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Underfunding pushing up costs for parents, suggests new research

Thursday, March 28, 2019

| Nursery World

A new DfE report on providers’ finances shows that the hourly fee charged by settings for three- and four-year-old places is on average 58p higher than what they receive in funding.

Apprenticeship providers rail against Level 3 impasse

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Thursday, March 28, 2019

| Nursery World

Training providers say they have lost faith in the Government to deliver the Level 3 apprenticeship standard – which has still not been produced five years after work on it started.

Rise in staff costs risks nursery 'casualties', warns NDNA

News

Tuesday, March 26, 2019

| Nursery World

Three-quarters of nurseries are facing a hike of between 5- to- 12 per cent to their staffing costs due to the rise in wages and pensions from 1 April.

Nursery Management: National Living Wage - Pay slip

Features

Tuesday, March 26, 2019

| Nursery World

Many settings are wondering how they are going to afford the upcoming 5 per cent increase to the National Living Wage, let alone keep pay differentials to reward senior staff. So what are the options? Annette Rawstrone reports

Council tells DfE of settings in financial crisis

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Monday, March 18, 2019

| Nursery World

Lancashire County Council has written to the Education Secretary with concerns it will not be able to provide sufficient childcare places if early years settings there continue to close.

Alliance launches early years survey on impact of wage rises

News

Tuesday, March 12, 2019

| Nursery World

The Early Years Alliance has launched a survey for early years providers ahead of national minimum wage increases next month.

Voucher companies call for scheme to be re-opened

News

Tuesday, March 5, 2019

| Nursery World

Childcare voucher providers are ramping up their campaign to re-open the scheme to parents.

Warning over impact of Universal Credit on early years provider funding

News

Friday, February 22, 2019

| Nursery World

Self-employed childcare providers could miss out on Universal Credit as a result of receiving early years entitlement funding, the Early Years Alliance has warned.

Petition calling for funding to increase tops 6,000 signatures

News

Thursday, January 31, 2019

| Nursery World

A petition calling on the Government to increase childcare funding in line with minimum wage rises has secured more than 6,400 signatures in just a few days.

Ceeda Data: About Early Years 4 - Gaps in the market

News

Monday, January 21, 2019

| Nursery World

The new About Early Years Sector Skills Survey finds childcare employers are four times as likely to say staff lack crucial skills than in other sectors. By Hannah Crown

Universal Credit parents 'in debt' over upfront childcare costs

News

Thursday, January 3, 2019

| Nursery World

Universal credit claimants are losing jobs and childcare places because they are required to pay childcare bills upfront, a new report has found.

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.

Providers in Wales find £4.50 rate for 30 hours commercially viable

News

Monday, November 26, 2018

| Nursery World

Nearly nine in ten providers offering the 30 hours in Wales agree that the rate is viable, according to findings from research into the early implementer phase of the scheme.

Nursery World Business Summit - Open questions

Knowledge Bank

Monday, November 26, 2018

| Nursery World

‘UK nursery businesses: striving for success’ was the theme of this Big Debate at Nursery World’s recent Business Summit in association with Christie & Co. Hannah Crown reports

DfE axes childminder funding scheme

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Friday, November 23, 2018

| Nursery World

The Government has scrapped the only national Government funding scheme set up to help new childminders start their business, despite falling numbers in recent years.

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Underfunding pushing up costs for parents, suggests new research

Apprenticeship providers rail against Level 3 impasse

Rise in staff costs risks nursery 'casualties', warns NDNA

Nursery Management: National Living Wage - Pay slip

Council tells DfE of settings in financial crisis

Alliance launches early years survey on impact of wage rises

Voucher companies call for scheme to be re-opened

Warning over impact of Universal Credit on early years provider funding

Petition calling for funding to increase tops 6,000 signatures

Ceeda Data: About Early Years 4 - Gaps in the market

Universal Credit parents 'in debt' over upfront childcare costs

Childcare providers will struggle with rise to national wage rates

Providers in Wales find £4.50 rate for 30 hours commercially viable

Nursery World Business Summit - Open questions

DfE axes childminder funding scheme

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