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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.

Much still to clarify on funding plan

News

Monday, August 22, 2016

| Nursery World

First reactions to the consultation for the proposed Early Years National Funding Formula highlight the fact that a number of unanswered questions remain.

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.

30 hours: one year on

News

Monday, August 6, 2018

| Nursery World

PACEY survey reveals LAs making requirements of settings contrary to Government guidance

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.

Scotland: Sector criticises omission of data on PVI workforce in childcare expansion report

News

Friday, June 18, 2021

| Nursery World

The Scottish Government has been criticised for its low take-up of the 1,140 hour offer among two-year-olds, and for failing to give workforce data on private and voluntary providers.

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.

Fundraising - Apply yourself

Features

Monday, July 10, 2017

| Nursery World

There’s a plethora of grants out there, if you know where to find them. Caroline Voogd goes on the hunt

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

Opposition parties win childcare voucher extension

News

Wednesday, March 14, 2018

| Nursery World

The scrapping of childcare vouchers has been delayed, after Labour forced a vote on the issue in the House of Commons yesterday.

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.

Scotland's Blueprint for 2020 sets out early years and childcare plans

News

Friday, March 24, 2017

| Nursery World

A model for free early education and childcare that involves funding following the child and the Living Wage for private nursery staff are included in the plans.

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.

Tax-Free Childcare runs into problems

News

Monday, May 15, 2017

| Nursery World

Two weeks after its launch, both childcare providers and parents are experiencing difficulties with the Tax-Free Childcare scheme.

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

Minister says providers are 'up for it' in 30 hours debate

News

Thursday, October 12, 2017

| Nursery World

Children and Families Minister Robert Goodwill said he is ‘living in a parallel universe’ when it comes to the 30 hours at a Parliamentary debate today.

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

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Sector response: early years national funding formula

Much still to clarify on funding plan

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

30 hours: one year on

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

Scotland: Sector criticises omission of data on PVI workforce in childcare expansion report

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

Fundraising - Apply yourself

30 Hours: Management - A tangled web

Opposition parties win childcare voucher extension

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

Scotland's Blueprint for 2020 sets out early years and childcare plans

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

Tax-Free Childcare runs into problems

PVI sector's voice not heard on schools forums

Late payments: Running dry

Minister says providers are 'up for it' in 30 hours debate

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

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