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

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.

Nursery businesses join forces against closures

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Tuesday, October 1, 2019

| Nursery World

A new campaign has been launched by the Federation of Small Businesses to stem the closures of private nurseries

Coronavirus: Nearly half of childminders could stay closed for up to a year

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Friday, March 27, 2020

| Nursery World

Fewer than half of childminders that have closed due to the Covid-19 pandemic plan to re-open within the next year, findings from a survey of childminders and childcare providers suggests.

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.

Labour unveils 'radical' plans on childcare funding and workforce

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Tuesday, September 25, 2018

| Nursery World

A Labour Government would increase provider funding to £7.35 an hour for free hours, introduce a national pay scale, and move towards a graduate-led workforce.

Pre-School Learning Alliance steps up campaign against ratio changes

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Friday, March 1, 2013

| Nursery World

The Pre-School Learning Alliance has lodged an online petition on the Government's epetitions website calling for a halt to the controversial plans to change childcare ratios.

Cost-of-living crisis: Childcare settings forced to increase fees and a third warning of closure

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Wednesday, February 15, 2023

| Nursery World

Findings from a survey of providers, reveal that 89 per cent are likely to increase fees this year, while more than a third believe they will have to close their setting within the next year due to rising costs.

Budget 2023: Sector disappointed over lack of support for existing childminders as new entrants to receive start-up grant

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Thursday, March 16, 2023

| Nursery World

The sector has broadly welcomed the Budget announcement to boost the number of childminders by introducing start-up grants, however expressed disappointment over a lack of support for those currently in the profession.

Early years action group to stage protest in March

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Monday, January 16, 2023

| Nursery World

A protest has been organised for the early years sector in London in two months' time.

DfE publishes childminder agency pilot evaluation

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Friday, September 5, 2014

| Nursery World

Research into the pilot of childminder agencies has been published by the Department for Education.

Year long inquiry into UK education calls for a 'significant boost' to early years funding

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Wednesday, June 15, 2022

| Nursery World

A new report finds the education system is ‘failing’ and calls for wide scale change including reform of Ofsted, increased early years funding and measures to ‘level the playing field’ between advantaged and disadvantaged children.

Rise in pre-school hours for Scottish children

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Monday, April 22, 2013

| Nursery World

Three- and four-year-olds in Scotland will be entitled to 600 hours of early education a year in plans set out in the Children and Young People (Scotland) Bill.

Alliance blames lack of Government funding for closing fifth of settings

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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.

Councils ignoring guidance to fund at pre-Covid levels

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Tuesday, October 27, 2020

| Nursery World

With the autumn term under way, thousands of early years providers are already feeling the knock-on effect of the pandemic, as much lower numbers of children have returned or taken up new places.

Coronavirus: All PVI nurseries to be sent home-testing kits

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Monday, February 22, 2021

| Nursery World

All staff at private, voluntary and independent nurseries and pre-schools will have access to rapid Covid tests to use twice weekly at home, the Department for Education has confirmed.

NDNA launches study into nurseries’ sustainability

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Monday, July 19, 2021

| Nursery World

Nurseries in England, Scotland and Wales are being urged to take part in a survey into their sustainability.

NDNA reveals programme for 2014 conference

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Friday, January 24, 2014

| Nursery World

Politicians and industry experts will join bestselling children’s author Jez Alborough and hundreds of delegates from the early years sector at the National Day Nurseries Association (NDNA) 2014 Essential Nursery Conference in June.

Nursery Management free with Nursery World

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Monday, September 23, 2013

| Nursery World

Get up to speed with the all the latest Government proposals and find out what they could mean for your business by taking a look at the current issue of our Nursery Management supplement.

Early years research programme to plug 'analysis gap'

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Monday, March 6, 2017

| Nursery World

Thousands of nurseries, pre-schools and childminders are being invited to take part in a new independent research programme, set up to address the perceived gap in robust analysis of the early years sector.

Pilot study finds no financial barriers to 30-hour childcare

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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.

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

Nursery businesses join forces against closures

Coronavirus: Nearly half of childminders could stay closed for up to a year

Childcare sector tells politicians: ‘No rash promises’

Labour unveils 'radical' plans on childcare funding and workforce

Pre-School Learning Alliance steps up campaign against ratio changes

Cost-of-living crisis: Childcare settings forced to increase fees and a third warning of closure

Budget 2023: Sector disappointed over lack of support for existing childminders as new entrants to receive start-up grant

Early years action group to stage protest in March

DfE publishes childminder agency pilot evaluation

Year long inquiry into UK education calls for a 'significant boost' to early years funding

Rise in pre-school hours for Scottish children

Alliance blames lack of Government funding for closing fifth of settings

Councils ignoring guidance to fund at pre-Covid levels

Coronavirus: All PVI nurseries to be sent home-testing kits

NDNA launches study into nurseries’ sustainability

NDNA reveals programme for 2014 conference

Nursery Management free with Nursery World

Early years research programme to plug 'analysis gap'

Pilot study finds no financial barriers to 30-hour childcare

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