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Ceeda debate: 'Until the sector collapses you won't get investment'

Monday, January 27, 2020

| Nursery World

A legal challenge, a PR campaign and a working group were mooted as solutions to raise the profile of unsustainable childcare funding with the public, in crunch talks last week.

Funded or free? Take our poll on the future of childcare

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Monday, January 13, 2020

| Nursery World

Have your say in our joint Nursery World and Ceeda survey

Poor areas hit hardest by rising nursery closures

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Thursday, September 12, 2019

| Nursery World

More nurseries are closing in the most deprived areas of the country than elsewhere, according to analysis by the National Day Nurseries Association.

Council tells DfE of settings in financial crisis

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Monday, March 18, 2019

| Nursery World

Lancashire County Council has written to the Education Secretary with concerns it will not be able to provide sufficient childcare places if early years settings there continue to close.

SEND nursery may close after LA cutbacks

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Monday, March 18, 2019

| Nursery World

A charity that provides care and support for children with SEND and their families in Essex is at risk of closure due to withdrawal of local authority funding.

Providers in Wales find £4.50 rate for 30 hours commercially viable

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Monday, November 26, 2018

| Nursery World

Nearly nine in ten providers offering the 30 hours in Wales agree that the rate is viable, according to findings from research into the early implementer phase of the scheme.

Nadhim Zahawi sets out next steps for £20m early years fund

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Thursday, November 15, 2018

| Nursery World

The DfE is looking for a national training partner to take on the next stage of the Early Years Professional Development Fund, the children’s minister told delegates at the Nursery World Business Summit.

Budget failings to cost nursery sector nearly half a billion pounds

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Wednesday, November 14, 2018

| Nursery World

The cost to private and voluntary nurseries of last month’s budget is £437m according to an analysis by the National Day Nurseries Association.

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.

30 hours: one year on

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Monday, August 6, 2018

| Nursery World

PACEY survey reveals LAs making requirements of settings contrary to Government guidance

Zahawi dismisses funding concerns about 'successful' 30 hours

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Wednesday, June 27, 2018

| Nursery World

Children’s minister Nadhim Zahawi restates 30 hours' 'success story' to MPs in Parliament.

Early years sector’s hopes and dreams for the year ahead

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Monday, January 8, 2018

| Nursery World

Early years organisations, childcare providers and unions share their new year wishes.

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.

Exclusive: To the Point - Making 30 hours work

Opinion

Monday, September 4, 2017

| Nursery World

Robert Goodwill, the new Minister for Children and Families, reflects on his first six weeks in post since the General Election

Nurseries plan to restrict 30 hour places and charge parents

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Thursday, August 10, 2017

| Nursery World

Many nurseries that plan to offer 30 hour childcare from next month can only do so by limiting places, raising concerns that thousands of working parents could miss out.

30 hours take-up exceeds forecast in York, study shows

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Monday, August 7, 2017

| Nursery World

Over 200 more places than anticipated were taken up by parents in the city-wide pilot of the 30 hours in York, according to an evaluation report.

Analysis: 30 hours pilot study predicts success but flags up 'risks'

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Monday, July 24, 2017

| Nursery World

Following the publication of the evaluation of the 30-hour pilots, we take an in-depth look at the findings.

Don't ignore the warning signs on 30 hours

Opinion

Friday, July 21, 2017

| Nursery World

The 30-hours scheme is heading for failure if problems raised in the pilot evaluation are glossed over instead of tackled, argues Neil Leitch

Extra £1.3bn for schools no long-term solution to funding crisis, say teachers

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Tuesday, July 18, 2017

| Nursery World

Teaching unions have dismissed the £1.3 billion earmarked for schools by the education secretary as ‘smoke and mirrors’ and insufficient to make up losses.

Sector slams DfE for failing to address 30-hour childcare challenges

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Monday, July 17, 2017

| Nursery World

Early years sector organisations have warned that the Government is putting the 30-hour childcare policy in jeopardy by failing to listen to providers’ concerns.

Pilot study finds no financial barriers to 30-hour childcare

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Monday, July 17, 2017

| Nursery World

An evaluation of the 30-hour pilot areas concludes there is 'no specific reason' to believe that the policy will not be a success.

NDNA survey: 'Crunch time for nurseries'

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Friday, June 30, 2017

| Nursery World

Nurseries in England will receive just 40p extra an hour on average to offer the free 30 hours to working families, according to new research by the National Day Nurseries Association.

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.

DfE publishes 30 hours guide for early years providers and councils

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Monday, April 24, 2017

| Nursery World

The Department for Education has published operational guidance for 30-hour childcare.

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.

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Ceeda debate: 'Until the sector collapses you won't get investment'

Funded or free? Take our poll on the future of childcare

Poor areas hit hardest by rising nursery closures

Council tells DfE of settings in financial crisis

SEND nursery may close after LA cutbacks

Providers in Wales find £4.50 rate for 30 hours commercially viable

Nadhim Zahawi sets out next steps for £20m early years fund

Budget failings to cost nursery sector nearly half a billion pounds

Alliance blames lack of Government funding for closing fifth of settings

30 hours: one year on

Zahawi dismisses funding concerns about 'successful' 30 hours

Early years sector’s hopes and dreams for the year ahead

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

Exclusive: To the Point - Making 30 hours work

Nurseries plan to restrict 30 hour places and charge parents

30 hours take-up exceeds forecast in York, study shows

Analysis: 30 hours pilot study predicts success but flags up 'risks'

Don't ignore the warning signs on 30 hours

Extra £1.3bn for schools no long-term solution to funding crisis, say teachers

Sector slams DfE for failing to address 30-hour childcare challenges

Pilot study finds no financial barriers to 30-hour childcare

NDNA survey: 'Crunch time for nurseries'

Childcare sector tells politicians: ‘No rash promises’

DfE publishes 30 hours guide for early years providers and councils

Exclusive: NDNA urges 30 hours rethink in wake of survey

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