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Funding for childcare places has dropped in more than 50 local authorities since April
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- Tuesday, May 14, 2024 | Nursery World
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’.
Government 'pushed' for action to prevent the number of childminders falling to just 1,000
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- Tuesday, May 14, 2024 | Nursery World
There are calls for urgent Government action to stop the decline in childminders as research suggests just 1,000 will be left in England by 2035.
Applications open for funded hours for nine-month-olds, but sector warns of difficulty finding a place
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- Monday, May 13, 2024 | Nursery World
As applications open for parents of nine-month-olds to apply for the 15- hour funding, concerns have been raised that early years providers won't be able to meet the increased demand.
New survey seeks to find out if early years providers feel prepared for the expanded offer
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- Monday, May 13, 2024 | Nursery World
Early years providers are invited to take part in a new survey covering the expanded entitlement, views on political party policies and home learning.
Report provides roadmap for 'a new era' of Sure Start
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- Friday, May 10, 2024 | Nursery World
Schools and nurseries should be put at the centre of a new updated model for Sure Start, according to a new report by think tank Child of the North and the Centre for Young Lives.
Book your spot at our free business webinar on expanded childcare
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- Wednesday, May 1, 2024 | Nursery World
The expansion of funded childcare brings with it both opportunities and challenges for early years settings of all sizes to manage, with an increase to administration and paperwork.
Ofsted: Government rules in favour of keeping single-word judgements
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- Friday, April 26, 2024 | Nursery World
The Government has said that single-word inspection judgements will stay, despite recommendations from the education select committee of MPs that they should be scrapped and replaced with a more ‘nuanced’ system.
Scottish Government told to expand funded places to help families escape poverty
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- Thursday, April 25, 2024 | Nursery World
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.
Early years FE college tutors could be eligible for an extra £6,000 a year from September
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- Tuesday, April 23, 2024 | Nursery World
From September early years teachers in further education colleges will be offered an extra £6,000.
Plans to strengthen safeguarding rules in the EYFS out for consultation
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- Monday, April 22, 2024 | Nursery World
Plans to ensure individuals working in early years settings have reference checks, and new requirements to follow up if a child is absent from nursery for a prolonged period of time, are some of the measures set out in a new early years safeguarding consultation.
Sector raises concern as survey shows most early years providers haven't increased their places
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- Monday, April 22, 2024 | Nursery World
Most early years providers have not changed the number of places they offer, despite an additional 85,000 places being needed for the full roll out of the expanded offer.
Pilot childcare scheme to run in schools this summer
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- Friday, April 19, 2024 | Nursery World
Private, voluntary and independent nurseries will take part in a pilot of childcare in schools starting this summer.
More than 51,600 two-year-olds without a funded place
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- Friday, April 19, 2024 | Nursery World
Around 51,645 two-year-olds have yet to take up their funded place, reveal the latest Government figures.
One in five schools on the ‘frontline’ of supporting families with food poverty
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- Wednesday, April 17, 2024 | Nursery World
There are now more than 4,000 food banks running in schools in England, which equates to one in every five primary and secondary schools in the country, according to new research.
England’s broken childcare system is ‘falling behind the rest of the world’
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- Monday, April 15, 2024 | Nursery World
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.
Take part in a Nursery World survey on the expanded childcare entitlement for two-year-olds
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- Monday, April 15, 2024 | Nursery World
Are you a nursery or childminder taking part in the Government’s new offer of 15-hours for two-year-olds? Or are you still undecided?
Sharp drop in pupil numbers could lead to schools losing £1 billion in funding
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- Wednesday, April 10, 2024 | Nursery World
Schools could lose over £1 billion in funding by 2030 due to falling pupil numbers, according to new analysis by the Education Policy Institute.
More than 150,000 two-year-olds taking up funded places - surpassing Government target
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- Friday, April 5, 2024 | Nursery World
Over 150,000 two-year-olds have secured a funded place under the first phase of the expanded offer that came into effect at the beginning of this week, the Government has announced.
Government admits an extra 40,000 staff are needed for 30 hours expansion
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- Thursday, April 4, 2024 | Nursery World
The education secretary Gillian Keegan has said that an extra 40,000 staff will be needed to deliver the full rollout of the expanded 30 hours.
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