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Underfunding pushing up costs for parents, suggests new research

Thursday, March 28, 2019

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A new DfE report on providers’ finances shows that the hourly fee charged by settings for three- and four-year-old places is on average 58p higher than what they receive in funding.

Business - On a budget

Wednesday, March 3, 2021

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Following the Chancellor's speech, what’s the latest on sources of financial support, and how can settings budget at this uncertain time? Gary Croxon, Early Years Alliance service hub manager, reports

Early years funding for three-and four-years-olds to rise by 17p an hour

Thursday, November 25, 2021

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The hourly funding rate paid by the Government to local authorities for the three-and four-year-old entitlements will rise by 17p an hour in most local authority areas in England from April, the Department for Education has confirmed.

Large nursery groups join forces to meet coronavirus challenges

Friday, March 20, 2020

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More than 20 of the UK's leading nursery operators and early years organisations have formed a working group to co-ordinate responses and lobbying on the coronavirus crisis.

Average nursery loses £32,000 a year by subsidising 15-hour childcare

Thursday, March 9, 2023

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Less than 2 per cent of nurseries say the Government funding they receive to provide universal childcare for three-and four-year-olds covers their delivery costs, according to a survey by the National Day Nurseries Association, which also found that closures have risen by 87 per cent.

Reform of the childcare system 'urgent' as childcare places become less available

Thursday, March 9, 2023

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There has been a ‘sharp drop’ in the number of available childcare places across England over the past year, with just half of local authorities reporting sufficiency of places for children under two.

MPs tell the DfE 'there are holes that need fixing' with its childcare policies

Wednesday, July 26, 2023

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Cross-party MPs are warning the Government has more work to do with its incoming childcare policies to ensure children benefit from high-quality affordable early years education to help parents and providers.

Funded or free? Take our poll on the future of childcare

Monday, January 13, 2020

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Have your say in our joint Nursery World and Ceeda survey

Councils 'can transfer funding between settings' - new DfE guidance

Wednesday, April 22, 2020

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Councils are being encouraged to transfer early entitlement funding between early years settings if it helps them to create enough childcare places for key worker children.

Nurseries invited to take part in National Living Wage survey

Friday, July 17, 2015

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The National Day Nurseries Association (NDNA) has launched a survey to assess the impact the National Living Wage will have on providers.

Nursery Management: Property - Ready cash

Monday, March 23, 2015

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Sale-and-leaseback schemes offer a chance for both new and established providers to release capital. Courteney Donaldson, director and head of childcare at Christie & Co, sets out the detail.

Applications open for childcare social investment fund

Friday, March 27, 2015

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More details of how early years providers can apply for grants of up to £50,000 in social investment funding have been released.

Nursery Management: 30 Hours: Business Support - Stretch marks

Monday, March 20, 2017

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What next for those who won capital funding to extend their settings before September? – and for the many who did not get a grant, what other options are there? asks Karen Faux

Welsh childcare sector 'most fragile in Britain'

Tuesday, April 4, 2017

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Nurseries in Wales are struggling to stay afloat due to low funding rates and rising business costs, according to findings from the NDNA’s annual survey.

It's not 'free', it's funded!

Tuesday, February 14, 2017

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The Government needs to come clean to parents that 30 hours funding will force providers to charge for 'extra' services, says Neil Leitch, chief executive of Pre-school Learning Alliance

Portsmouth nurseries get maximum pilot funding

Thursday, June 23, 2016

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Portsmouth pilot settings are to receive an hourly rate of £4.88 for the 30 hours – the maximum available.

Nursery closures rise 66 per cent since 30 hours began

Monday, September 17, 2018

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Nursery closures have increased by two-thirds since the 30 hours funded childcare was introduced a year ago, reveals new research.

Welsh nurseries win exemption from business rates

Thursday, September 27, 2018

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All nurseries in Wales will be exempt from business rates from April 2019 as part of plans to help the childcare sector to expand.

Voucher companies call for scheme to be re-opened

Tuesday, March 5, 2019

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Childcare voucher providers are ramping up their campaign to re-open the scheme to parents.

Apprenticeship providers rail against Level 3 impasse

Thursday, March 28, 2019

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Training providers say they have lost faith in the Government to deliver the Level 3 apprenticeship standard – which has still not been produced five years after work on it started.

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