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Children’s minister pledges to re-examine local authority top-slicing of early years funding

Friday, June 9, 2023

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The children’s minister has vowed to look again at the percentage of early years funding that local authorities are allowed to keep back from providers in the Early Years Funding Formula.

Councils warn nurseries against 'top-up' fees

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Thursday, May 25, 2023

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Early years settings are being warned by councils about charging parents ‘top-up fees’ for the funded hours.

Disadvantaged children will miss out on childcare expansion plans, unless support is targeted – report

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Thursday, May 25, 2023

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Government plans to increase childcare will mean that a low-income parent stands to take home just £4 an hour after childcare costs and changes to universal credit are taken into account, according to research by two major charities.

Council told to reimburse parent's nursery fees as funded hours invoice was unclear

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Thursday, May 18, 2023

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A council has been told to reimburse a parent’s nursery fees after an ombudsman investigation found it failed to work with the provider to ensure its invoices for the funded hours and charges were 'clear and transparent'.

Tens of millions of pounds in early years funding not reaching nurseries, survey reveals

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Wednesday, May 10, 2023

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Local authorities have used more than £200m pounds over the last four years earmarked for early years funding to offset their deficits or prop up their reserves, according to an investigation by the National Day Nurseries Association, which described the findings as ‘shocking’.

DfE to consult with sector on childcare funding ahead of 30-hours expansion

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Tuesday, May 9, 2023

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The DfE is to consult with the sector this summer on how funding for the 15 and 30 hours childcare will be distributed, including the expanded entitlement for children from the age of nine months.

First minister sets out plans to expand out-of-school childcare in Scotland

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Wednesday, May 3, 2023

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Local authorities in Scotland are now able to apply for a share of £4.5m in funding for out-of-school and holiday clubs in disadvantaged areas.

Parents in UK face tougher struggle to afford childcare than parents abroad – survey

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Wednesday, April 12, 2023

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One in four UK parents has been forced to leave their job or stop studying because of the ‘rocketing cost of childcare’, according to a worldwide survey by global children’s charity Theirworld.

Concern young children missing out on Healthy Start scheme, as figures show a quarter of households with under-fours skip meals

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Monday, April 3, 2023

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The Food Foundation is calling on ministers to do more to raise awareness of the Healthy Start scheme and increase its value and eligibility, after it failed to meet the Government’s own target for take-up among low-income families.

Childminders and early years settings offered DfE-funded training to boost language and numeracy

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Thursday, March 30, 2023

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More than 700 early years settings and childminders in England will be able to take part in new training projects funded by the Education Endowment Foundation (EEF).

Majority of nurseries in Wales expect to make a loss or break even - survey

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Wednesday, March 29, 2023

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A quarter of nurseries in Wales expect to make a loss in the coming year, reveals new research.

Getting the funding rates right will 'make or break' nurseries

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Tuesday, March 28, 2023

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Nurseries warn that the promised increase in funding rates from September ‘fall well short’ of what they need to survive after years of underfunding.

Will the Chancellor's childcare reforms work in practice?

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Tuesday, March 28, 2023

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The increase to ‘free’ entitlements is likely to be welcomed by parents, but the early years sector and Institute for Fiscal Studies question the practicalities and purpose. By Catherine Gaunt

Nursery group to offer 30 hours funded childcare to all staff from next month

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Monday, March 27, 2023

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A nursery group of five settings across the North-West is to offer 30 hours of subsidised childcare for staff with children aged over nine months from April.

Nurseries 'overwhelmed' with phone calls from parents about funded one and two-year-old places

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Friday, March 24, 2023

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Nurseries have been inundated with calls from parents asking about the new funded entitlements for one- and two-year-olds despite the offer not being phased in until 2024.

Minister sets out more details on funding rates for childcare reforms

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Wednesday, March 22, 2023

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Children's minister Claire Couthino says that national average hourly funding rate for two-year-olds will rise to £8 this September and to £5.50 for three-to-four-year-olds. When the offer of 15 hours for children aged nine months and above is launched in September 2024, hourly funding is expected to be around £11 – with promises of ‘more to come’.

Budget 2023: Big funding questions hang over Chancellor's 'landmark' childcare reform pledge

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Thursday, March 16, 2023

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Sector leaders and experts have welcomed the Chancellor’s focus on childcare reform in the Budget, but warn the funding promised will not solve the current crisis, and there is no detail as yet on funding rates for providers of the expanded 30-hour offer.

Seven in ten nurseries would not change staff: child ratios for two-year-olds, Government consultation finds

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Thursday, March 16, 2023

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Most respondents to the Department for Education's consultation on changes to staff: child ratios for two-year-olds are against the plans, which the Government says will start in September.

Budget 2023: Sector disappointed over lack of support for existing childminders as new entrants to receive start-up grant

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Thursday, March 16, 2023

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The sector has broadly welcomed the Budget announcement to boost the number of childminders by introducing start-up grants, however expressed disappointment over a lack of support for those currently in the profession.

Budget 2023: Nurseries warn they 'need to see the sums' as Government plans major expansion in childcare for one- and two-year-olds

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Wednesday, March 15, 2023

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Sector organisations have welcomed Treasury plans to increase funding for childcare by £4 billion, but experts have warned ‘the devil is in the detail’, amid nurseries closing due to the ongoing underfunding and recruitment crisis.

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Children’s minister pledges to re-examine local authority top-slicing of early years funding

Councils warn nurseries against 'top-up' fees

Disadvantaged children will miss out on childcare expansion plans, unless support is targeted – report

Council told to reimburse parent's nursery fees as funded hours invoice was unclear

Tens of millions of pounds in early years funding not reaching nurseries, survey reveals

DfE to consult with sector on childcare funding ahead of 30-hours expansion

First minister sets out plans to expand out-of-school childcare in Scotland

Parents in UK face tougher struggle to afford childcare than parents abroad – survey

Concern young children missing out on Healthy Start scheme, as figures show a quarter of households with under-fours skip meals

Childminders and early years settings offered DfE-funded training to boost language and numeracy

Majority of nurseries in Wales expect to make a loss or break even - survey

Getting the funding rates right will 'make or break' nurseries

Will the Chancellor's childcare reforms work in practice?

Nursery group to offer 30 hours funded childcare to all staff from next month

Nurseries 'overwhelmed' with phone calls from parents about funded one and two-year-old places

Minister sets out more details on funding rates for childcare reforms

Budget 2023: Big funding questions hang over Chancellor's 'landmark' childcare reform pledge

Seven in ten nurseries would not change staff: child ratios for two-year-olds, Government consultation finds

Budget 2023: Sector disappointed over lack of support for existing childminders as new entrants to receive start-up grant

Budget 2023: Nurseries warn they 'need to see the sums' as Government plans major expansion in childcare for one- and two-year-olds

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