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LEYF publishes sustainability strategy and encourages early years settings to get involved

Friday, March 3, 2023

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London Early Years Foundation (LEYF) invites children, parents and all early years settings to join it in its sustainability journey with the publication of its sustainability strategy.

SEND improvement plan: Government pledges to end postcode lottery for families and fund training for 5,000 early years SENCos

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Thursday, March 2, 2023

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Ministers have pledged to fund training for thousands of workers to support children with special educational needs and disabilities in the long-awaited SEND improvement plan for England, which will be published on Thursday.

PM told to 'prioritise' childcare and deliver more support for early education

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Wednesday, March 1, 2023

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Nearly two out of three parents are reconsidering whether to have another child due to ‘spiralling’ childcare costs, finds new research.

Agency's ‘ineffective’ grade puts childminders on alert

News

Tuesday, February 28, 2023

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Childminders in more than 100 local authority areas are being restricted or having funding for entitlement offers withheld after their agency's Ofsted inspection. By Katy Morton

YMCA warns of nursery closures amid rising costs and below-inflation funding rates

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Thursday, February 23, 2023

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YMCA, the largest charity provider of childcare in the UK, is closing four nurseries at the end of the month, and warns more could close, as years of underfunding and rates for 2023-24 leave early years providers ‘buckling under the strain’.

All primary children in London to receive free school meals for a year

News

Monday, February 20, 2023

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The mayor of London Sadiq Khan is providing emergency funding for a year to enable all primary school children in the capital to have access to free school meals.

Working parents seek practical support from employers to balance family life

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Friday, February 17, 2023

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Help with childcare, eldercare and ongoing support for families have been highlighted as key areas for employee retention in a new report by nursery and back-up care provider, Bright Horizons.

Wales invests £10m to extend roll out of funded two-year-old places

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Thursday, February 16, 2023

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Over 2,000 two-year olds in disadvantaged areas across Wales are set to benefit from a £10m extension of the funded childcare programme.

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

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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'

Opinion

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

News

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

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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

News

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

News

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

News

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

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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

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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

News

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

News

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

News

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

News

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

News

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

News

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

News

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

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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’.

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LEYF publishes sustainability strategy and encourages early years settings to get involved

SEND improvement plan: Government pledges to end postcode lottery for families and fund training for 5,000 early years SENCos

PM told to 'prioritise' childcare and deliver more support for early education

Agency's ‘ineffective’ grade puts childminders on alert

YMCA warns of nursery closures amid rising costs and below-inflation funding rates

All primary children in London to receive free school meals for a year

Working parents seek practical support from employers to balance family life

Wales invests £10m to extend roll out of funded two-year-old places

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

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

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

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

Fourteen areas named as 'Trailblazer' Family Hubs

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

Liz Bayram to step down as CEO of PACEY

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

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

Early years action group to stage protest in March

Rishi Sunak believed to have scrapped childcare ratio changes

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

Cross-party MPs launch inquiry into childcare affordability

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

MPs seek law change so childcare is recognised as vital infrastructure

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

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

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