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T-level funding 'better' than for EYE courses

Friday, June 21, 2019

| Nursery World

The Government will spend more than £10,000 on each childcare T- level in a bid to boost the numbers taking this new Level 3 programme.

Nursery Management: Working Poverty: Parents - On the breadline

Features

Sunday, September 15, 2019

| Nursery World

We know that 70 per cent of all poor children are in working families. So how easy is it for these families to access childcare? Charlotte Goddard investigates

Sector warns that proposed rise to national wage will ‘inflict significant damage’

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Monday, January 1, 0001

| Nursery World

Early years organisations have warned that the plans to increase the minimum wage to £10.50 an hour, announced by the Chancellor yesterday, will lead to more nursery closures.

Rise to Living Wage will be felt by Scottish nurseries, warns NDNA

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Wednesday, November 13, 2019

| Nursery World

The NDNA says that Scottish nurseries, which must pay the Living Wage to deliver the country's funded hours, will be put under strain with the increase to the rate.

PM places the blame for problems with 30 hours on local authorities

News

Thursday, December 7, 2017

| Nursery World

During Prime Minister's Questions (PMQs) this week, Theresa May said nursery owners had told her that some local authorities are operating the 30 hours 'system' well, while others are not.

Government scraps early years expansion fund

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Thursday, January 4, 2018

| Nursery World

The early years investment fund, which was due to provide cheap money to enable settings to expand, has been quietly jettisoned, Nursery World has learned.

Campaigners to deliver letter to PM calling for more funding to save children's centres

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Wednesday, March 28, 2018

| Nursery World

Campaigners against cuts to children's centres will march on Downing Street to hand a letter to the Prime Minister demanding more funding to save early years services.

Nursery campaigners to meet children's minister

News

Wednesday, May 16, 2018

| Nursery World

Representatives of the campaign to save Salford’s five local authority nurseries have been invited to meet children and families minister Nadhim Zahawi today (Wednesday 16 May).?

Exclusive: 30 hours saves poorest parents least

News

Monday, September 18, 2017

| Nursery World

The 30 hours policy will save some of the poorest households £5 per week, while the richest will gain ten times that, analysis finds.

Universal Credit, part 5: Working Parents

Features

Monday, May 28, 2018

| Nursery World

David Finch continues his series on Universal Credit by asking if the reform incentivises those on low earnings to work more hours in order to increase their income

Tax-free childcare - unfair all round

Opinion

Thursday, March 28, 2013

| Nursery World

Alison Garnham, Chief Executive, Child Poverty Action Group

Nursery group crowdfunds for life-saving devices

News

Monday, October 30, 2017

| Nursery World

Bright Kids nursery group is crowdfunding to raise money to buy a defibrillator for each of its three settings and one for public use.

Spending on Sure Start cut by two-thirds in nine years

News

Monday, September 17, 2018

| Nursery World

Investment in Sure Start has further declined with the Government spending just over £576 million on children's centres in 2017-18, compared with £1.8 billion in 2009-10.

Busy Bees campaigns for higher rate for Tax-Free Childcare

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Thursday, June 13, 2013

| Nursery World

Busy Bees Benefits has launched a second nationwide 'Mind the Gap - Raise the Cap' campaign to ensure the Government's proposed Tax-Free Childcare Scheme reflects childcare costs.

Great news for schools…disappointment for PVIs

Opinion

Tuesday, September 25, 2018

| Nursery World

The Government's £30m school nurseries fund may be great news for schools, but why should private and voluntary nurseries be seen as second-class citizens?

EXCLUSIVE: Busy Bees quits trailblazer group as 'process not employer-led'

News

Thursday, September 27, 2018

| Nursery World

Busy Bees has sensationally resigned from the chair of the early years trailblazer group after trying for 18 months to get the Level 3 apprenticeship standard released, Nursery World can reveal.

Nursery schools twice as likely to be in deficit than schools

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Thursday, October 11, 2018

| Nursery World

New Government figures reveal in each of the last three years, the proportion of nursery schools in deficit has been double that of all schools.

Education Secretary questioned in Parliament over our 30 hours investigation

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Tuesday, November 13, 2018

| Nursery World

A leading MP has called for the Government to better evaluate the impact of its policies after our investigation found that the 30 hours offer is penalising disadvantaged children.

Nadhim Zahawi sets out next steps for £20m early years fund

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Thursday, November 15, 2018

| Nursery World

The DfE is looking for a national training partner to take on the next stage of the Early Years Professional Development Fund, the children’s minister told delegates at the Nursery World Business Summit.

Providers in Wales find £4.50 rate for 30 hours commercially viable

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Monday, November 26, 2018

| Nursery World

Nearly nine in ten providers offering the 30 hours in Wales agree that the rate is viable, according to findings from research into the early implementer phase of the scheme.

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T-level funding 'better' than for EYE courses

Nursery Management: Working Poverty: Parents - On the breadline

Sector warns that proposed rise to national wage will ‘inflict significant damage’

Rise to Living Wage will be felt by Scottish nurseries, warns NDNA

PM places the blame for problems with 30 hours on local authorities

Government scraps early years expansion fund

Campaigners to deliver letter to PM calling for more funding to save children's centres

Nursery campaigners to meet children's minister

Exclusive: 30 hours saves poorest parents least

Universal Credit, part 5: Working Parents

Tax-free childcare - unfair all round

Nursery group crowdfunds for life-saving devices

Spending on Sure Start cut by two-thirds in nine years

Busy Bees campaigns for higher rate for Tax-Free Childcare

Great news for schools…disappointment for PVIs

EXCLUSIVE: Busy Bees quits trailblazer group as 'process not employer-led'

Nursery schools twice as likely to be in deficit than schools

Education Secretary questioned in Parliament over our 30 hours investigation

Nadhim Zahawi sets out next steps for £20m early years fund

Providers in Wales find £4.50 rate for 30 hours commercially viable

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