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DfE brings in temporary change to early years funding to provide 'reassurance' to nurseries and childminders

Thursday, March 18, 2021

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Childcare providers will receive funding based on actual attendance numbers during this year's summer and autumn terms, in a move designed to protect their funding, as children return to early years settings.

Government dismisses childcare funding petition signed by 110,000

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Thursday, June 24, 2021

| Nursery World

The Government has said it has no plans to review early years funding, in response to a parliamentary petition signed by thousands - however a cross-party committee of MPs has commissioned a survey of providers and parents to look at childcare costs.

Ex-education recovery tsar calls Government catch-up programme 'feeble'

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Tuesday, June 29, 2021

| Nursery World

Former education recovery tsar, Sir Kevan Collins, has highlighted the underfunding in early years, and branded the Government’s £1.4 billion Covid catch-up plan for children as ‘feeble’.

Call on Government for long-term funding for maintained nursery schools

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Tuesday, October 5, 2021

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Sector organisation Early Education with the unions NAHT, NEU and Unison have written a joint letter to the Chancellor and the Education Secretary to call for a long-term funding solution for maintained nursery schools, ahead of the autumn spending review.

Sector accuses Government of misleading it over early years funding

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Thursday, January 27, 2022

| Nursery World

Early years sector organisations have reacted with alarm to more details of funding for the next three financial years, which confirms that the extra money announced for early years entitlements in the autumn budget is £320m less than was stated at the time.

Ministers launch consultation on childcare ratio changes

News

Monday, July 4, 2022

| Nursery World

The Government is pressing ahead with a consultation on changes to childcare ratios in England, despite widespread opposition from early years providers and parents to the plans.

Summer holiday childcare costs forcing parents to take unpaid leave

News

Tuesday, July 19, 2022

| Nursery World

Almost half of parents will have to take unpaid leave during the summer due to a lack of availability of childcare and ‘soaring’ costs as fees rise by 5 per cent in a year, reveals new research.

More Affordable Childcare: Plans for regulation shake-up for childcare set out

News

Tuesday, July 16, 2013

| Nursery World

Proposals to make childcare more affordable and increase the provision of out-of-school childcare in schools have been set out today.

Government funding to encourage more children to play in the street

News

Wednesday, August 14, 2013

| Nursery World

The Department of Health (DoH) has announced more than 5m of funding to encourage children and families to exercise more.

Childminders speak out on related children funding ban

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Monday, April 20, 2015

| Nursery World

The ongoing issue of childminders being unable to claim early education funding has come under the spotlight again, after Lancashire County Council was forced to back down on plans to stop the free entitlement for children related to nursery staff at their setting.

More primary children to receive universal free school meals

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Thursday, September 12, 2013

| Nursery World

Primary school pupils in Southwark and Tower Hamlets are to benefit from free school meals, regardless of their household income.

Does the 30-hour funding stack up?

News

Monday, December 14, 2015

| Nursery World

Following the announcements made in the Chancellor’s Autumn Spending Review, Dr Jo Verrill, managing director of research agency Ceeda, examines how providers will be affected financially

Early years sector’s hopes and dreams for the year ahead

News

Monday, January 8, 2018

| Nursery World

Early years organisations, childcare providers and unions share their new year wishes.

Nursery owners create 'Champagne nurseries, lemonade funding' video

News

Thursday, March 31, 2016

| Nursery World

The YouTube video has been launched by a group of nursery owners to campaign against the government’s policies on the free entitlement.

York nurseries win rise to 30-hour childcare pilot funding

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Friday, May 27, 2016

| Nursery World

Nurseries and childminders in York have won their battle for more Government funding for the 30 hours’ childcare pilot.

Underestimate of eligible parents could cause 30-hour 'capacity crisis'

News

Friday, January 20, 2017

| Nursery World

New research claims the Government has underestimated the take-up of the 30-hours by more than 100,000 places, saying that as many as 500,000 parents could be eligible, rather than the 390,000 cited by the Government.

NDNA predicts impact of funding shake-up

News

Monday, August 22, 2016

| Nursery World

The potential winners and losers in the Government's national funding formula shake-up are detailed in new data analysis by the National Day Nurseries Association (NDNA), provided exclusively to Nursery World.

Proposed SEND funds 'not enough', sector says

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Monday, October 3, 2016

| Nursery World

The sector has welcomed the Government’s recognition of the inequality of access to childcare for children with special educational needs and disabilities, but has questioned how far its proposed reforms will go.

'Learning together' trial open to 150 settings

News

Friday, October 21, 2016

| Nursery World

Settings are invited to taking part in a £680k trial looking at the effects on children of boosting their parents' teaching skills and confidence.

30 hours – the beginnings of a childminding revival?

Opinion

Monday, December 12, 2016

| Nursery World

Through all the debate around 30 hours, one thing has remained constant.

HMRC details how Tax-Free Childcare scheme will work

News

Monday, March 20, 2017

| Nursery World

More details of how the Tax-Free Childcare scheme will work in practice have been revealed to Nursery World by HMRC.

Enabling Environments: EYPP - Cash flow

Features

Monday, June 13, 2016

| Nursery World

Collaborate to make the most of EYPP funding, explains Di Chilvers

Early Years National Funding Formula: DfE plans major shake-up of early years funding

News

Thursday, August 11, 2016

| Nursery World

Plans to change the way that childcare for three- and four-year-olds is funded to make the system fairer for all early years providers, wherever they are in the country, have been put out for consultation today.

Chancellor extends parental leave to working grandparents

News

Monday, October 5, 2015

| Nursery World

Grandparents who give up work to look after their grandchildren will be able to claim a weekly childcare allowance, under new plans set out by chancellor George Osborne.

Lords vote for independent funding review ahead of 30-hours roll-out

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Thursday, October 15, 2015

| Nursery World

Peers have voted in favour of an amendment to the Childcare Bill requiring Government to carry out an independent review of funding before the free childcare entitlement is doubled.

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DfE brings in temporary change to early years funding to provide 'reassurance' to nurseries and childminders

Government dismisses childcare funding petition signed by 110,000

Ex-education recovery tsar calls Government catch-up programme 'feeble'

Call on Government for long-term funding for maintained nursery schools

Sector accuses Government of misleading it over early years funding

Ministers launch consultation on childcare ratio changes

Summer holiday childcare costs forcing parents to take unpaid leave

More Affordable Childcare: Plans for regulation shake-up for childcare set out

Government funding to encourage more children to play in the street

Childminders speak out on related children funding ban

More primary children to receive universal free school meals

Does the 30-hour funding stack up?

Early years sector’s hopes and dreams for the year ahead

Nursery owners create 'Champagne nurseries, lemonade funding' video

York nurseries win rise to 30-hour childcare pilot funding

Underestimate of eligible parents could cause 30-hour 'capacity crisis'

NDNA predicts impact of funding shake-up

Proposed SEND funds 'not enough', sector says

'Learning together' trial open to 150 settings

30 hours – the beginnings of a childminding revival?

HMRC details how Tax-Free Childcare scheme will work

Enabling Environments: EYPP - Cash flow

Early Years National Funding Formula: DfE plans major shake-up of early years funding

Chancellor extends parental leave to working grandparents

Lords vote for independent funding review ahead of 30-hours roll-out

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