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Thousands of children's centres hit with budget cuts

Monday, October 19, 2015

| Nursery World

More than two-thirds of children’s centres have had their budgets cut this financial year and 130 are at risk of closure, new research shows.

Nursery owners borrow money to cover delayed 30-hour payments

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Tuesday, March 6, 2018

| Nursery World

Childcare providers across the country have been forced to borrow money to pay staff wages and bills because of local authorites' failure to pay the funding for the 30 hours on time.

Liberal Democrats pledge to triple pupil premium in early years

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Tuesday, August 26, 2014

| Nursery World

The Liberal Democrats would raise the pupil premium for nursery-age children to £1,000 a year, under plans released as part of the party’s election manifesto.

Spending on early years cut by £650m

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Monday, December 11, 2017

| Nursery World

New DfE figures show local authority spending on Sure Start and early years services has fallen by more than £650 million since 2010.

Mayor launches early years hubs to boost childcare for disadvantaged families

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Tuesday, January 9, 2018

| Nursery World

The Mayor of London has named the three areas that will take part in the new Early Years Hubs scheme to drive the take-up of funded two-year-old places across the capital.

Last remaining council-run day nurseries in Tower Hamlets under threat

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Friday, July 6, 2018

| Nursery World

Three local authority-run nurseries in the London borough of Tower Hamlets are at risk of closure as the council plans to ‘reshape the service’.

DfE to pilot £2m scheme to fight 'holiday hunger'

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Thursday, March 29, 2018

| Nursery World

The Department for Education has launched a £2m pilot to look at ways to support disadvantaged children during the school holidays by providing meals and activities.

Alliance blames lack of Government funding for closing fifth of settings

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Tuesday, September 18, 2018

| Nursery World

The Pre-school Learning Alliance has closed 23 nurseries since January, as a direct result of the longstanding Government under-funding of 15- and 30-hour childcare entitlements, Nursery World can reveal.

Birmingham nursery schools feeding and clothing children

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Tuesday, May 28, 2019

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Birmingham nursery schools contribute more than £11.5 million a year more than they receive in funding, including feeding and clothing children, new analysis claims.

Additional school funding not enough to ‘repair the damage’, warn unions

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Tuesday, October 1, 2019

| Nursery World

Four in five schools will be worse off next year than they were in 2015, reveals new research.

Providers left in the dark over funding rates

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Monday, January 20, 2020

| Nursery World

Providers across the country say they are unable to budget for the year ahead as many local authorities have yet to consult on 2020/21 funding rates, which will be effective from April.

Practitioners' views sought on SEND funding

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Tuesday, January 28, 2020

| Nursery World

A new survey into the impact of early years funding on SEND provision has been launched by the Early Years Alliance.

Loan secures jobs for north-east nursery group

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Thursday, May 28, 2020

| Nursery World

A South Tyneside nursery group has been able to safeguard more than 100 jobs and secure its future after receiving a £200,000 bank loan to support businesses affected by coronavirus.

Coronavirus: Nurseries and childminders face huge financial losses, analysis finds

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Thursday, June 25, 2020

| Nursery World

Parents returning to work in the wake of the lockdown may struggle to find childcare places, as a new report reveals the impact of the pandemic on nurseries, pre-schools and childminders.

TUC calls for emergency bailout of childcare sector

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Friday, June 5, 2020

| Nursery World

The TUC is calling for an urgent ‘cash injection’ for the childcare sector, warning that without it there will not be enough places for working parents to return to their jobs, as the lockdown eases.

Councils ignoring guidance to fund at pre-Covid levels

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Tuesday, October 27, 2020

| Nursery World

With the autumn term under way, thousands of early years providers are already feeling the knock-on effect of the pandemic, as much lower numbers of children have returned or taken up new places.

Crowdfunder aims to provide thousands of deprived children with waterproofs and wellies

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Wednesday, November 11, 2020

| Nursery World

A fundraising campaign hopes to tackle clothing poverty and enable primary school children to get outdoors more during the winter months of Covid.

Duchess of Cambridge launches early years research centre

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Friday, June 18, 2021

| Nursery World

The Duchess of Cambridge has set up an early childhood research centre with the ambition of changing the way society thinks about the first five years of a child’s life, and transforming the lives of future generations.

More than 240 organisations and sector leaders call for Government to urgently invest more in education catch-up

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Wednesday, June 9, 2021

| Nursery World

A cross-sector coalition of education experts, charities, and businesses is calling on the Government to urgently reconsider its education recovery plans and provide more funding for children and young people.

NDNA launches study into nurseries’ sustainability

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Monday, July 19, 2021

| Nursery World

Nurseries in England, Scotland and Wales are being urged to take part in a survey into their sustainability.

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

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Wednesday, August 4, 2021

| Nursery World

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

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Tuesday, March 18, 2014

| Nursery World

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

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Monday, April 17, 2017

| Nursery World

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

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Monday, June 11, 2018

| Nursery World

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

Features

Monday, March 23, 2015

| Nursery World

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

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Thousands of children's centres hit with budget cuts

Nursery owners borrow money to cover delayed 30-hour payments

Liberal Democrats pledge to triple pupil premium in early years

Spending on early years cut by £650m

Mayor launches early years hubs to boost childcare for disadvantaged families

Last remaining council-run day nurseries in Tower Hamlets under threat

DfE to pilot £2m scheme to fight 'holiday hunger'

Alliance blames lack of Government funding for closing fifth of settings

Birmingham nursery schools feeding and clothing children

Additional school funding not enough to ‘repair the damage’, warn unions

Providers left in the dark over funding rates

Practitioners' views sought on SEND funding

Loan secures jobs for north-east nursery group

Coronavirus: Nurseries and childminders face huge financial losses, analysis finds

TUC calls for emergency bailout of childcare sector

Councils ignoring guidance to fund at pre-Covid levels

Crowdfunder aims to provide thousands of deprived children with waterproofs and wellies

Duchess of Cambridge launches early years research centre

More than 240 organisations and sector leaders call for Government to urgently invest more in education catch-up

NDNA launches study into nurseries’ sustainability

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

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

Exclusive: NDNA urges 30 hours rethink in wake of survey

Survey reveals falling confidence in 1,140 hour childcare scheme

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

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