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Apprenticeship providers rail against Level 3 impasse

Thursday, March 28, 2019

| Nursery World

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.

Wales expands childcare training scheme

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Friday, March 22, 2019

| Nursery World

Wales has launched the second phase of a government-funded scheme giving participants the chance to trial a career in childcare.

Council tells DfE of settings in financial crisis

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Monday, March 18, 2019

| Nursery World

Lancashire County Council has written to the Education Secretary with concerns it will not be able to provide sufficient childcare places if early years settings there continue to close.

SEND nursery may close after LA cutbacks

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Monday, March 18, 2019

| Nursery World

A charity that provides care and support for children with SEND and their families in Essex is at risk of closure due to withdrawal of local authority funding.

Alliance launches early years survey on impact of wage rises

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Tuesday, March 12, 2019

| Nursery World

The Early Years Alliance has launched a survey for early years providers ahead of national minimum wage increases next month.

Voucher companies call for scheme to be re-opened

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Tuesday, March 5, 2019

| Nursery World

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

Warning over impact of Universal Credit on early years provider funding

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Friday, February 22, 2019

| Nursery World

Self-employed childcare providers could miss out on Universal Credit as a result of receiving early years entitlement funding, the Early Years Alliance has warned.

Children in 'Opportunity Area' have improved outcomes

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Friday, February 15, 2019

| Nursery World

Children in the most deprived area of the country have seen a huge improvement in their outcomes at the end of the EYFS following a major programme of targeted Government investment.

Petition calling for funding to increase tops 6,000 signatures

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Thursday, January 31, 2019

| Nursery World

A petition calling on the Government to increase childcare funding in line with minimum wage rises has secured more than 6,400 signatures in just a few days.

Ceeda Data: About Early Years 4 - Gaps in the market

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Monday, January 21, 2019

| Nursery World

The new About Early Years Sector Skills Survey finds childcare employers are four times as likely to say staff lack crucial skills than in other sectors. By Hannah Crown

Universal Credit parents 'in debt' over upfront childcare costs

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Thursday, January 3, 2019

| Nursery World

Universal credit claimants are losing jobs and childcare places because they are required to pay childcare bills upfront, a new report has found.

Childcare providers will struggle with rise to national wage rates

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Tuesday, November 27, 2018

| Nursery World

Early years experts have warned that national wage increases could have a ‘devastating’ impact on the sector.

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.

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.

Budget failings to cost nursery sector nearly half a billion pounds

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Wednesday, November 14, 2018

| Nursery World

The cost to private and voluntary nurseries of last month’s budget is £437m according to an analysis by the National Day Nurseries Association.

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.

EXCLUSIVE In Focus: 30 hours: the hidden cost

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Monday, November 12, 2018

| Nursery World

What price are the most vulnerable children paying for the Government’s flagship childcare policy? Our FOI investigation reveals that nearly a fifth of councils have cut nursery places in the past year or are currently doing so.

Apprenticeships latest: IfA claims it 'has worked collaboratively'

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Tuesday, October 9, 2018

| Nursery World

The Institute for Apprenticeships has responded to criticism that it is not listening to employers following the resignation of Busy Bees from the trailblazer group.

Childcare access falls in disadvantaged areas, new report reveals

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Monday, October 1, 2018

| Nursery World

Ceeda's About Early Years Annual Report, published today, confirms funding challenges, workforce shortages and inequity of access to places.

Sector gives cautious welcome to Labour childcare pledges

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Monday, October 1, 2018

| Nursery World

We round up reaction from providers, sector organisations and others to Labour's childcare plans

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Apprenticeship providers rail against Level 3 impasse

Wales expands childcare training scheme

Council tells DfE of settings in financial crisis

SEND nursery may close after LA cutbacks

Alliance launches early years survey on impact of wage rises

Voucher companies call for scheme to be re-opened

Warning over impact of Universal Credit on early years provider funding

Children in 'Opportunity Area' have improved outcomes

Petition calling for funding to increase tops 6,000 signatures

Ceeda Data: About Early Years 4 - Gaps in the market

Universal Credit parents 'in debt' over upfront childcare costs

Childcare providers will struggle with rise to national wage rates

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

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

Budget failings to cost nursery sector nearly half a billion pounds

Education Secretary questioned in Parliament over our 30 hours investigation

EXCLUSIVE In Focus: 30 hours: the hidden cost

Apprenticeships latest: IfA claims it 'has worked collaboratively'

Childcare access falls in disadvantaged areas, new report reveals

Sector gives cautious welcome to Labour childcare pledges

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