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Alliance blames lack of Government funding for closing fifth of settings

Tuesday, September 18, 2018

| Nursery World

The Pre-school Learning Alliance has closed 23 nurseries since January, as a direct result of the longstanding Government under-funding of 15- and 30-hour childcare entitlements, Nursery World can reveal.

More councils bow to pressure on ‘free’ 30-hour childcare

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Monday, September 3, 2018

| Nursery World

Councils around the country are ditching the word ‘free’ to describe the 30 hours childcare offer in favour of ‘funded’ following sustained lobbying from early years providers.

Parents oppose 30 hour ‘extras’ charges

News

Monday, August 20, 2018

| Nursery World

Parents are increasingly unwilling to pay additional costs to take up the 30 hours offer, Nursery World has learned.

Nursery owners’ desperate measures to survive

News

Monday, April 30, 2018

| Nursery World

Childcare providers are relying on financial support from family and friends or additional income revenues to keep their businesses afloat.

PACEY launches annual sector-wide survey

News

Tuesday, March 20, 2018

| Nursery World

The Professional Association for Childcare and Early Years (PACEY) wants to hear from early years and childcare professionals in England and Wales for its annual sector-wide survey.

Government scraps early years expansion fund

News

Thursday, January 4, 2018

| Nursery World

The early years investment fund, which was due to provide cheap money to enable settings to expand, has been quietly jettisoned, Nursery World has learned.

Settings warn their viability is at risk under 30 hours

News

Monday, September 4, 2017

| Nursery World

Close to two-fifths of childcare providers think the 30 hours policy could put them out of business.

Exclusive: To the Point - Making 30 hours work

Opinion

Monday, September 4, 2017

| Nursery World

Robert Goodwill, the new Minister for Children and Families, reflects on his first six weeks in post since the General Election

Early roll-out study shows childcare providers 'willing and able' to offer 30 hours

News

Thursday, August 31, 2017

| Nursery World

An evaluation of the second round of the 30 hours pilot found the majority of providers were willing and able to offer the extended entitlement, says the DfE.

Early 30 hours codes for two-year-olds lead to confusion

News

Monday, August 21, 2017

| Nursery World

Parents of two-year-olds are being issued with eligibility codes for 30 hours childcare several months before they will qualify for the entitlement, which nursery owners say is leading to confusion.

Count to ten...

Opinion

Wednesday, August 16, 2017

| Nursery World

Steve Taylor, owner of Winchcombe Farm Day Nursery in Warwickshire sets out 10 facts that parents need to know about 30 hours 'free' childcare

Nurseries plan to restrict 30 hour places and charge parents

News

Thursday, August 10, 2017

| Nursery World

Many nurseries that plan to offer 30 hour childcare from next month can only do so by limiting places, raising concerns that thousands of working parents could miss out.

Analysis: 30 hours pilot study predicts success but flags up 'risks'

News

Monday, July 24, 2017

| Nursery World

Following the publication of the evaluation of the 30-hour pilots, we take an in-depth look at the findings.

Don't ignore the warning signs on 30 hours

Opinion

Friday, July 21, 2017

| Nursery World

The 30-hours scheme is heading for failure if problems raised in the pilot evaluation are glossed over instead of tackled, argues Neil Leitch

Sector slams DfE for failing to address 30-hour childcare challenges

News

Monday, July 17, 2017

| Nursery World

Early years sector organisations have warned that the Government is putting the 30-hour childcare policy in jeopardy by failing to listen to providers’ concerns.

Pilot study finds no financial barriers to 30-hour childcare

News

Monday, July 17, 2017

| Nursery World

An evaluation of the 30-hour pilot areas concludes there is 'no specific reason' to believe that the policy will not be a success.

PVI sector's voice not heard on schools forums

News

Monday, June 12, 2017

| Nursery World

The Pre-school Learning Alliance is calling for a shake-up of the way local authority education funding decisions are made.

30 Hours: Management - A tangled web

Features

Monday, June 12, 2017

| Nursery World

What do childcare providers need to know when it comes to helping parents with the 30-hours computer application system? Hannah Crown tries to plug the gaps

Childminders’ 30 hours funding gap

News

Monday, May 29, 2017

| Nursery World

Childminders will lose an average of £410.40 per child a year under the 30 hours due to a shortfall in funding, a survey has revealed.

Childcare sector tells politicians: ‘No rash promises’

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Friday, May 12, 2017

| Nursery World

The largest childcare member organisations have joined forces in an open letter to all political parties, urging them not to make manifesto pledges that the sector will be unable to deliver.

DfE publishes 30 hours guide for early years providers and councils

News

Monday, April 24, 2017

| Nursery World

The Department for Education has published operational guidance for 30-hour childcare.

Welsh childcare sector 'most fragile in Britain'

News

Tuesday, April 4, 2017

| Nursery World

Nurseries in Wales are struggling to stay afloat due to low funding rates and rising business costs, according to findings from the NDNA’s annual survey.

Hundreds of settings closing doors as 30 hours looms

News

Monday, April 3, 2017

| Nursery World

New figures suggest hundreds of childcare settings are closing across the country.

Apprenticeship levy is a 'blunt instrument', MPs say

News

Friday, March 31, 2017

| Nursery World

The Government’s apprenticeships policies lack focus and will not close the skills gap because they fail to concentrate on the sectors and regions where training is most needed, an MPs' report warns.

New apprenticeships funding system 'will widen training and jobs gap'

News

Monday, March 27, 2017

| Nursery World

The apprenticeship levy will worsen the North-South divide in training opportunities and jobs, a leading think-tank has warned.

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Alliance blames lack of Government funding for closing fifth of settings

More councils bow to pressure on ‘free’ 30-hour childcare

Parents oppose 30 hour ‘extras’ charges

Nursery owners’ desperate measures to survive

PACEY launches annual sector-wide survey

Government scraps early years expansion fund

Settings warn their viability is at risk under 30 hours

Exclusive: To the Point - Making 30 hours work

Early roll-out study shows childcare providers 'willing and able' to offer 30 hours

Early 30 hours codes for two-year-olds lead to confusion

Count to ten...

Nurseries plan to restrict 30 hour places and charge parents

Analysis: 30 hours pilot study predicts success but flags up 'risks'

Don't ignore the warning signs on 30 hours

Sector slams DfE for failing to address 30-hour childcare challenges

Pilot study finds no financial barriers to 30-hour childcare

PVI sector's voice not heard on schools forums

30 Hours: Management - A tangled web

Childminders’ 30 hours funding gap

Childcare sector tells politicians: ‘No rash promises’

DfE publishes 30 hours guide for early years providers and councils

Welsh childcare sector 'most fragile in Britain'

Hundreds of settings closing doors as 30 hours looms

Apprenticeship levy is a 'blunt instrument', MPs say

New apprenticeships funding system 'will widen training and jobs gap'

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