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Millions of children missing out on support

Tuesday, June 12, 2018

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Half of the £8.6bn children’s services budget in England is currently being spent on just 73,000 children, meaning millions go without support, the Children’s Commissioner has warned.

Cross-party support for Early Intervention Foundation launch

News

Monday, April 15, 2013

| Nursery World

The Early Intervention Foundation will be officially launched today by David Cameron.

Agency's ‘ineffective’ grade puts childminders on alert

News

Tuesday, February 28, 2023

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Childminders in more than 100 local authority areas are being restricted or having funding for entitlement offers withheld after their agency's Ofsted inspection. By Katy Morton

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

News

Wednesday, February 15, 2023

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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.

Rebekah Jackson Reece: Extra Government funding to increase supply of wrap-around care 'will do nothing to support a sector already in crisis'

Opinion

Thursday, March 16, 2023

| Nursery World

The director of the Out-of-School Alliance (OOSA) has welcomed the additional Government investment in wrap-around care, announced within the Budget, with 'caution'.

Universal childcare up to 11 would save parents thousands and add billions to economy – report

News

Tuesday, December 6, 2022

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A universal childcare guarantee for children up until the end of primary school, would create an extra £13 billion for the economy and boost parents’ wages, according to a new report by the IPPR and Save the Children.

Early years action group to stage protest in March

News

Monday, January 16, 2023

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

Liberal Democrats party conference: Childcare and education priorities

News

Wednesday, September 27, 2023

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The Liberal Democrats have outlined their plans to provide families with ‘flexible, affordable and fair’ childcare, boost SEND support and give every child the best possible start in life.

Pilot childcare scheme to run in schools this summer

News

Friday, April 19, 2024

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Private, voluntary and independent nurseries will take part in a pilot of childcare in schools starting this summer.

Government funding to expand work of FGM centre

News

Tuesday, July 11, 2017

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A £30m Government grant will allow the National FGM Centre to continue its work to stop female genital mutilation (FGM).

Covid has 'worsened' the outcomes of children living in the North of England

News

Wednesday, December 8, 2021

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The pandemic has created a widening inequality gap between children living in the North and South of England, finds a new report.

Pen Green Children's Centre vows to secure 'much needed funding'

News

Friday, April 1, 2022

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Pen Green children’s centre has said it will continue to push for the funding it needs to continue operating, after the council redistributed money from its budget to prop it up, alongside three other maintained nursery schools.

Ministers seek to attract more childminders by 'streamlining' Ofsted registration process

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Monday, July 4, 2022

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As part of plans to lower the cost of childcare for parents and increase provision, the Government consultation launched today, plans to make it easier to become a childminder.