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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.

'Children crammed into classrooms like sardines,' says Labour

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Friday, April 21, 2017

| Nursery World

Labour has accused the Tories of breaking their promise on small class sizes, as new research suggests that more than half a million children are in 'super-size' primary classes.

Call to replace 30 hours with means-tested system

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Tuesday, April 18, 2017

| Nursery World

The Government should scrap the 30 hours and expand the free entitlement for the ‘worst-off’, a new report recommends.

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.

Editor’s view - Our survey says...

Opinion

Monday, April 17, 2017

| Nursery World

Responses to recent research suggest that many nurseries will not deliver the 30 hours. Will this actually happen, asks Liz Roberts

Speaking with one voice

Opinion

Wednesday, April 12, 2017

| Nursery World

Let's use our collective strength to talk to government about early years sector concerns, says Cheryl Hadland, founder of Tops Day Nurseries

DfE finds £50m more for 30 hours expansion

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Tuesday, April 11, 2017

| Nursery World

The early years sector is cautiously welcoming an extra £50 million cash injection for expanding nursery capacity and offering 30-hour places.

Childcare policy 20 years on

Opinion

Monday, April 10, 2017

| Nursery World

Caroline Flint, who set up the first cross-party group for childcare, and was one of 101 Labour women MPs elected 20 years ago next month, reflects on the dramatic changes to early years policy since 1997.

Nursery groups must report on gender pay gap

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Friday, April 7, 2017

| Nursery World

All employers with 250 or more employees will now be required by law to publish figures on the gender pay gap.

Survey reveals 30 hours pressure on London childcare

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Wednesday, April 5, 2017

| Nursery World

The Government’s 30-hour policy threatens the availability and quality of childcare for working parents in the capital, a new report claims.

One third of Sure Start children’s centres have closed since 2010

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Tuesday, April 4, 2017

| Nursery World

Figures obtained by the Labour party reveal that there are now more than 1,240 fewer designated children’s centres than when the Conservatives took office – a fall of around 34 per cent since 2010.

Welsh childcare sector 'most fragile in Britain'

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Tuesday, April 4, 2017

| Nursery World

Nurseries in Wales are struggling to stay afloat due to low funding rates and rising business costs, according to findings from the NDNA’s annual survey.

More parents taking up pilot 30 hours than expected

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Monday, April 3, 2017

| Nursery World

The number of parents taking up the 30 hours under the early roll-out programme has exceeded Government expectation.

Hundreds of settings closing doors as 30 hours looms

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Monday, April 3, 2017

| Nursery World

New figures suggest hundreds of childcare settings are closing across the country.

Blackpool Better Start introduce new early years Quality Mark

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Tuesday, March 28, 2017

| Nursery World

Blackpool Better Start, a Big Lottery-funded initiative working to transform services in Blackpool for young children and their families, has introduced a new Quality Mark for providers of early years education and childcare.

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