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Government brings forward 30-hour childcare and funding review

Monday, June 1, 2015

| Nursery World

David Cameron will today unveil plans for a funding review to start ‘before the summer’ in advance of a pilot of 30 hours of free childcare from September 2016.

Alliance calls for seat at funding review table

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Tuesday, May 19, 2015

| Nursery World

The Pre-School Learning Alliance has released a post-election manifesto in which it asks to work with government on the promised review of free entitlement funding.

Exclusive - Analysis uncovers true cost of party childcare pledges

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Tuesday, May 5, 2015

| Nursery World

Data experts have costed the three main parties' pledges on extended free childcare.

Disqualification rules 'ineffective', say providers

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Monday, April 20, 2015

| Nursery World

Rules banning early years staff from working with children because of who they live with are 'unfair' and 'ineffective', nurseries claim.

Council scraps plans for free hours funding withdrawal

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Thursday, April 2, 2015

| Nursery World

Lancashire County Council confirmed today (2 April) that it will not be going ahead with plans that would have seen children with relatives working in the same setting losing their early education funding.

Council backs down over funded places plans for nursery staff

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Wednesday, April 1, 2015

| Nursery World

Lancashire County Council has made a dramatic climbdown over its decision to ban nursery workers with related children in their nursery from claiming free hours funding.

Council stops children with relatives in nursery claiming free hours

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Wednesday, April 1, 2015

| Nursery World

Education officials have slammed a council’s plans to stop children related to nursery staff from claiming free early education funding in the setting where they work.

End in sight for no-notice nursery inspections

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Friday, March 27, 2015

| Nursery World

In future early years settings will receive a half-day's notice ahead of their routine inspection, Nursery World can exclusively reveal.

First aid training will be compulsory for all nursery staff

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Thursday, March 12, 2015

| Nursery World

All newly qualified nursery staff will be legally required to take paediatric first aid training for the first time from next year.

Last chance to take part in our survey into work-related health

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Wednesday, February 18, 2015

| Nursery World

We know many people who work in nurseries experience physical problems: nearly 90 per cent of you reported experiencing back pain in a 2011 survey.

Government deletes controversial rule over apprentices' GCSEs

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Friday, February 13, 2015

| Nursery World

The Government has formally abolished the five-year-rule, paving the way for GCSEs of any date to be used to complete an apprenticeship.

Guide to Ofsted’s new common inspection framework

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Wednesday, February 4, 2015

| Nursery World

The new common inspection framework applies to all education inspections and will come into force from September 2015.

Ofsted set for radical overhaul to unite education inspections

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Tuesday, February 3, 2015

| Nursery World

Early years settings, schools and colleges will be inspected under a new common inspection framework from September, with shorter and more frequent inspections.

Childcare minister calls for business rate relief for nurseries

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Wednesday, January 14, 2015

| Nursery World

Local authorities will be given a financial incentive to encourage them to offer business rate relief to nurseries.

Call for all nursery staff to be qualified in paediatric first aid

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Monday, December 15, 2014

| Nursery World

MPs will debate in parliament today whether all nursery staff should be qualified in paediatric first aid, following a campaign by parents.

Four-fifths of early years providers rated good or above by Ofsted

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Friday, November 28, 2014

| Nursery World

The early years sector has been praised for the level of good and outstanding Ofsted grades achieved, but latest inspections are running at a lower level

Institutional failures over child sex abuse revealed

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Thursday, November 20, 2014

| Nursery World

Children are at risk of sex abuse because of failures by councils and other agencies to get a grip on the problem, a damning new report has found.

New tool to track early years inspections

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Tuesday, October 21, 2014

| Nursery World

A new online tracking tool called Watchsted provides a snapshot of the latest early years inspections across the country.

Inspections must be tailored for the early years

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Friday, October 10, 2014

| Nursery World

Leading early years organisations have given a positive response to plans for a single inspection framework, but urged Ofsted to ensure that inspections are designed for the early education sector.

Sector criticises Ofsted move to potential 30-month wait for first inspection

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Monday, October 6, 2014

| Nursery World

The early years sector has given a mixed reaction to changes to inspections set out by Ofsted early years director Nick Hudson and revealed on Nursery World online.

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Government brings forward 30-hour childcare and funding review

Alliance calls for seat at funding review table

Exclusive - Analysis uncovers true cost of party childcare pledges

Disqualification rules 'ineffective', say providers

Council scraps plans for free hours funding withdrawal

Council backs down over funded places plans for nursery staff

Council stops children with relatives in nursery claiming free hours

End in sight for no-notice nursery inspections

First aid training will be compulsory for all nursery staff

Last chance to take part in our survey into work-related health

Government deletes controversial rule over apprentices' GCSEs

Guide to Ofsted’s new common inspection framework

Ofsted set for radical overhaul to unite education inspections

Childcare minister calls for business rate relief for nurseries

Call for all nursery staff to be qualified in paediatric first aid

Four-fifths of early years providers rated good or above by Ofsted

Institutional failures over child sex abuse revealed

New tool to track early years inspections

Inspections must be tailored for the early years

Sector criticises Ofsted move to potential 30-month wait for first inspection

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