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PM told to 'prioritise' childcare and deliver more support for early education

Wednesday, March 1, 2023

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Nearly two out of three parents are reconsidering whether to have another child due to ‘spiralling’ childcare costs, finds new research.

Agency's ‘ineffective’ grade puts childminders on alert

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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

YMCA warns of nursery closures amid rising costs and below-inflation funding rates

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Thursday, February 23, 2023

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YMCA, the largest charity provider of childcare in the UK, is closing four nurseries at the end of the month, and warns more could close, as years of underfunding and rates for 2023-24 leave early years providers ‘buckling under the strain’.

Wales invests £10m to extend roll out of funded two-year-old places

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Thursday, February 16, 2023

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Over 2,000 two-year olds in disadvantaged areas across Wales are set to benefit from a £10m extension of the funded childcare programme.

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

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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.

Fourteen areas named as 'Trailblazer' Family Hubs

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Thursday, February 9, 2023

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A total of 14 local authorities have been chosen as trailblazers of the Family Hubs programme to support 'fast-track' delivery of services that the Government said would benefit thousands of families.

Childminding agency rated 'ineffective' putting members' funding at risk

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Tuesday, February 7, 2023

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A childminding agency has been rated ‘ineffective’ leaving local authorities considering withdrawing funding from hundreds of childminder members.

High staff turnover, business rates, and underfunding highlighted in APPG early years event

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Friday, January 27, 2023

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In an online event to celebrate the sector during Childcare and Early Education Week, organised by the APPG for Childcare and Early Education, the group’s chair Steve Brine MP invited speakers to share their thoughts on the challenges facing the sector.

Early years action group to stage protest in March

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Monday, January 16, 2023

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

PM criticised for failing to mention childcare as a priority for 2023

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Thursday, January 5, 2023

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Early years organisations have expressed their shock at the Prime Minister’s failure to mention early education or childcare within his speech on 'building a better future'.

DfE responds to petition calling for childcare funding increase

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Wednesday, January 4, 2023

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The Government has published a response to the childcare funding petition, which has over 12,000 signatures.

Rishi Sunak believed to have scrapped childcare ratio changes

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Tuesday, January 3, 2023

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The Government has declined to confirm or deny reports that Rishi Sunak has ditched plans to relax staff-to-child ratios in nurseries, alongside scrapping other childcare reforms.

DfE announces increases to early years funding that are branded 'tokenistic' by sector

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Friday, December 16, 2022

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The DfE has announced that childcare funding is to rise by 3.4 per cent for three and four-year-olds and by 4 per cent for two-year-olds in 2023-24, while an extra £20m is being provided to help cover minimum wage increases

Education spending report warns the economic 'squeeze' for the childcare sector is yet to be felt

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Monday, December 12, 2022

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A new report on education spending warns that the early years sector is likely to be ‘increasingly squeezed’ as higher-than-expected inflation erodes the increase in free entitlement funding.

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

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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.

Think tank puts forward ideas to fix the UK's 'broken' childcare system

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Friday, December 2, 2022

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A new report calls for the UK’s ‘broken childcare’ system to be fixed, providing recommendations to tackle its ‘complexity, inflexibility’ and the ‘dysfunctional provider market’.

Nurseries forced to increase fees for thousands of parents – survey

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Friday, December 2, 2022

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Nursery fees for 83 per cent of parents have either increased or are set to increase in the next two months, reveals new research.

Early years action group setup to 'save the sector'

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Wednesday, November 30, 2022

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Four early years professionals have come together to launch an action group to ensure the sector’s survival.

Petition calling for childcare funding to increase attracts thousands of signatures

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Wednesday, November 23, 2022

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A petition calling for early years funding to increase has gained thousands of signatures within days of being created.

Grave concerns raised for the sector after minimum wage increase announced

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Friday, November 18, 2022

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The sector is warning of mass closures of early years settings without more funding now that the national living wage is to rise to £10.42 an hour from next April.

Hillingdon Council withdraws decision to close its nurseries

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Tuesday, November 15, 2022

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Following a legal challenge by parents, Hillingdon Council has committed to consulting with residents about the future of its three remaining nurseries, which were due to shut next month.

LEYF achieves £1.5m target to grow the business

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Friday, November 11, 2022

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Social enterprise LEYF has successfully raised £1.5m through its charity bond to help fund the acquisition of more nurseries.

Teaching union highlights the 'desperate' cuts schools are making to stay afloat

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Tuesday, November 8, 2022

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The majority of schools are having to make redundancies due to the funding crisis, finds ‘largest ever’ school leaders survey.

Thousands turn out for 'March of the Mummies' childcare protest

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Monday, October 31, 2022

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The March of the Mummies attracted more than 15,000 people in 11 cities across the country to demand Government reform on childcare, parental leave and flexible working.

Scottish childminders call for major reform to inspections that are 'geared' towards nurseries

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Thursday, October 27, 2022

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New research suggests that the current quality assurance and inspection system in Scotland is not working for childminders and requires major reform.

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PM told to 'prioritise' childcare and deliver more support for early education

Agency's ‘ineffective’ grade puts childminders on alert

YMCA warns of nursery closures amid rising costs and below-inflation funding rates

Wales invests £10m to extend roll out of funded two-year-old places

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

Fourteen areas named as 'Trailblazer' Family Hubs

Childminding agency rated 'ineffective' putting members' funding at risk

High staff turnover, business rates, and underfunding highlighted in APPG early years event

Early years action group to stage protest in March

PM criticised for failing to mention childcare as a priority for 2023

DfE responds to petition calling for childcare funding increase

Rishi Sunak believed to have scrapped childcare ratio changes

DfE announces increases to early years funding that are branded 'tokenistic' by sector

Education spending report warns the economic 'squeeze' for the childcare sector is yet to be felt

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

Think tank puts forward ideas to fix the UK's 'broken' childcare system

Nurseries forced to increase fees for thousands of parents – survey

Early years action group setup to 'save the sector'

Petition calling for childcare funding to increase attracts thousands of signatures

Grave concerns raised for the sector after minimum wage increase announced

Hillingdon Council withdraws decision to close its nurseries

LEYF achieves £1.5m target to grow the business

Teaching union highlights the 'desperate' cuts schools are making to stay afloat

Thousands turn out for 'March of the Mummies' childcare protest

Scottish childminders call for major reform to inspections that are 'geared' towards nurseries

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