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30 hours: one year on

News

Monday, August 6, 2018

| Nursery World

PACEY survey reveals LAs making requirements of settings contrary to Government guidance

Group opens new nursery but closes another as underfunding hits

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Friday, September 21, 2018

| Nursery World

Sunhill Daycare has opened one new setting, but has been forced to close another because of cost pressures, blaming 30-hours underfunding.

Scotland: Sector criticises omission of data on PVI workforce in childcare expansion report

News

Friday, June 18, 2021

| Nursery World

The Scottish Government has been criticised for its low take-up of the 1,140 hour offer among two-year-olds, and for failing to give workforce data on private and voluntary providers.

New research predicts shortfall of nurseries offering extended free hours in Scotland

News

Thursday, March 23, 2017

| Nursery World

Just half of nurseries in Scotland plan to offer the 1,140 free hours when the policy comes in, the NDNA's survey suggests.

Sam Gyimah to face questions about under-funding from House of Lords committee

News

Wednesday, November 19, 2014

| Nursery World

The Select Committee on Affordable Childcare is to question the childcare minister on the underfunding of the free entitlement.

Nursery owners design ‘Champagne nurseries, lemonade funding’ cards

News

Friday, May 13, 2016

| Nursery World

Thousands of individually-designed cards opposing the Government’s policies on the free entitlement will be mailed out by campaigning nurseries on National Children’s Day.

Nursery group secures £1.6m loan to support business during pandemic

News

Thursday, April 9, 2020

| Nursery World

Children 1st has secured a £1.6 million loan to support the business during the coronavirus crisis and keep nurseries open for key workers.

Sharp rise in number of nurseries making a loss – survey

News

Thursday, September 9, 2021

| Nursery World

More than eight in ten private, voluntary or independent nurseries in England are making a loss or only just breaking even, according to a survey by the National Day Nurseries Association.

Big issues: Follow the story

Other

Friday, January 13, 2017

| Nursery World

Do you want to keep up to speed on the Government’s 30-hour childcare policy and what it means for your setting?

Nursery Management: Childminders - Space invaders

Features

Monday, September 19, 2016

| Nursery World

Children’s centres provide childminders and parents with a crucial place to meet and access services, but many are closing. New mum Gabriella Jozwiak finds out what is replacing them

DfE offers childminder start-up grants for 30 hours

News

Friday, February 24, 2017

| Nursery World

Newly registered childminders and childminder agencies can apply for grants of up to £1,000, if they are planning to offer the Government’s funded 30-hour childcare places.

Exclusive: To the Point - Making 30 hours work

Opinion

Monday, September 4, 2017

| Nursery World

Robert Goodwill, the new Minister for Children and Families, reflects on his first six weeks in post since the General Election

Nursery World Business Summit: Labour reiterates breakfast club pledge, but promises wider childcare reforms

News

Tuesday, March 7, 2023

| Nursery World

Bridget Phillipson, shadow education secretary, said that a Labour Government would ‘fix’ the country’s ‘broken childcare system’, in a speech to delegates at Nursery World’s 9th Business Summit.

Ceeda debate: 'Until the sector collapses you won't get investment'

News

Monday, January 27, 2020

| Nursery World

A legal challenge, a PR campaign and a working group were mooted as solutions to raise the profile of unsustainable childcare funding with the public, in crunch talks last week.

Childcare providers among hundreds of firms not eligible for Government help

News

Wednesday, April 15, 2020

| Nursery World

The Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) has been inundated with emails from the self-employed and small companies, including childcare providers, that are missing out on Government support during the coronavirus crisis.

DfE study finds quality ‘does not cost substantially more’

News

Monday, February 6, 2017

| Nursery World

Higher-quality early years education does not involve ‘substantially higher cost’, according to new research commissioned by the DfE, which also found that maintained provision has higher delivery costs than the PVI sector.

Council cut brings end to charity-run children's centres

News

Friday, August 9, 2013

| Nursery World

Barnardo's and Action for Children have lost their contracts to run seven children's centres in Leicester in a council bid to save 1.7m a year.

Nursery group subsidising free places in Scottish settings

News

Monday, November 17, 2014

| Nursery World

Bertram has revealed it is subsidising places for three and four-year-old at its Glasgow settings because of a cap on its funded places.

Alliance publishes free guides to help nurseries contribute to the funding review

News

Thursday, July 16, 2015

| Nursery World

New guidance to help early years settings calculate the real cost of providing funded childcare places is now available.

Poor areas hit hardest by rising nursery closures

News

Thursday, September 12, 2019

| Nursery World

More nurseries are closing in the most deprived areas of the country than elsewhere, according to analysis by the National Day Nurseries Association.

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30 hours: one year on

Group opens new nursery but closes another as underfunding hits

Scotland: Sector criticises omission of data on PVI workforce in childcare expansion report

New research predicts shortfall of nurseries offering extended free hours in Scotland

Sam Gyimah to face questions about under-funding from House of Lords committee

Nursery owners design ‘Champagne nurseries, lemonade funding’ cards

Nursery group secures £1.6m loan to support business during pandemic

Sharp rise in number of nurseries making a loss – survey

Big issues: Follow the story

Nursery Management: Childminders - Space invaders

DfE offers childminder start-up grants for 30 hours

Exclusive: To the Point - Making 30 hours work

Nursery World Business Summit: Labour reiterates breakfast club pledge, but promises wider childcare reforms

Ceeda debate: 'Until the sector collapses you won't get investment'

Childcare providers among hundreds of firms not eligible for Government help

DfE study finds quality ‘does not cost substantially more’

Council cut brings end to charity-run children's centres

Nursery group subsidising free places in Scottish settings

Alliance publishes free guides to help nurseries contribute to the funding review

Poor areas hit hardest by rising nursery closures

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