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Cuts will increase pressure on families, former Sure Start chief warns

Friday, May 13, 2011

| Nursery World

The Government's cuts to childcare benefits will lessen the impact of policies aimed at improving outcomes for disadvantaged children, a leading academic has warned.

Parents freed from high childcare costs stay in work

News

Tuesday, May 10, 2011

| Nursery World

Low-income parents taking part in a pilot scheme that paid for all their childcare costs say it enabled them to improve their finances, pay off debts and save money.

NCT planning more Baby Cafes

News

Tuesday, May 10, 2011

| Nursery World

The Baby Cafe network of breastfeeding drop-in sessions looks set to be extended following the takeover of the charity by the National Childbirth Trust (NCT).

Family childcare bill to be added up

News

Tuesday, May 10, 2011

| Nursery World

A survey launched by the Daycare Trust and Save the Children is aiming to reveal the impact of childcare costs on families.

Early years cuts 'stall poverty drop'

News

Tuesday, May 3, 2011

| Nursery World

Progress made under the previous Government in reducing child poverty could be undone by cuts to early years services, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has warned.

EYFS REVIEW: Early years sector gives EYFS review a warm welcome

News

Wednesday, March 30, 2011

| Nursery World

The early years sector has given an overwhelmingly positive response to recommendations made by Dame Clare Tickell in her review of the EYFS.

Council's funding cuts to children's centres face legal challenge

News

Tuesday, March 29, 2011

| Nursery World

A parent has threatened to take legal action against a local authority over its plans to re-organise its children's centres.

Childcare 'is not open all hours', shiftworkers find

News

Tuesday, March 22, 2011

| Nursery World

Parents who work shifts or unsociable hours struggle to find the childcare they need, a survey by the Daycare Trust has found.

Pen Green goes into battle over children's centre cuts

News

Tuesday, March 22, 2011

| Nursery World

The renowned Pen Green Centre for Children and Families has launched a nationwide campaign to save children's centres, after winning a temporary reprieve from funding cuts that would have seen the setting lose 1m over the next three years.

Analysis: SEN Green Paper - The advent of parent power?

News

Tuesday, March 22, 2011

| Nursery World

Ambitious reforms for special needs support could be stymied by being launched in a time of budget cuts. Mary Evans hears about the issues.

Welsh Assembly sets out childcare vision

News

Tuesday, February 22, 2011

| Nursery World

Accessible, affordable and quality childcare is a key priority of the Welsh Assembly's new child poverty strategy.

Hertfordshire puts free place applications online

News

Tuesday, February 22, 2011

| Nursery World

Parents in Hertfordshire will be able to use a new online system to apply for the 15-hour free entitlement places, in a change to the way nursery admissions are managed in the county.

Childcare costs soar by 5 per cent in past year

News

Wednesday, February 9, 2011

| Nursery World

The cost of a nursery place for a child under two has risen by 4.8 per cent in the past year, more than double the average rise in wages, according to the annual survey by the Daycare Trust.

Cuts Watch: Seven children's centres are saved

News

Tuesday, February 8, 2011

| Nursery World

Seven children's centres in Stoke-on-Trent have been saved from the axe following local opposition to council proposals to close them.

BIG ISSUE: Cuts to Sure Start Children's Centres

Features

Wednesday, January 19, 2011

| Nursery World

Allen's early intervention report calls for better-qualified workforce

News

Wednesday, January 19, 2011

| Nursery World

Labour MP Graham Allen has called for an increase in graduate and postgraduate leadership in early years settings, in his Government-commissioned report on early intervention.

Campaign to boost childcare take-up in the capital

News

Tuesday, January 18, 2011

| Nursery World

The Daycare Trust is launching a campaign next month to increase the take-up of childcare among low-income families and fight against cuts to affordable provision.

Early intervention grant is not ring-fenced

News

Tuesday, December 14, 2010

| Nursery World

Details of the Early Intervention Grant, designed to provide universal and specialist services for children, young people and families, have been set out by the Government.

Sure Start Local Programmes study finds benefits for families

News

Tuesday, November 30, 2010

| Nursery World

Children living in areas with Sure Start Local Programmes (SSLP) are less likely to be overweight and have better physical health than children in other areas, according to new research.

Vanessa George Case Review - Lessons to be learned

News

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.

BIG ISSUE: Vanessa George nursery abuse case

Features

Wednesday, November 10, 2010

| Nursery World

Inquiry calls for a family revolution

News

Tuesday, October 12, 2010

| Nursery World

A national inquiry into family life has called for a major overhaul of services, including Sure Start children's centres.

Early end to subsidised childcare tax credits scheme costs parents dear

News

Tuesday, July 27, 2010

| Nursery World

Parents on a pilot scheme to help lower-income families with their childcare costs have been told they will have to pay back 500 because the pilot is ending in September, nine months earlier than planned.

Analysis: Reform facing frontline child protection

News

Tuesday, June 22, 2010

| Nursery World

Will plans for social workers taking a different approach to child protection reduce the chances of serious abuse cases occurring? Mary Evans hears from sector experts.