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Early years Alliance files complaint over DfE refusal to release funding data

Wednesday, August 4, 2021

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The Early Years Alliance has lodged a complaint with the Information Commissioner’s Office over the Department for Education's refusal to release calculations to back up its claims that early years funding rates for 2021-22 do cover rising costs to staff wages.

Pupil premium extended to early years as tax-free childcare scheme expands

Tuesday, March 18, 2014

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The Government is to extend the Pupil Premium to disadvantaged three- and four-year-olds from 2015.

Exclusive: NDNA urges 30 hours rethink in wake of survey

Monday, April 17, 2017

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The National Day Nurseries Association is calling on the Government to rethink its flagship 30-hours policy after a fifth of respondents to its annual survey said there is little or no chance they will be offering the extra free entitlement come September.

Survey reveals falling confidence in 1,140 hour childcare scheme

Monday, June 11, 2018

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Almost half of private nurseries in Scotland are unlikely to offer extended childcare, the NDNA annual survey suggests.

EYFS Best Practice: An essential guide to ... spending the EYPP

Monday, March 23, 2015

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When the Early Years Pupil Premium comes in this April, it will be up to providers how they channel the funding. Charlotte Goddard looks at what settings should be thinking about

Pilot settings put conditions on 30 free hours offer

Monday, September 5, 2016

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As the eight chosen areas begin to pilot the 30-hour free entitlement from this month, some settings are introducing new policies such as charges and limiting flexibility.

Report warns 30 hours will mean less care for poorer families

Monday, March 7, 2016

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If every week has a theme these days, last week could have been dubbed ‘free childcare stats’ week.

Tax-free childcare not the solution, argues new report

Wednesday, June 4, 2014

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Today’s Queen’s Speech is expected to include the Tax-Free Childcare Bill, the coalition Government’s answer to making childcare more affordable and flexible for working parents.

England’s broken childcare system is ‘falling behind the rest of the world’

Monday, April 15, 2024

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England’s childcare system is ‘dysfunctional, propped up by piecemeal policies, held back by a lack of vision and not fit for purpose or the future, argues a new report.

Estimate that the expanded offer will save families up to £6,500 is a 'far cry' from the truth

Monday, March 25, 2024

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Many families eligible for the new two-year-old funding will still struggle to afford their childcare bill, warns new research that finds a quarter of parents will save less than £100 a month.

Funding for childcare places has dropped in more than 50 local authorities since April

Tuesday, May 14, 2024

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Funding for two-year-old places is lower in 57 council areas than it was last September, according to an analysis of funding rates by the National Day Nurseries Association, which also warns that Government funding ‘is not reaching the frontline’.

Scottish Government told to expand funded places to help families escape poverty

Thursday, April 25, 2024

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There remains a ‘significant amount of work to be done to give children the best chance of growing up free from poverty in Scotland’, concludes a new report.

Birmingham Council to review the cost of living wage for nurseries

Tuesday, December 2, 2014

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Birmingham Council has commissioned an independent review into the affordability for early years providers of paying staff the living wage.

EYPP pilot scheme gets underway

Monday, January 12, 2015

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The seven local authorities piloting the Early Years Pupil Premium (EYPP) have begun implementing the scheme this month.

Nick Clegg says Lib Dems would protect £3bn early years funding

Monday, June 16, 2014

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Early years funding would be ring-fenced under a Liberal Democrat government, Nick Clegg confirmed today.

Increase in Pupil Premium funding for schools

Thursday, November 13, 2014

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Primary schools are to receive an extra £22.5 million to help them close the gap between the most and least disadvantaged pupils.

Yvette Cooper calls for 'childcare revolution'

Tuesday, May 26, 2015

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Labour leader candidate Yvette Cooper wants to offer universal childcare for all pre-school children from the age of two.

Childminders in Norfolk campaign against fall in council money for threes and fours

Monday, March 23, 2015

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In Norfolk, childminders are protesting against the council's decision to cut their funding.

4Children closes as 'funding pressures' take toll

Tuesday, August 30, 2016

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‘Funding pressures’ have forced the closure of charity 4Children tomorrow (31 August), with Action for Children taking over many of its services, including the early years and childcare work for the Government.

Council invests £400,000 in children’s centre refurbishment

Tuesday, March 21, 2017

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Tower Hamlets Council has invested more than £430,000 updating its Ocean Children’s Centre in Stepney, which has been offically re-opened.

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