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'Get Dads in!', nurseries urged in run-up to Fathers' Day

Friday, June 17, 2011

| Nursery World

Two out of three fathers believe the general public don't trust men to care for babies as much as they do women, a new survey has revealed.

EYFS Best Practice - All about... children's centres

Features

Monday, November 30, 2015

| Nursery World

Budget cuts have seen the closure of many children’s centres, and reduced services at those that remain. But they are trying to forge a viable future, as Charlotte Goddard explains

Interview - Professor Kathy Sylva

News

Monday, July 11, 2011

| Nursery World

Professor Kathy Sylva, Department of Education, University of Oxford is one of the leaders of the evaluation of children's centres in England, with NatCen and Frontier Economics.

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.

Online childcare platform wins Government funding for digital tool

News

Tuesday, October 20, 2015

| Nursery World

Childcare.co.uk has been awarded Government funding to set-up a digital ‘one-stop-shop’ that provides parents with childcare information.

Irish Government announces €85m package of childcare measures

News

Friday, October 23, 2015

| Nursery World

Delivering Budget 2016, Ireland’s ministers announced €85m in new childcare funding to improve the country’s provision.

Parents raise doubt over delivery of 30 hours

News

Thursday, November 19, 2015

| Nursery World

A parent campaign group has raised concern over the lack of detail in the Scottish government’s plans to double the number of funded hours.

Childcare 'is not open all hours', shiftworkers find

News

Tuesday, March 22, 2011

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

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.

Vetting and barring scheme put on hold as Government orders review

News

Tuesday, June 15, 2010

| Nursery World

The Vetting and Barring Scheme for nine million people working with children and vulnerable adults has been halted so that a review can be carried out for a more measured approach, Home Secretary Theresa May has announced today.

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.

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.

Early years charities share 6.8m

News

Thursday, September 22, 2011

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Twenty four children's charities in Scotland are to benefit from a 6.8 million fund aimed at supporting vulnerable families early on.

EYFS REVIEW: second consultation on early learning goals

News

Tuesday, December 20, 2011

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The early learning goals for literacy and mathematics in the EYFS have been amended, in light of the response from the early years sector to the revised framework.

Are HMRC nursery closures a sign of what's to come?

News

Friday, August 31, 2012

| Nursery World

The future of Government department nurseries has been put in doubt following the announcement that the HMRC is to close all of its nurseries operated by Bright Horizons and news that the Land Registry has closed two of its settings.

MPs' report on special educational needs says draft bill 'lacks detail'

News

Thursday, December 20, 2012

| Nursery World

A committee of MPs has welcomed the overall direction of the Government's proposed legislation to reform provision for children with special educational needs (SEN), but warns that the draft legislation lacks significant detail, making it impossible to assess the impact of the proposals.

'More Great Childcare': Unions worry that EYPs will be sidelined

News

Tuesday, January 29, 2013

| Nursery World

Unions have raised concerns about the move to replace Early Years Professionals with early years teachers.

Sure Start Local Programmes study finds benefits for families

News

Tuesday, November 30, 2010

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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.

Nurseries keen to offer places for two-year-olds, but worry about the cost

News

Thursday, April 26, 2012

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Around two-thirds of nurseries want to offer places for disadvantaged two-year-olds, a survey by the National Day Nurseries Association suggests, but many have misgivings about whether the funding would cover their costs.

Campaign to stop childminder deregulation

News

Thursday, May 3, 2012

| Nursery World

In just under a week, 2,000 childminders have signed up to the National Childminding Association's campaign to keep childminders regulated and inspected as individuals under the EYFS.

London providers call on Boris Johnson to tackle capital's childcare funding crisis

News

Friday, May 25, 2012

| Nursery World

Parents in London are struggling to pay childcare fees, a survey by the Daycare Trust has found.

Government taskforce set up to support children and families

News

Thursday, June 17, 2010

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A new Childhood and Families Taskforce is to develop policies to improve childhood and family life, deputy prime minister Nick Clegg said today.

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.

Foundation Years: First children's centres to pilot payment-by-results named

News

Monday, July 18, 2011

| Nursery World

The names of the first nine local authorities to trial payment-by-results in children's centres have been revealed.

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.