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Campaigners call for Academies Bill amendment to give parents a say

Tuesday, June 15, 2010

| Nursery World

The group 38 Degrees is urging people to write to their MP to support an amendment to the Academies Bill to ensure that schools seeking academy status will have to consult the local community.

Free school meals on the rise

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Tuesday, May 18, 2010

| Nursery World

The number of pupils eligible for free school meals has risen dramatically, figures from the Department for Children, Schools and Families reveal.

Labour's energy freeze and business rate cuts will save PVI providers thousands

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Friday, June 20, 2014

| Nursery World

The Labour party says its plans to freeze energy prices and cut business rates will save childcare providers at least £26 million.

Scottish Labour party reveals plans to cap childcare costs

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Friday, October 10, 2014

| Nursery World

The Scottish Labour leader has proposed capping childcare costs at 10 per cent of the median income to help families.

Projects for disadvantage get share of £1m fund

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Monday, April 6, 2015

| Nursery World

Six projects designed to raise the attainment of disadvantaged children from the age of two have been granted a share of £1m in funding.

Conservatives to 'look again' at delaying school start for summer-borns

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Thursday, April 30, 2015

| Nursery World

A Conservative Government would revisit the issue of parents being able to defer their summer-born child’s school start.

Children under four should travel in rear-facing car seats

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Tuesday, January 24, 2012

| Nursery World

Clearer guidance on car seats is needed as many people are unaware that it is safer for children up until the age of four to be placed in rear-facing car seats, claims a new study.

Children will have legal right to see fathers after divorce

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Friday, February 3, 2012

| Nursery World

The Government is to recommend that children are given legal rights to maintain relationships with both parents after they separate, in its response to the Norgrove review of the family justice system published on Monday.

Think-tank proposes scheme to make childcare more affordable

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Wednesday, February 8, 2012

| Nursery World

Parents would be able to borrow up to 10,000 to pay for the cost of childcare which they would then pay back on a monthly basis through the tax system, under plans proposed by the think-tank the Social Market Foundation.

Pre-School Learning Alliance warns of debt danger in childcare loan plan

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Friday, February 10, 2012

| Nursery World

The early years and childcare organisation has slammed proposals put forward by a think-tank to allow working parents to borrow up to 10,000 to pay for childcare.

Lowest-paid spend highest percentage of wages on childcare

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Friday, March 30, 2012

| Nursery World

Childcare costs account for more than a third of salaries in the UK, according to research, with clerical office workers among the worst hit.

Schools to clamp down on primary school absence in Reception

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Monday, April 16, 2012

| Nursery World

For the first time schools would collect data on absences from reception class children to help stem the tide of increasing absence in primary school, in proposals put forward by the Government's expert adviser on behaviour.

Child benefit plans 'a disaster', warn accountants

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Wednesday, May 16, 2012

| Nursery World

The chancellor's plans to end the universal right to child benefit for all families and introduce means tested benefits is a 'disaster waiting to happen', say accountants.

Interview - Benita Refson, Chief executive of Place2Be

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Friday, May 3, 2013

| Nursery World

Place2Be is a national children's charity that provides school-based emotional and mental health support services.

Free books scheme for under-fives extends to all areas

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Monday, December 12, 2011

| Nursery World

The Scottish Book Trust's early years book gifting programme has received an additional 450,000, bringing the total amount of funding for the scheme to 1.5m until 2013.

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