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Cost-of-living crisis: Childcare settings forced to increase fees and a third warning of closure

Wednesday, February 15, 2023

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Findings from a survey of providers, reveal that 89 per cent are likely to increase fees this year, while more than a third believe they will have to close their setting within the next year due to rising costs.

Anne Longfield: Why the Government's commitment to Family Hubs is 'not enough'

Wednesday, February 15, 2023

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The chair of the Young Lives Commission and former Children's Commissioner for England, says the Government's ambition for Family Hubs is 'nowhere near the scale of what families need', nor is it enough to replace 'hundreds of closed Sure Start centres'.

Disadvantaged children 'positively benefit' from 20 hours a week of early years education – research

Wednesday, February 15, 2023

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There are clear benefits for disadvantaged children spending up to 20 hours per week in early years provision, Sutton Trust study finds.

Chancellor set to reject DfE proposal to expand free childcare for under-twos

Tuesday, February 14, 2023

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A DfE proposal for the state to subsidise free 30-hours-a-week childcare for parents of children aged nine months to three years is set to be rejected by the Chancellor in the run up to next month’s Budget, according to press reports.

Fourteen areas named as 'Trailblazer' Family Hubs

Thursday, February 9, 2023

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A total of 14 local authorities have been chosen as trailblazers of the Family Hubs programme to support 'fast-track' delivery of services that the Government said would benefit thousands of families.

Childminding agency rated 'ineffective' putting members' funding at risk

Tuesday, February 7, 2023

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A childminding agency has been rated ‘ineffective’ leaving local authorities considering withdrawing funding from hundreds of childminder members.

Liz Bayram to step down as CEO of PACEY

Tuesday, January 31, 2023

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Liz Bayram, chief executive of the Professional Association for Childcare and Early Years (PACEY), is leaving the role at the end of January.

Out-of-school providers at risk as rent bills skyrocket

Tuesday, January 31, 2023

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Many providers of before- and after-school clubs are facing closure as schools increase their rents, while a DfE report highlights safeguarding concerns for the sector. By Katy Morton

High staff turnover, business rates, and underfunding highlighted in APPG early years event

Friday, January 27, 2023

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In an online event to celebrate the sector during Childcare and Early Education Week, organised by the APPG for Childcare and Early Education, the group’s chair Steve Brine MP invited speakers to share their thoughts on the challenges facing the sector.

Early years action group to stage protest in March

Monday, January 16, 2023

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A protest has been organised for the early years sector in London in two months' time.

Rishi Sunak believed to have scrapped childcare ratio changes

Tuesday, January 3, 2023

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The Government has declined to confirm or deny reports that Rishi Sunak has ditched plans to relax staff-to-child ratios in nurseries, alongside scrapping other childcare reforms.

DfE announces increases to early years funding that are branded 'tokenistic' by sector

Friday, December 16, 2022

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The DfE has announced that childcare funding is to rise by 3.4 per cent for three and four-year-olds and by 4 per cent for two-year-olds in 2023-24, while an extra £20m is being provided to help cover minimum wage increases

Cross-party MPs launch inquiry into childcare affordability

Thursday, December 15, 2022

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The Education Committee has today (15 December) launched a new inquiry into the affordability of childcare and early years education.

Education spending report warns the economic 'squeeze' for the childcare sector is yet to be felt

Monday, December 12, 2022

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A new report on education spending warns that the early years sector is likely to be ‘increasingly squeezed’ as higher-than-expected inflation erodes the increase in free entitlement funding.

MPs seek law change so childcare is recognised as vital infrastructure

Monday, December 12, 2022

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Cross-party MPs are seeking to change the law so childcare is recognised as a crucial part of local infrastructure.

Universal childcare up to 11 would save parents thousands and add billions to economy – report

Tuesday, December 6, 2022

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A universal childcare guarantee for children up until the end of primary school, would create an extra £13 billion for the economy and boost parents’ wages, according to a new report by the IPPR and Save the Children.

Think tank puts forward ideas to fix the UK's 'broken' childcare system

Friday, December 2, 2022

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A new report calls for the UK’s ‘broken childcare’ system to be fixed, providing recommendations to tackle its ‘complexity, inflexibility’ and the ‘dysfunctional provider market’.

Nurseries forced to increase fees for thousands of parents – survey

Friday, December 2, 2022

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Nursery fees for 83 per cent of parents have either increased or are set to increase in the next two months, reveals new research.

Early years action group setup to 'save the sector'

Wednesday, November 30, 2022

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Four early years professionals have come together to launch an action group to ensure the sector’s survival.

DfE's early years Stronger Practice Hubs programme gets underway

Friday, November 25, 2022

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The DfE's Stronger Practice Hubs Covid-19 recovery programme has got underway with St Edmunds Nursery School and Children's Centre in Bradford named as the lead in the Yorkshire and Humber area.

Petition calling for childcare funding to increase attracts thousands of signatures

Wednesday, November 23, 2022

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A petition calling for early years funding to increase has gained thousands of signatures within days of being created.

Grave concerns raised for the sector after minimum wage increase announced

Friday, November 18, 2022

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The sector is warning of mass closures of early years settings without more funding now that the national living wage is to rise to £10.42 an hour from next April.

Zayn Malik adds name to growing list calling on PM to expand free school meals

Wednesday, November 9, 2022

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Singer Zayn Malik has written to the prime minister calling for free school meals for all children in families on Universal credit, ahead of next week’s budget.

Labour urged not to ignore PVI nursery sector in childcare expansion plans

Monday, November 7, 2022

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The National Day Nurseries Association has urged Labour not to ignore the private sector in its plans to expand state nurseries.

Making childminder agencies compulsory would lead to 'mass exodus' of profession – survey

Friday, November 4, 2022

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More than three-quarters of Ofsted registered childminders would quit their job if it became compulsory to join an agency, reveals new research.

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