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Ofsted calls for stronger 'oversight' of large providers

Monday, November 1, 2021

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Ofsted is calling for stronger regulatory powers to ensure early years providers with multiple settings are having a positive impact on children.

DfE brings in temporary change to early years funding to provide 'reassurance' to nurseries and childminders

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Thursday, March 18, 2021

| Nursery World

Childcare providers will receive funding based on actual attendance numbers during this year's summer and autumn terms, in a move designed to protect their funding, as children return to early years settings.

Budget 2021: Business rates relief extension will include nurseries

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Wednesday, March 3, 2021

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Nurseries will continue to be exempt from business rates, but there was no new funding earmarked for the early years or schools in the Chancellor’s budget.

Coronavirus: DfE updates early years guidance in response to PM 'roadmap'

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Tuesday, February 23, 2021

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Wraparound childcare, including care provided by childminders, can restart from 8 March, as part of the gradual easing of lockdown restrictions announced yesterday.

Coronavirus: Government revises guidance for children of key workers

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Monday, January 11, 2021

| Nursery World

Children of keyworkers should stay at home ‘if they can’, the Government has said, in the latest change to school guidance.

Council defies Government and closes nurseries

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Thursday, January 7, 2021

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Brighton and Hove Council has closed its nurseries to cope with rising cases of Covid-19 across the city.

Coronavirus: MPs to debate petition calling for vaccinations for early years workers and teachers

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Thursday, January 7, 2021

| Nursery World

Prioritising Covid-19 vaccinations for childcare staff and teachers will be debated in Parliament on Monday (11 January), following a petition which has so far received more than 342,000 signatures.

Welsh nurseries to stay open for all children

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Wednesday, January 6, 2021

| Nursery World

Nurseries in Wales have stayed open for all children this week, while schools have closed.

Scotland: nurseries told to limit services for three weeks

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Monday, December 21, 2020

| Nursery World

Childcare settings will close their services to all but keyworkers and the vulnerable for three weeks ‘at least’ in an effort to curb the virus, Scottish Government has announced.

Coronavirus: Most out-of-school clubs can stay open in lockdown

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Friday, November 6, 2020

| Nursery World

The Out of School Alliance has published a summary of new guidelines for breakfast and after-school clubs, most of which will be able to continue to operate during England's four-week lockdown.

No limit on informal childcare bubble size during second lockdown

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Thursday, November 5, 2020

| Nursery World

There will be no limit to the number of children and adults in informal childcare bubbles for children under 13, under lockdown rules in England that come into force today.

Coronavirus: DfE publishes guidance for education and childcare settings ahead of second lockdown

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Wednesday, November 4, 2020

| Nursery World

The Department for Education has published guidance for education and childcare settings ahead of the new national lockdown in England, which comes into force tomorrow.

DfE updates guidance on shielding for early years settings

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Tuesday, October 20, 2020

| Nursery World

Guidance for staff and children who are defined as ‘clinically extremely vulnerable’ has been updated by the Department for Education in response to the new Covid alert levels.

Coronavirus: Option to delay school being explored by UK's largest nursery group

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Tuesday, June 23, 2020

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The UK's largest nursery group Busy Bees is working with local authorities to explore a funded ‘stay-in-nursery’ scheme, which would give parents the option to delay the start of their child’s primary school for up to two terms.

DfE updates guidance on wider opening for early years and childcare providers

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Wednesday, June 3, 2020

| Nursery World

The Department for Education has updated guidance for early years and childcare providers, including confirmation that from 1 June, childminders can look after children of all ages, in line with their current Ofsted registration, and within usual limits on the number of children they can care for.

Historical View: Is childcare working?

Features

Tuesday, May 7, 2019

| Nursery World

How much childcare is available for mothers who work full-time? Pamela Calder, former chair of the Early Childhood Studies Degrees Network and who campaigned in the 70s for better access to childcare, asks whether things have improved

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

News

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.

Labour unveils 'radical' plans on childcare funding and workforce

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Tuesday, September 25, 2018

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A Labour Government would increase provider funding to £7.35 an hour for free hours, introduce a national pay scale, and move towards a graduate-led workforce.

Childminders in Wales win funding for related children

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Tuesday, June 19, 2018

| Nursery World

Registered childminders in Wales will be able to provide funded places for related children that do not live with them from September.

Major nursery groups reveal gender pay gap

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Monday, April 16, 2018

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Nursery groups with more than 250 employees have reported on their gender pay gaps, with women ahead in some companies, but men still paid more in others despite the female-dominated nature of the early years sector.

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Ofsted calls for stronger 'oversight' of large providers

DfE brings in temporary change to early years funding to provide 'reassurance' to nurseries and childminders

Budget 2021: Business rates relief extension will include nurseries

Coronavirus: DfE updates early years guidance in response to PM 'roadmap'

Coronavirus: Government revises guidance for children of key workers

Council defies Government and closes nurseries

Coronavirus: MPs to debate petition calling for vaccinations for early years workers and teachers

Welsh nurseries to stay open for all children

Scotland: nurseries told to limit services for three weeks

Coronavirus: Most out-of-school clubs can stay open in lockdown

No limit on informal childcare bubble size during second lockdown

Coronavirus: DfE publishes guidance for education and childcare settings ahead of second lockdown

DfE updates guidance on shielding for early years settings

Coronavirus: Option to delay school being explored by UK's largest nursery group

DfE updates guidance on wider opening for early years and childcare providers

Historical View: Is childcare working?

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

Labour unveils 'radical' plans on childcare funding and workforce

Childminders in Wales win funding for related children

Major nursery groups reveal gender pay gap

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