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Cost of raising a child rises by 4 per cent in a year

Monday, August 19, 2013

| Nursery World

New research published by the Child Poverty Action Group illustrates parents' growing struggle to provide a decent standard of living for their families in 2013.

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

Nurseries and childminders invited to picnic on day of action against Truss reforms

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Wednesday, May 29, 2013

| Nursery World

Early years providers across the UK are being encouraged to hold picnics on International Children's Day on 1 June, to join together to protest against the proposals.

Montessori pulls out of offering Government-funded parenting classes

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Friday, March 22, 2013

| Nursery World

Montessori St Nicholas has withdrawn from running free parenting classes a year early, frustrated by bureaucracy and low take-up.

Revised safeguarding guidelines focus on the child

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Friday, March 22, 2013

| Nursery World

More focus needs to be placed on the needs of children revised Government guidelines on safeguarding state.

Childminders' professionalism at risk with introduction of agencies

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Friday, February 8, 2013

| Nursery World

The early years sector has urged caution over plans to introduce childminding agencies, as set out in the Children and Families Bill.

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

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Tuesday, January 29, 2013

| Nursery World

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

'More Great Childcare': Sector overwhelmingly opposes ratio changes

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Tuesday, January 29, 2013

| Nursery World

Reactions have been coming in thick and fast to Elizabeth Truss' announcement and the publication of the More Great Childcare report.

'More Great Childcare': Interview with Elizabeth Truss

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Monday, January 28, 2013

| Nursery World

Nursery World was invited to Durand Academy in south London to meet education and childcare minister Elizabeth Truss in advance of the publication of the 'More great childcare' report.

'More Great Childcare': a guide to the key points

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Monday, January 28, 2013

| Nursery World

The long-awaited Government response to Professor Cathy Nutbrown's review of early education and childcare qualifications goes further than responses to her recommendations.

Childcare tax break for working parents on the cards, as coalition releases mid-term review

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Monday, January 7, 2013

| Nursery World

Parents could be able to claim up to 2,000 a year in tax breaks to help pay for nurseries and childminders, government sources have indicated.

Mothers must work four months a year to break even on childcare costs

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Wednesday, January 2, 2013

| Nursery World

New research finds that mothers working full-time need to work for a third of the year before they are able to see any financial benefit from returning to work.

Government-funded report focuses on early intervention to help children with SEN

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Wednesday, January 2, 2013

| Nursery World

The recommendations of the Better Communication Research Programme (BCRP), the largest ever programme of research into children's speech, language and communication services in the UK, put an emphasis on early intervention, close involvement of families and joint commissioning of services across education, health and social care to support children with speech, language and communication needs.

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

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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.

High childcare costs mean 'not worthwhile' for mothers to return to work

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Wednesday, December 19, 2012

| Nursery World

Mothers in the UK find childcare so expensive that for many there is no incentive to work full-time, a major international study has found.

Local authority cuts hourly rate for two-year-old places

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Friday, December 14, 2012

| Nursery World

Early years settings in one London borough will receive a 15 per cent cut to their funding next year to provide free early education places for disadvantaged two-year-olds.

Universal pre-school education leads to greater educational equality, study claims

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Monday, December 10, 2012

| Nursery World

The UK's school system would rank higher in international league tables if the universal entitlement to free nursery places had been set up in the 1990s, new research suggests.

NCMA takes Ofsted to task over claims childminders 'not up to the job'

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Tuesday, December 4, 2012

| Nursery World

The National Childminding Association has written to Ofsted hitting back at suggestions that childminders should primarily deliver 'care' not education in the EYFS.

Families need an income of 30,000 a year to survive

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Thursday, November 15, 2012

| Nursery World

British families need to earn over 30,000 a year to pay basic living expenses, according to a new report.

Nick Clegg to unveil new system of flexible parental leave

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Monday, November 12, 2012

| Nursery World

Mothers and fathers will be able to share paid leave and pay at any time during the first year after a child is born, Nick Clegg is expected to announce today.

Lottery to invest 165m in early years projects

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Thursday, November 1, 2012

| Nursery World

Up to 10,000 babies and children under three will be offered support through a range of early intervention projects funded by 165m in lottery funding.

NICE advice focuses on emotional and social well-being of under-fives

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Friday, October 26, 2012

| Nursery World

Early years practitioners should be 'systematic and persistent' in encouraging vulnerable parents to use early years services, new NHS guidance on the social and emotional well-being of under-fives states.

Sure Start parent campaigners join unions to launch national childcare campaign

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Friday, October 12, 2012

| Nursery World

A group of local parents who protested over cuts to children's centres in Manchester has joined forces with unions and voluntary organisations to launch a national childcare campaign.

Teachers to take industrial action

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Monday, September 10, 2012

| Nursery World

The two largest teaching unions have voted in favour of joint industrial action over planned changes to pay and conditions, workload and pensions.

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

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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.

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