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Special needs staff have 25 per cent pay cut

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  • Tuesday, November 23, 2010
  • | Nursery World
Nursery nurses working with children with special needs in Northamptonshire are to have their pay cut by 25 per cent - more than 4,000 - from next April because they will lose their special needs allowance.

Sector reacts to Government reforms for children's centres

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  • Tuesday, November 16, 2010
  • | Nursery World
The early years and childcare sector has been reacting to the announcement by children's minister Sarah Teather that the Government will remove the requirement for all children's centres in deprived areas to offer full daycare.

Vanessa George Case Review - Lessons to be learned

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  • Tuesday, November 16, 2010
  • | Nursery World
All nurseries would be wise to reflect on their policies and practice, as well as the culture within their settings, in light of the review of the Plymouth child abuse case, says Catherine Rushforth.

Campaigners rally to save council nursery

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  • Tuesday, November 9, 2010
  • | Nursery World
More than 3,000 people have signed a petition against council plans to close a local authority nursery in the centre of Brighton, following the launch by parents and staff of a campaign to save the 21-year-old setting.

Three London councils merge to cut costs

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  • Tuesday, October 26, 2010
  • | Nursery World
Westminster, Hammersmith & Fulham, and Kensington & Chelsea councils are to merge services from February 2011, generating savings of between 50m and 100m a year.

Childcare cost cut hits return to work

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  • Tuesday, October 26, 2010
  • | Nursery World
Low-income parents will find it more difficult to return to work, following cuts to the amount working parents can claim for childcare costs and an increase to the number of hours they must work to be eligible for tax credits.

Analysis: Power to the people?

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  • Tuesday, October 19, 2010
  • | Nursery World
With the first 'free schools' preparing to open next year, debate is raging about their potential impact on communities and education. Karen Faux hears both sides.

Children's centre leaders think ahead

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  • Tuesday, October 12, 2010
  • | Nursery World
Future policies around children's centres could see those that provide childcare as the preferred model of provision for all children, which would solve the 'childcare versus education' muddle, new research suggests.

Voluntary nursery loses capital funds

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  • Tuesday, September 28, 2010
  • | Nursery World
A community nursery in the London Borough of Hackney that was due to receive 330,000 from the Early Years Capital Grant has become one of the latest victims of Government cuts.

Providers' group to refocus

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  • Tuesday, September 28, 2010
  • | Nursery World
The Day Nursery Policy Group has decided to re-focus on affiliating with other sector organisations in order to influence Government policy.

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