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Nurseries not covered by insurance for coronavirus closures

Tuesday, March 3, 2020

| Nursery World

Philippe Fraser, director of London-based Bilingual Nurseries and Les Petites Etoiles, has raised concerns about the financial viability of childcare settings if they have to close to contain the spread of coronavirus.

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

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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.

Historical View: Is childcare working?

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Tuesday, May 7, 2019

| Nursery World

How much childcare is available for mothers who work full-time? Pamela Calder, former chair of the Early Childhood Studies Degrees Network and who campaigned in the 70s for better access to childcare, asks whether things have improved

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.

30 hours childcare ‘is limiting choice’

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Monday, February 4, 2019

| Nursery World

There is increasing concern about the impact of the 30 hours on the availability of places for working parents, and a growing outcomes gap for disadvantaged children not eligible for the extended entitlement.

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.

Pre-school Learning Alliance to become the Early Years Alliance

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Tuesday, October 30, 2018

| Nursery World

The Pre-school Learning Alliance will be changing its name to the Early Years Alliance from next year as part of plans to re-brand.

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

8 out of 10 30-hour childcare places provided by private and voluntary sector

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Thursday, June 28, 2018

| Nursery World

The vast majority of 30 hours childcare places are being provided by the PVI sector, DfE figures show.

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.

Closures rise, as nurseries struggle with funding and admin

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Wednesday, June 20, 2018

| Nursery World

Paying staff wages, dealing with more administration, and making a surplus are the top three challenges nurseries face, nearly a year after the introduction of the 30 hours.

Children from higher-income families use pre-school for longer

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Tuesday, June 12, 2018

| Nursery World

Children from poorer backgrounds are more likely to have delayed access to funded early years education, new research from the LSE suggests.

Stress and mental health problems taking their toll on early years staff

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Friday, June 1, 2018

| Nursery World

One in four early years workers are considering leaving the sector due to stress and mental health problems, a major survey has revealed.

Qualification levels among early years staff are falling

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Wednesday, March 14, 2018

| Nursery World

New analysis of the early years workforce reveals a worrying time for the sector, with a downward trend in the proportion of qualified staff and the prospect that in the future the workforce may be less qualified than it is now.

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.

Wales launches 10-year childcare plan

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Monday, December 18, 2017

| Nursery World

The Welsh government has unveiled a 10-year plan to develop the early years, childcare and play workforce to deliver its commitment to offer 30-hour childcare for working parents.

30 hours survival and early years apprenticeships at NW's Business Summit

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Tuesday, October 17, 2017

| Nursery World

All the hot early years topics are on the agenda at our annual summit, including surviving 30 hours and the progress of early years apprenticeships.

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.

Scottish nurseries win end to business rates

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Wednesday, September 13, 2017

| Nursery World

Day nurseries in Scotland will be exempt from paying business rates, in reforms to the country’s business rates system.

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Nurseries not covered by insurance for coronavirus closures

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

Historical View: Is childcare working?

Council tells DfE of settings in financial crisis

SEND nursery may close after LA cutbacks

30 hours childcare ‘is limiting choice’

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

Pre-school Learning Alliance to become the Early Years Alliance

Alliance blames lack of Government funding for closing fifth of settings

30 hours: one year on

8 out of 10 30-hour childcare places provided by private and voluntary sector

Zahawi dismisses funding concerns about 'successful' 30 hours

Closures rise, as nurseries struggle with funding and admin

Children from higher-income families use pre-school for longer

Stress and mental health problems taking their toll on early years staff

Qualification levels among early years staff are falling

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

Wales launches 10-year childcare plan

30 hours survival and early years apprenticeships at NW's Business Summit

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

Scottish nurseries win end to business rates

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