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Ofsted and CQC to carry out review into family hubs

Friday, July 28, 2023

| Nursery World

Ofsted and the Care Quality Commission are to carry out a joint review of support services for parents from conception to the age of two that are delivered through family hubs.

Tammy Campbell: We need to ensure the extended entitlement doesn't worsen inequalities and disadvangtage

Opinion

Friday, September 1, 2023

| Nursery World

The director for early years at the Education Policy Institute says that the focus of early education has now shifted from children, to concentrate instead on promoting parental employment, which is problematic.

Parents quitting their jobs as working from home policies are dropped by employers

News

Thursday, September 28, 2023

| Nursery World

New research reveals parents are leaving the workforce or looking for more home-based roles in order to afford their childcare costs.

LONG READ: What funding and regulatory changes mean for the sector

News

Tuesday, November 21, 2023

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Katy Morton analyses changes coming down the track and garners opinion on the wider implications.

DfE miscalculated under-twos places by £120m, but says it will cover whatever it costs

News

Monday, January 22, 2024

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The DFE miscalculated funding for under-twos places by at least £120 million, but has now committed to ‘funding however much it costs’.

Local authorities concerned there won't be enough places for the expanded offer

News

Thursday, January 25, 2024

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The majority of local authorities do not think they will have enough places to meet demand for the expanded offer, according to new research by Coram Family and Childcare.

England’s broken childcare system is ‘falling behind the rest of the world’

News

Monday, April 15, 2024

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England’s childcare system is ‘dysfunctional, propped up by piecemeal policies, held back by a lack of vision and not fit for purpose or the future, argues a new report.

Estimate that the expanded offer will save families up to £6,500 is a 'far cry' from the truth

News

Monday, March 25, 2024

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Many families eligible for the new two-year-old funding will still struggle to afford their childcare bill, warns new research that finds a quarter of parents will save less than £100 a month.

Lockdown Babies: Policy and funding

Features

Tuesday, April 30, 2024

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Jo Parkes looks at what the Government’s policy has been for the early years sector post-pandemic, and if a Labour government would change things

Start for Life services – Ofsted and CQC report highlights positives alongside areas for improvement

News

Tuesday, May 7, 2024

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Ofsted and the Care Quality Commission have released research analysing the success of Start for Life services in six areas of England.

Funding for childcare places has dropped in more than 50 local authorities since April

News

Tuesday, May 14, 2024

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Funding for two-year-old places is lower in 57 council areas than it was last September, according to an analysis of funding rates by the National Day Nurseries Association, which also warns that Government funding ‘is not reaching the frontline’.

Scottish Government told to expand funded places to help families escape poverty

News

Thursday, April 25, 2024

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There remains a ‘significant amount of work to be done to give children the best chance of growing up free from poverty in Scotland’, concludes a new report.