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Nursery Management: Working Poverty: Parents - On the breadline

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

Principles drafted for children's centre outreach services

News

Tuesday, March 23, 2010

| Nursery World

Every children's centre outreach service could soon have to comply with a set of core principles and standards, under draft plans by the Department for Children, Schools and Families.

Think-tank proposes scheme to make childcare more affordable

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Wednesday, February 8, 2012

| Nursery World

Parents would be able to borrow up to 10,000 to pay for the cost of childcare which they would then pay back on a monthly basis through the tax system, under plans proposed by the think-tank the Social Market Foundation.

'Five-a-day' parenting tips proposed

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Monday, August 8, 2011

| Nursery World

An independent liberal think-tank is calling for a national parenting campaign that applies the 'five-a-day' concept to advice on pre-school development.

Autumn statement 2011: sector reaction to rise in two-year-old places and tax credit freezes

News

Tuesday, November 29, 2011

| Nursery World

The early years sector has given a largely positive response to the Chancellor's announcement to extend the free entitlement to 40 per cent of two-year-olds by 2015.

Government launches consultation on EYFS review

News

Monday, August 2, 2010

| Nursery World

The early years workforce is being urged to submit evidence towards the independent review of the EYFS, with a consultation launched online today.

BIG ISSUE: Cuts to Sure Start Children's Centres

Features

Wednesday, January 19, 2011

| Nursery World

Enormous shortfall in two-year-old places predicted

News

Monday, December 12, 2011

| Nursery World

Some of the largest nursery groups in the country are concerned that a shortfall in the number of nursery places for disadvantaged two-year-olds could hamper Government plans to expand free nursery education, Nursery World has learned.

Government launches child protection review

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Tuesday, June 15, 2010

| Nursery World

Education secretary Michael Gove and children and families minister Tim Loughton last week invited Professor Eileen Munro from the London School of Economics to conduct an independent review of child protection and social work in England that will focus on how social workers can spend more time with vulnerable children.

'More Great Childcare': Interview with Elizabeth Truss

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Monday, January 28, 2013

| Nursery World

Nursery World was invited to Durand Academy in south London to meet education and childcare minister Elizabeth Truss in advance of the publication of the 'More great childcare' report.

Fathers working in City shun paternity leave

News

Wednesday, April 23, 2014

| Nursery World

One in three fathers who work in the City took no paternity leave or failed to take their full two-week entitlement,shows new research.

Council's funding cuts to children's centres face legal challenge

News

Tuesday, March 29, 2011

| Nursery World

A parent has threatened to take legal action against a local authority over its plans to re-organise its children's centres.

Pilot study finds no financial barriers to 30-hour childcare

News

Monday, July 17, 2017

| Nursery World

An evaluation of the 30-hour pilot areas concludes there is 'no specific reason' to believe that the policy will not be a success.

Work Matters: Management Focus - Parental leave - Call for flexibility

Features

Tuesday, August 17, 2010

| Nursery World

The Federation of Small Businesses wants parents to be given more say in planning maternity/paternity leave, says Karen Faux.

To the point : Supporting Families in the Foundation Years - A welcome document

Features

Monday, September 5, 2011

| Nursery World

By Naomi Eisenstadt, senior research fellow in families, early learning and literacy at the University of Oxford

To the point - Prevention not cure

Opinion

Friday, June 8, 2012

| Nursery World

David Cameron's recent turn to domestic policy with his 'Can Parent' classes is to be welcomed. Repositioning parenting classes as support for all, rather than a penalty for 'poor parents' is a good first step to encourage uptake. The next will be to ensure the service reaches the vulnerable, as well as the proactive.

Childminders will have option to have contact details on Ofsted website

News

Thursday, February 2, 2012

| Nursery World

Ofsted is writing to all childminders to ask whether they would like their contact details published on their website.

Busy Bees campaign to raise childcare vouchers to 75 a week

News

Friday, May 11, 2012

| Nursery World

The employee benefits arm of the largest nursery group Busy Bees has launched a national campaign to increase childcare voucher allowances to support working parents.

Why regulatory reform will boost numbers and perception of childminders

News

Friday, May 11, 2012

| Nursery World

Despite the Government spending 7bn on childcare per year, British parents currently pay 27% of their income on childcare.

'Earning less is better than not getting the business'

News

Friday, March 2, 2012

| Nursery World

Nursery World's facebook page was inundated with comments last week, as childcare providers debated the issue of increased financial pressure on parents' incomes, versus raising fees to cope with the rise in provider costs.

Childcare Commission - the Government wants your ideas

News

Friday, July 20, 2012

| Nursery World

The Government is calling on early years and childcare providers, parents and others to put forward their ideas about how to make childcare more affordable and accessible.

EYFS Best Practice - All about... children's centres

Features

Monday, November 30, 2015

| Nursery World

Budget cuts have seen the closure of many children’s centres, and reduced services at those that remain. But they are trying to forge a viable future, as Charlotte Goddard explains

Early end to subsidised childcare tax credits scheme costs parents dear

News

Tuesday, July 27, 2010

| Nursery World

Parents on a pilot scheme to help lower-income families with their childcare costs have been told they will have to pay back 500 because the pilot is ending in September, nine months earlier than planned.

EYFS REVIEW: second consultation on early learning goals

News

Tuesday, December 20, 2011

| Nursery World

The early learning goals for literacy and mathematics in the EYFS have been amended, in light of the response from the early years sector to the revised framework.

Are HMRC nursery closures a sign of what's to come?

News

Friday, August 31, 2012

| Nursery World

The future of Government department nurseries has been put in doubt following the announcement that the HMRC is to close all of its nurseries operated by Bright Horizons and news that the Land Registry has closed two of its settings.

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Nursery Management: Working Poverty: Parents - On the breadline

Principles drafted for children's centre outreach services

Think-tank proposes scheme to make childcare more affordable

'Five-a-day' parenting tips proposed

Autumn statement 2011: sector reaction to rise in two-year-old places and tax credit freezes

Government launches consultation on EYFS review

BIG ISSUE: Cuts to Sure Start Children's Centres

Enormous shortfall in two-year-old places predicted

Government launches child protection review

'More Great Childcare': Interview with Elizabeth Truss

Fathers working in City shun paternity leave

Council's funding cuts to children's centres face legal challenge

Pilot study finds no financial barriers to 30-hour childcare

Work Matters: Management Focus - Parental leave - Call for flexibility

To the point : Supporting Families in the Foundation Years - A welcome document

To the point - Prevention not cure

Childminders will have option to have contact details on Ofsted website

Busy Bees campaign to raise childcare vouchers to 75 a week

Why regulatory reform will boost numbers and perception of childminders

'Earning less is better than not getting the business'

Childcare Commission - the Government wants your ideas

EYFS Best Practice - All about... children's centres

Early end to subsidised childcare tax credits scheme costs parents dear

EYFS REVIEW: second consultation on early learning goals

Are HMRC nursery closures a sign of what's to come?

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