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Nursery places for two-year-olds: a timeline

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Friday, June 28, 2013

| Nursery World

Follow the development of the funded programme in Nursery World's headlines

Childminders will have option to have contact details on Ofsted website

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Thursday, February 2, 2012

| Nursery World

Ofsted is writing to all childminders to ask whether they would like their contact details published on their website.

Busy Bees campaign to raise childcare vouchers to 75 a week

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Friday, May 11, 2012

| Nursery World

The employee benefits arm of the largest nursery group Busy Bees has launched a national campaign to increase childcare voucher allowances to support working parents.

Why regulatory reform will boost numbers and perception of childminders

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Friday, May 11, 2012

| Nursery World

Despite the Government spending 7bn on childcare per year, British parents currently pay 27% of their income on childcare.

Parents spending nearly half their salaries on childcare

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Tuesday, September 27, 2011

| Nursery World

Parents in Northern Ireland are spending on average 45 per cent of their weekly joint income on childcare, according to a new report launched today.

Under-fives choose doctor as top career choice

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Tuesday, June 7, 2011

| Nursery World

A quarter of children already have an idea about what they want to be by the time they are five, new research from the National Childminding Association suggests.

National Childcare Week survey highlights parent volunteers

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Friday, July 8, 2011

| Nursery World

Almost 60 per cent of mums would be interested in a volunteering role that involves their children, a new survey by the Daycare Trust suggests.

MPs debate flexibility of school start for summer-borns

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Friday, September 6, 2013

| Nursery World

Liberal Democrat MP Annette Brooke has chaired a debate in the House of Commons on the school starting age for summer born children.

Providers to lead speech skills campaign

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Tuesday, March 2, 2010

| Nursery World

Children's communications skills will be the focus of a 'National Year' campaign in 2011 spearheaded by the Communication Trust, a 38-strong consortium of private and voluntary sector providers, set up by Afasic, BT Better World Campaign, the Council for Disabled Children and I CAN.

MPs set out vision for '1001 days'

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Wednesday, February 25, 2015

| Nursery World

Supporting parental and child wellbeing through pregnancy to the first two years of a child’s life should be viewed as a key priority and attract as much spending as the defence budget, former children’s minister Tim Loughton has said.

Interview - Sue Atkins, Parenting expert

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Monday, August 22, 2011

| Nursery World

Sue Atkins talks to Sue Learner about parenting and discipline, in the wake of the riots that spread destruction through the streets of London and most of the major English cities.

'Earning less is better than not getting the business'

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Friday, March 2, 2012

| Nursery World

Nursery World's facebook page was inundated with comments last week, as childcare providers debated the issue of increased financial pressure on parents' incomes, versus raising fees to cope with the rise in provider costs.

NCT planning more Baby Cafes

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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).

More than half of Warwickshire’s children’s centres to close

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Monday, November 13, 2017

| Nursery World

As part of a redesign of services for children and families, Warwickshire County Council is closing 25 of its 39 children’s centres in a bid to save £1.1 million.

Union reveals cuts to children's centres

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Thursday, May 17, 2012

| Nursery World

Children's centre staff in Windsor and Maidenhead could face losing their jobs as the council proposes to cut its Sure Start budget by more than 40 per cent.