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Children to lose free places as council stops funding nurseries

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Early years capital grant for nurseries could be withdrawn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.

Two-year-olds Q&A: Determined to extend reach

News

Friday, June 28, 2013

| Nursery World

With the Government planning to ramp up the two-year-olds programme for 2014, Karen Faux breaks down the facts and figures to ask what it means for the sector.

Government abandons GCSE rules for Early Years Teachers

News

Wednesday, August 5, 2015

| Nursery World

Early Years Teachers will no longer need GCSE English and Maths at grade C and above to count in Level 3 workforce ratios, following yet another Government revision to qualification requirements.

Ofsted unveils childminder agency handbook

News

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.

Council stops children with relatives in nursery claiming free hours

News

Wednesday, April 1, 2015

| Nursery World

Education officials have slammed a council’s plans to stop children related to nursery staff from claiming free early education funding in the setting where they work.

Think-tank proposes scheme to make childcare more affordable

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Wednesday, February 8, 2012

| Nursery World

Parents would be able to borrow up to 10,000 to pay for the cost of childcare which they would then pay back on a monthly basis through the tax system, under plans proposed by the think-tank the Social Market Foundation.

Childcare costs survey: nursery fees rise by 6 per cent in a year

News

Friday, February 24, 2012

| Nursery World

The growing gap between the cost of a nursery place and parents' earnings is revealed in the annual childcare costs survey.

30 hours risks widening the gap with 'quantity over quality'

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Thursday, September 28, 2017

| Nursery World

The 30 hours childcare policy could widen the gap between poorer children and their better-off peers, and should be axed unless it is properly funded, a leading education charity says today.

Sure Start: Norfolk County Council - Community trust plans to boost centre services

Features

Monday, August 8, 2011

| Nursery World

Sure Start has achieved a lot in the deprived area of Great Yarmouth - and despite drastic funding cuts, it is hoped that this good work will continue. Mary Evans reports.

Childcare sector tells politicians: ‘No rash promises’

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Friday, May 12, 2017

| Nursery World

The largest childcare member organisations have joined forces in an open letter to all political parties, urging them not to make manifesto pledges that the sector will be unable to deliver.

UK falls from 11th to 156th place in global children’s rights rankings

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Monday, May 15, 2017

| Nursery World

The UK is now ranked among the bottom ten countries across the world for its performance on children’s rights.

Top-up fee ban 'will split nursery sector', providers warn

News

Tuesday, March 29, 2011

| Nursery World

Private and voluntary nursery providers have warned that a two-tier system will be created, with children from disadvantaged families losing out on nursery places, following the announcement by children's minister Sarah Teather in last week's Nursery World that the Government will not change the rules on the free entitlement and remove the ban on top-up fees.

New benchmarking tool will let providers compare data on local authority funding

News

Friday, July 20, 2012

| Nursery World

Just how local authorities split early years funding between private and voluntary nurseries and maintained provision in schools and nursery schools has long been a bone of contention.

Labour sets out universal childcare plans

News

Tuesday, May 30, 2017

| Nursery World

Labour has released more details of how it would offer 30-hour childcare to all two- to four-year-olds - 1.3m children - and reverse children’s centre cuts.

Take twos...expanding with creative thinking

Features

Friday, August 31, 2012

| Nursery World

Providing new places for two-year-olds does not always have to involve huge or even any capital investment.

Labour promises £500m to reverse Sure Start cuts

News

Tuesday, September 26, 2017

| Nursery World

A Labour Government would bring in a ring-fenced grant of £500m a year for children’s centres and offer universal early education for two-to four-year-olds.

Affordable childcare must be priority to end child poverty, says Alan Milburn

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Wednesday, December 14, 2011

| Nursery World

The Government should invest in early years services to help fight child poverty, the Government's independent reviewer on social mobility said in a speech yesterday.

EYFS REVIEW: children's minister announces further consultation

News

Thursday, December 15, 2011

| Nursery World

Children's minister Sarah Teather has confirmed that a further short consultation on the EYFS will be launched shortly.

HR Update - Extending paternity leave

Features

Friday, September 28, 2012

| Nursery World

Over the past ten years, there have been many changes in employment law relating to working parents, and in April 2011 additional paternity leave and pay was introduced. Jacqui Mann reports that HR4 Nurseries has not seen a huge increase in requests for additional paternity leave, but says it is important that employers understand the key areas

Parents oppose 30 hour ‘extras’ charges

News

Monday, August 20, 2018

| Nursery World

Parents are increasingly unwilling to pay additional costs to take up the 30 hours offer, Nursery World has learned.

Conference to address early years recruitment crisis

News

Friday, December 7, 2018

| Nursery World

The challenges of the early years workforce and how to overcome them will be the focus of a half-day conference next month.

Alliance joins DfE and Ofsted to tackle early years workload

News

Wednesday, February 13, 2019

| Nursery World

The Pre-school Learning Alliance has teamed up with the Department for Education and Ofsted to tackle workload pressures on early years staff.

Early years sector unites against plans to cut ratios

News

Friday, January 25, 2013

| Nursery World

Protests against any plans to lower staff child ratios for nurseries and childminders are gaining force against mounting anticipation of a Government announcement next week on changes to allow better qualified staff to look after more children.

Focus on Enforcement review: make your views heard about regulation

News

Tuesday, January 29, 2013

| Nursery World

The Government is urging the early years sector to respond to an online consultation which will inform its review of how regulation for childcare providers is enforced.

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Children to lose free places as council stops funding nurseries

Early years capital grant for nurseries could be withdrawn

Two-year-olds Q&A: Determined to extend reach

Government abandons GCSE rules for Early Years Teachers

Ofsted unveils childminder agency handbook

Council stops children with relatives in nursery claiming free hours

Think-tank proposes scheme to make childcare more affordable

Childcare costs survey: nursery fees rise by 6 per cent in a year

30 hours risks widening the gap with 'quantity over quality'

Sure Start: Norfolk County Council - Community trust plans to boost centre services

Childcare sector tells politicians: ‘No rash promises’

UK falls from 11th to 156th place in global children’s rights rankings

Top-up fee ban 'will split nursery sector', providers warn

New benchmarking tool will let providers compare data on local authority funding

Labour sets out universal childcare plans

Take twos...expanding with creative thinking

Labour promises £500m to reverse Sure Start cuts

Affordable childcare must be priority to end child poverty, says Alan Milburn

EYFS REVIEW: children's minister announces further consultation

HR Update - Extending paternity leave

Parents oppose 30 hour ‘extras’ charges

Conference to address early years recruitment crisis

Alliance joins DfE and Ofsted to tackle early years workload

Early years sector unites against plans to cut ratios

Focus on Enforcement review: make your views heard about regulation

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