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Budget 2023: Nurseries warn they 'need to see the sums' as Government plans major expansion in childcare for one- and two-year-olds

Wednesday, March 15, 2023

| Nursery World

Sector organisations have welcomed Treasury plans to increase funding for childcare by £4 billion, but experts have warned ‘the devil is in the detail’, amid nurseries closing due to the ongoing underfunding and recruitment crisis.

Scotland: New funding proposal set to disadvantage PVI providers

Features

Tuesday, March 26, 2024

| Nursery World

With parents who live outside Edinburgh set to lose funded childcare places in private and voluntary settings in the capital, what does this mean for parental choice and for city-based PVI businesses?

Sector response: early years national funding formula

News

Thursday, August 11, 2016

| Nursery World

Early years organsiations that have long campaigned for early years funding reform have broadly welcomed the plans.

Spending Review: Chancellor reveals more details of 30-hour childcare

News

Wednesday, November 25, 2015

| Nursery World

Parents will need to work 16 hours a week to be eligible for 30 hours of free childcare from 2017, the Chancellor has confirmed.

Nursery Management: Nutrition - Tea for twos

Features

Monday, March 23, 2015

| Nursery World

Many nurseries taking some of the most disadvantaged two-year-olds in the country are providing free meals to ensure good nutrition, but often out of their own pocket. Gabriella Jozwiak reports.

Rising demand drives nursery sector to £4.9 bn

News

Wednesday, November 12, 2014

| Nursery World

The expansion of Government-funded places for two-year-olds and better economic conditions has driven demand for children’s nurseries, according to a new report.

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

News

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.

Funding - A black hole?

Features

Tuesday, April 17, 2018

| Nursery World

The National Funding Formula for schools is changing from this month. What does this mean for early years, asks Hannah Crown

Counting the cost of early years funding shortfalls

Opinion

Tuesday, September 18, 2018

| Nursery World

As recent reports reveal ongoing problems with the underfunding of the 30 hours, Neil Leitch, chief executive of the biggest voluntary sector provider the Pre-school Learning Alliance, calls for Government action, as he explains why it has closed more than 20 settings

Group opens new nursery but closes another as underfunding hits

News

Friday, September 21, 2018

| Nursery World

Sunhill Daycare has opened one new setting, but has been forced to close another because of cost pressures, blaming 30-hours underfunding.

Childcare providers will struggle with rise to national wage rates

News

Tuesday, November 27, 2018

| Nursery World

Early years experts have warned that national wage increases could have a ‘devastating’ impact on the sector.

Nursery group's 'open letter' calls for Government action to save sector

News

Friday, March 25, 2022

| Nursery World

More than 100 nursery groups and early years providers have signed an open letter to the Government highlighting the dire situation the sector faces with recruitment at ‘an all-time low’ and settings struggling to survive after years of underfunding.

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

Spring Budget 2017: Chancellor accused of 'ignoring' early years sector in favour of pubs

News

Wednesday, March 8, 2017

| Nursery World

Nursery owners have accused Chancellor Philip Hammond of prioritising support for pubs over nurseries, as he announced plans to offer some business rate relief in his Spring Budget speech.

New research predicts shortfall of nurseries offering extended free hours in Scotland

News

Thursday, March 23, 2017

| Nursery World

Just half of nurseries in Scotland plan to offer the 1,140 free hours when the policy comes in, the NDNA's survey suggests.

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.

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.

Late payments: Running dry

Features

Tuesday, May 15, 2018

| Nursery World

What can providers do if faced with late payments from their local authority? Do they have any legal redress? Meredith Jones Russell reports

Costs: Part 3: Business Rates - It's complicated

Features

Monday, August 8, 2016

| Nursery World

The Government’s plans for business rate relief for small companies garnered headlines, but with them come reforms making it harder to appeal. Karen Faux delves into the detail

Nursery Management: Business - Costs cocktail

Features

Monday, March 21, 2016

| Nursery World

How is the impact of the 30 hours, National Living Wage and other increased business costs going to be felt across the sector? Hannah Crown reports

Nursery Management: 30 Hours: Funding Rates - Number crunch

Features

Monday, March 20, 2017

| Nursery World

The way that councils are setting rates for 30 hours funding varies widely across the country. Jo Parkes assesses some big differences in approach

NDNA survey: most settings wary of 30 hours

News

Monday, February 22, 2016

| Nursery World

The latest NDNA survey finds funding and the 30 hours policy causing nurseries concern

Nursery group secures £1.6m loan to support business during pandemic

News

Thursday, April 9, 2020

| Nursery World

Children 1st has secured a £1.6 million loan to support the business during the coronavirus crisis and keep nurseries open for key workers.

Sharp rise in number of nurseries making a loss – survey

News

Thursday, September 9, 2021

| Nursery World

More than eight in ten private, voluntary or independent nurseries in England are making a loss or only just breaking even, according to a survey by the National Day Nurseries Association.

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Friday, January 13, 2017

| Nursery World

Do you want to keep up to speed on the Government’s 30-hour childcare policy and what it means for your setting?

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Budget 2023: Nurseries warn they 'need to see the sums' as Government plans major expansion in childcare for one- and two-year-olds

Scotland: New funding proposal set to disadvantage PVI providers

Sector response: early years national funding formula

Spending Review: Chancellor reveals more details of 30-hour childcare

Nursery Management: Nutrition - Tea for twos

Rising demand drives nursery sector to £4.9 bn

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

Funding - A black hole?

Counting the cost of early years funding shortfalls

Group opens new nursery but closes another as underfunding hits

Childcare providers will struggle with rise to national wage rates

Nursery group's 'open letter' calls for Government action to save sector

30 Hours: Management - A tangled web

Spring Budget 2017: Chancellor accused of 'ignoring' early years sector in favour of pubs

New research predicts shortfall of nurseries offering extended free hours in Scotland

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

PVI sector's voice not heard on schools forums

Late payments: Running dry

Costs: Part 3: Business Rates - It's complicated

Nursery Management: Business - Costs cocktail

Nursery Management: 30 Hours: Funding Rates - Number crunch

NDNA survey: most settings wary of 30 hours

Nursery group secures £1.6m loan to support business during pandemic

Sharp rise in number of nurseries making a loss – survey

Big issues: Follow the story

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