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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.

Budget 2021: Business rates relief extension will include nurseries

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Wednesday, March 3, 2021

| Nursery World

Nurseries will continue to be exempt from business rates, but there was no new funding earmarked for the early years or schools in the Chancellor’s budget.

Coronavirus: DfE updates early years guidance in response to PM 'roadmap'

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Tuesday, February 23, 2021

| Nursery World

Wraparound childcare, including care provided by childminders, can restart from 8 March, as part of the gradual easing of lockdown restrictions announced yesterday.

Coronavirus: Government revises guidance for children of key workers

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Monday, January 11, 2021

| Nursery World

Children of keyworkers should stay at home ‘if they can’, the Government has said, in the latest change to school guidance.

Council defies Government and closes nurseries

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Thursday, January 7, 2021

| Nursery World

Brighton and Hove Council has closed its nurseries to cope with rising cases of Covid-19 across the city.

Coronavirus: MPs to debate petition calling for vaccinations for early years workers and teachers

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Thursday, January 7, 2021

| Nursery World

Prioritising Covid-19 vaccinations for childcare staff and teachers will be debated in Parliament on Monday (11 January), following a petition which has so far received more than 342,000 signatures.

Welsh nurseries to stay open for all children

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Wednesday, January 6, 2021

| Nursery World

Nurseries in Wales have stayed open for all children this week, while schools have closed.

Scotland: nurseries told to limit services for three weeks

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Monday, December 21, 2020

| Nursery World

Childcare settings will close their services to all but keyworkers and the vulnerable for three weeks ‘at least’ in an effort to curb the virus, Scottish Government has announced.

Coronavirus: Most out-of-school clubs can stay open in lockdown

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Friday, November 6, 2020

| Nursery World

The Out of School Alliance has published a summary of new guidelines for breakfast and after-school clubs, most of which will be able to continue to operate during England's four-week lockdown.

No limit on informal childcare bubble size during second lockdown

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Thursday, November 5, 2020

| Nursery World

There will be no limit to the number of children and adults in informal childcare bubbles for children under 13, under lockdown rules in England that come into force today.

Coronavirus: DfE publishes guidance for education and childcare settings ahead of second lockdown

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Wednesday, November 4, 2020

| Nursery World

The Department for Education has published guidance for education and childcare settings ahead of the new national lockdown in England, which comes into force tomorrow.

DfE updates guidance on shielding for early years settings

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Tuesday, October 20, 2020

| Nursery World

Guidance for staff and children who are defined as ‘clinically extremely vulnerable’ has been updated by the Department for Education in response to the new Covid alert levels.

Coronavirus: Option to delay school being explored by UK's largest nursery group

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Tuesday, June 23, 2020

| Nursery World

The UK's largest nursery group Busy Bees is working with local authorities to explore a funded ‘stay-in-nursery’ scheme, which would give parents the option to delay the start of their child’s primary school for up to two terms.

DfE updates guidance on wider opening for early years and childcare providers

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Wednesday, June 3, 2020

| Nursery World

The Department for Education has updated guidance for early years and childcare providers, including confirmation that from 1 June, childminders can look after children of all ages, in line with their current Ofsted registration, and within usual limits on the number of children they can care for.

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.

Labour unveils 'radical' plans on childcare funding and workforce

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Tuesday, September 25, 2018

| Nursery World

A Labour Government would increase provider funding to £7.35 an hour for free hours, introduce a national pay scale, and move towards a graduate-led workforce.

MPs to scrutinise effectiveness of childcare policy on parental employment

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Friday, January 5, 2018

| Nursery World

An inquiry into childcare policy and its influence on the economy has been launched by the Treasury Committee.

Nursery groups must report on gender pay gap

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Friday, April 7, 2017

| Nursery World

All employers with 250 or more employees will now be required by law to publish figures on the gender pay gap.

Government forges ahead with academy plans in Queen's Speech

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Wednesday, May 18, 2016

| Nursery World

The Government has included an Education for All Bill in the Queen's Speech, with proposals for under-performing schools to be forcibly converted to academies.

Town hall leaders flag academies' capacity concerns

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Monday, April 18, 2016

| Nursery World

Schools may become disconnected from local need once they all become academies, local authority chiefs have warned, as more than half a million children receive their primary offers today (Monday).

DfE to consult on information sharing between childcare providers and schools

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Thursday, March 24, 2016

| Nursery World

A new consultation on how information sharing can help drive the 30 hours entitlement will happen later this year, the childcare minister said this week.

Future of state-run nursery schools ‘in doubt’ after Budget

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Monday, March 21, 2016

| Nursery World

More than 400 state-run nursery schools could ‘disappear at a stroke’ under the Government’s plan to turn all schools into academies, a leading early years specialist has warned.

Childminder Agencies - Government steps up agency push

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Monday, February 22, 2016

| Nursery World

Childminder agencies are a hot topic again now that the DfE has drafted in the charity 4Children to support interested organisations, but the model still divides opinion. Charlotte Goddard reports

Experts highlight parenting class mistakes

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Monday, January 25, 2016

| Nursery World

A government-funded study published days after the Prime Minister pledged to roll out parenting classes to all, has reported the scheme will fail without proper financial backing.

DfE renews drive to set up childminder agencies

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Friday, January 22, 2016

| Nursery World

4Children is supporting nurseries, schools and local authorities to open childminder agencies in a new push by the Department for Education to expand the scheme across England.

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

Budget 2021: Business rates relief extension will include nurseries

Coronavirus: DfE updates early years guidance in response to PM 'roadmap'

Coronavirus: Government revises guidance for children of key workers

Council defies Government and closes nurseries

Coronavirus: MPs to debate petition calling for vaccinations for early years workers and teachers

Welsh nurseries to stay open for all children

Scotland: nurseries told to limit services for three weeks

Coronavirus: Most out-of-school clubs can stay open in lockdown

No limit on informal childcare bubble size during second lockdown

Coronavirus: DfE publishes guidance for education and childcare settings ahead of second lockdown

DfE updates guidance on shielding for early years settings

Coronavirus: Option to delay school being explored by UK's largest nursery group

DfE updates guidance on wider opening for early years and childcare providers

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

Labour unveils 'radical' plans on childcare funding and workforce

MPs to scrutinise effectiveness of childcare policy on parental employment

Nursery groups must report on gender pay gap

Government forges ahead with academy plans in Queen's Speech

Town hall leaders flag academies' capacity concerns

DfE to consult on information sharing between childcare providers and schools

Future of state-run nursery schools ‘in doubt’ after Budget

Childminder Agencies - Government steps up agency push

Experts highlight parenting class mistakes

DfE renews drive to set up childminder agencies

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