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Ofsted to run consultation on paid-for inspection details

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Monday, September 22, 2014

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Ofsted is to consult in the next few months on the procedures and cost for paid-for early years inspections.

Tax-Free Childcare delayed until 2017

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Thursday, July 2, 2015

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Tax-free childcare (TFC) has been delayed until early 2017, following a legal challenge from the childcare voucher provider companies.

Fears that PVI settings could lose children under new Schools Admissions Code

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Monday, December 15, 2014

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Early years organisations have voiced concerns that the move to allow schools to give priority places to disadvantaged children who attend school nurseries will discriminate against parents who wish to send their children to private, voluntary and independent settings.

Ofsted scraps plan to remove childminders from statistics

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Wednesday, February 25, 2015

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Ofsted has ditched plans to omit data on childminder numbers and places from official figures.

Council backs down over funded places plans for nursery staff

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Wednesday, April 1, 2015

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Lancashire County Council has made a dramatic climbdown over its decision to ban nursery workers with related children in their nursery from claiming free hours funding.

Budget: Compulsory academies plan slammed

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Wednesday, March 16, 2016

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Government plans to end local authority control of the country’s schools have been slammed as ‘undemocratic’ and an ‘ideological step too far’ by teaching unions and local authorities.

Ireland Reforms - Progress is slow for Ireland's childcare sector

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Monday, August 25, 2014

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More than a year since a television programme revealed below-standards of care and mistreatment at some of Ireland's creches, little improvement appears to have been made to the country's childcare.

First aiders warn nursery children at risk

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Friday, April 27, 2018

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A first aid training body has warned that pre-school children in Scotland are being put at unneccessary risk because there is no requirement for childcare staff to hold a paediatric first aid certificate.

New online service for CRB checks

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Thursday, May 23, 2013

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From next month nurseries and childminders will be able to access criminal record checks online.

Changes to Early Learning Goals 'criminal' says early years expert

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Friday, November 9, 2018

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Children are being steered towards pleasing teachers over developing a genuine love of learning under proposed reforms to the Early Learning Goals, early years experts said yesterday.

Bucks children's centre campaigners await High Court decision on closures

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Thursday, July 4, 2019

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A legal challenge against Buckinghamshire County Council’s decision to shut more than half of its children’s centres at the High Court in London came to a close yesterday.

Scotland becomes first UK country to ban smacking

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Friday, October 4, 2019

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Scotland has become the first country in the UK to make smacking a criminal offence.

Coronavirus: EYFS requirements and ratios to be relaxed

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Thursday, April 16, 2020

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Early years settings will no longer be required to meet the learning and development requirements of the EYFS or staff:child ratios, in temporary measures to be put in place during the coronavirus outbreak.

New Birth to 5 Matters guidance to be published

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Wednesday, March 31, 2021

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The new Birth to 5 Matters guidance document is being launched by the Early Years Coalition in a live Facebook stream, tonight.

Children's centres: Why are inspection grades suffering?

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Monday, January 12, 2015

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The latest Ofsted results for children's centres suggest that performance is poor in comparison to other types of childcare provision. Gabriella Jozwiak investigates the facts behind the figures.

Three in ten settings downgraded following complaints-driven inspections

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Wednesday, October 9, 2013

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Nearly a third of nurseries and childminders inspected following a complaint have seen their grade drop, according to figures released by Ofsted.

Attempts by peers to amend childcare bill fail

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Monday, November 18, 2013

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Childminders have expressed disappointment that a peer’s attempt to postpone the introduction of childminding agencies has failed.

Wales sets out ten-year vision for childcare

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Thursday, July 18, 2013

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The Welsh Assembly has published its first early years and childcare plan, detailing ways in which it will support families and young children over the next ten years.

Ofsted takes school and FE inspections in house, but not early years

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Thursday, May 29, 2014

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Ofsted is to bring school inspections and further education inspections in-house.

Ofsted figures show small rise in good and outstanding grades

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Thursday, June 26, 2014

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The proportion of nurseries and childminders awarded a grade of outstanding or good by Ofsted has increased slightly, but so has the percentage deemed inadequate.

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Ofsted to run consultation on paid-for inspection details

Tax-Free Childcare delayed until 2017

Fears that PVI settings could lose children under new Schools Admissions Code

Ofsted scraps plan to remove childminders from statistics

Council backs down over funded places plans for nursery staff

Budget: Compulsory academies plan slammed

Ireland Reforms - Progress is slow for Ireland's childcare sector

First aiders warn nursery children at risk

New online service for CRB checks

Changes to Early Learning Goals 'criminal' says early years expert

Bucks children's centre campaigners await High Court decision on closures

Scotland becomes first UK country to ban smacking

Coronavirus: EYFS requirements and ratios to be relaxed

New Birth to 5 Matters guidance to be published

Children's centres: Why are inspection grades suffering?

Three in ten settings downgraded following complaints-driven inspections

Attempts by peers to amend childcare bill fail

Wales sets out ten-year vision for childcare

Ofsted takes school and FE inspections in house, but not early years

Ofsted figures show small rise in good and outstanding grades

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