10,000 to pay for the cost of childcare which they would then pay back on a monthly basis through the tax system, under plans proposed by the think-tank the Social Market Foundation.

Pre-School Learning Alliance warns of debt danger in childcare loan plan

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Friday, February 10, 2012

| Nursery World

The early years and childcare organisation has slammed proposals put forward by a think-tank to allow working parents to borrow up to 10,000 to pay for childcare.

Lowest-paid spend highest percentage of wages on childcare

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Friday, March 30, 2012

| Nursery World

Childcare costs account for more than a third of salaries in the UK, according to research, with clerical office workers among the worst hit.

Schools to clamp down on primary school absence in Reception

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Monday, April 16, 2012

| Nursery World

For the first time schools would collect data on absences from reception class children to help stem the tide of increasing absence in primary school, in proposals put forward by the Government's expert adviser on behaviour.

Child benefit plans 'a disaster', warn accountants

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Wednesday, May 16, 2012

| Nursery World

The chancellor's plans to end the universal right to child benefit for all families and introduce means tested benefits is a 'disaster waiting to happen', say accountants.

Free books scheme for under-fives extends to all areas

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Monday, December 12, 2011

| Nursery World

The Scottish Book Trust's early years book gifting programme has received an additional 450,000, bringing the total amount of funding for the scheme to 1.5m until 2013.

Map shows East London 'worst area for child poverty'

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Tuesday, January 10, 2012

| Nursery World

Tower Hamlets in East London has the highest rate of child poverty in the UK with more than half (52 per cent) of all children below the poverty line, the End Child Poverty Campaign claims.

NICE advice focuses on emotional and social well-being of under-fives

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Friday, October 26, 2012

| Nursery World

Early years practitioners should be 'systematic and persistent' in encouraging vulnerable parents to use early years services, new NHS guidance on the social and emotional well-being of under-fives states.

Childminders' professionalism at risk with introduction of agencies

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Friday, February 8, 2013

| Nursery World

The early years sector has urged caution over plans to introduce childminding agencies, as set out in the Children and Families Bill.

Call for first national children's day

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Friday, May 3, 2013

| Nursery World

The first National Children's Day UK on 15 May will to celebrate the rights and freedom of British children.

Cross-party support for Early Intervention Foundation launch

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Monday, April 15, 2013

| Nursery World

The Early Intervention Foundation will be officially launched today by David Cameron.

Government-funded report focuses on early intervention to help children with SEN

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Wednesday, January 2, 2013

| Nursery World

The recommendations of the Better Communication Research Programme (BCRP), the largest ever programme of research into children's speech, language and communication services in the UK, put an emphasis on early intervention, close involvement of families and joint commissioning of services across education, health and social care to support children with speech, language and communication needs.

Campaign calls for families to be the focus of spending review

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Wednesday, January 30, 2013

| Nursery World

A new campaign has been launched to urge the Government to make families a priority in this year's Comprehensive Spending Review.

Childcare costs parents as much as mortgage

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Tuesday, June 26, 2012

| Nursery World

More than a third of parents have considered quitting their job because of childcare costs, according to a new survey.

Grandparents look to Europe for work model

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Tuesday, May 24, 2011

| Nursery World

The charity Grandparents Plus is to launch a major study of the value that European countries place on the role of grandparent carers.

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Principles drafted for children's centre outreach services

DfE recommends parents use apps to help pre-school children learn at home

Campaigners call for Academies Bill amendment to give parents a say

Free school meals on the rise

Labour's energy freeze and business rate cuts will save PVI providers thousands

Scottish Labour party reveals plans to cap childcare costs

Projects for disadvantage get share of £1m fund

Conservatives to 'look again' at delaying school start for summer-borns

Children under four should travel in rear-facing car seats

Children will have legal right to see fathers after divorce

Think-tank proposes scheme to make childcare more affordable

Pre-School Learning Alliance warns of debt danger in childcare loan plan

Lowest-paid spend highest percentage of wages on childcare

Schools to clamp down on primary school absence in Reception

Child benefit plans 'a disaster', warn accountants

Free books scheme for under-fives extends to all areas

Map shows East London 'worst area for child poverty'

NICE advice focuses on emotional and social well-being of under-fives

Childminders' professionalism at risk with introduction of agencies

Call for first national children's day

Cross-party support for Early Intervention Foundation launch

Government-funded report focuses on early intervention to help children with SEN

Campaign calls for families to be the focus of spending review

Childcare costs parents as much as mortgage

Grandparents look to Europe for work model

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