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'Head count' costs nursery free entitlement funding

Tuesday, December 7, 2010

| Nursery World

A nursery rated outstanding is fighting a loophole in its local free entitlement funding which left it 288 out of pocket.

Nursery chain threatens to pull out of free entitlement

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Tuesday, December 7, 2010

| Nursery World

A nursery chain offering more than 650 childcare places is considering pulling its nine nurseries out of the free entitlement scheme if underfunding continues.

More nurseries threaten to quit free entitlement scheme

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Tuesday, December 14, 2010

| Nursery World

Nurseries in Hertfordshire have warned that they may be forced to pull out of the free entitlement scheme for three- and four-year-olds in April if they are not allowed to charge top-up fees.

DfE to offer £3m contract to support 30 hours' childcare

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Friday, May 20, 2016

| Nursery World

The Department for Education is launching a tender process for a two-year contract to support the 30 hours free childcare scheme.

York nurseries win rise to 30-hour childcare pilot funding

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Friday, May 27, 2016

| Nursery World

Nurseries and childminders in York have won their battle for more Government funding for the 30 hours’ childcare pilot.

Underestimate of eligible parents could cause 30-hour 'capacity crisis'

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Friday, January 20, 2017

| Nursery World

New research claims the Government has underestimated the take-up of the 30-hours by more than 100,000 places, saying that as many as 500,000 parents could be eligible, rather than the 390,000 cited by the Government.

NDNA predicts impact of funding shake-up

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Monday, August 22, 2016

| Nursery World

The potential winners and losers in the Government's national funding formula shake-up are detailed in new data analysis by the National Day Nurseries Association (NDNA), provided exclusively to Nursery World.

Council presses on with 6m children's centre cuts despite challenges

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Tuesday, May 3, 2011

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Campaigners fighting to save Hampshire children's centres from cuts of 6m were left disappointed after an emergency council meeting on Tuesday.

Manchester to outsource children's centres

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Tuesday, February 22, 2011

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Manchester is set to axe universal children's centres services and commission the private and voluntary sector to take over its maintained daycare provision, according to the council's proposed budget for next year.

Nursery schools will have option to charge parents outside free entitlement hours

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Tuesday, March 1, 2011

| Nursery World

Nursery schools will be able to charge parents for hours outside the free entitlement, in changes to be introduced under the Education Bill.

Early Years National Funding Formula: DfE plans major shake-up of early years funding

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Thursday, August 11, 2016

| Nursery World

Plans to change the way that childcare for three- and four-year-olds is funded to make the system fairer for all early years providers, wherever they are in the country, have been put out for consultation today.

Principles drafted for children's centre outreach services

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Tuesday, March 23, 2010

| Nursery World

Every children's centre outreach service could soon have to comply with a set of core principles and standards, under draft plans by the Department for Children, Schools and Families.

Children to lose free places as council stops funding nurseries

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Tuesday, July 20, 2010

| Nursery World

Three nurseries in Scotland have been told they will no longer receive funding for the early years entitlement, meaning that parents will have to move their children elsewhere or miss out on a free place.

Early years capital grant for nurseries could be withdrawn

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Tuesday, July 20, 2010

| Nursery World

Private and voluntary settings that have applied for funding for improvements from the early years capital grant could lose out on millions of pounds.

Ofsted unveils childminder agency handbook

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Wednesday, August 27, 2014

| Nursery World

Ofsted has published its new Childminder agency handbook, along with the application forms that people will need if they wish to apply to become an agency.