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NDNA launches study into nurseries’ sustainability

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Monday, July 19, 2021

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Nurseries in England, Scotland and Wales are being urged to take part in a survey into their sustainability.

Early years Alliance files complaint over DfE refusal to release funding data

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Wednesday, August 4, 2021

| Nursery World

The Early Years Alliance has lodged a complaint with the Information Commissioner’s Office over the Department for Education's refusal to release calculations to back up its claims that early years funding rates for 2021-22 do cover rising costs to staff wages.

Pupil premium extended to early years as tax-free childcare scheme expands

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Tuesday, March 18, 2014

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The Government is to extend the Pupil Premium to disadvantaged three- and four-year-olds from 2015.

DfE axes childminder funding scheme

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Friday, November 23, 2018

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The Government has scrapped the only national Government funding scheme set up to help new childminders start their business, despite falling numbers in recent years.

Exclusive: NDNA urges 30 hours rethink in wake of survey

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Monday, April 17, 2017

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The National Day Nurseries Association is calling on the Government to rethink its flagship 30-hours policy after a fifth of respondents to its annual survey said there is little or no chance they will be offering the extra free entitlement come September.

Survey reveals falling confidence in 1,140 hour childcare scheme

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Monday, June 11, 2018

| Nursery World

Almost half of private nurseries in Scotland are unlikely to offer extended childcare, the NDNA annual survey suggests.

Save the Children calls for help for Syria's children

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Friday, August 30, 2013

| Nursery World

With the turmoil in Syria and neighbouring countries at critical levels, Save the Children is calling for donations to help with its distribution of humanitarian aid to thousands of Syrian children.

Pilot settings put conditions on 30 free hours offer

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Monday, September 5, 2016

| Nursery World

As the eight chosen areas begin to pilot the 30-hour free entitlement from this month, some settings are introducing new policies such as charges and limiting flexibility.

Report warns 30 hours will mean less care for poorer families

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Monday, March 7, 2016

| Nursery World

If every week has a theme these days, last week could have been dubbed ‘free childcare stats’ week.

Complaints spark Teach First review

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Friday, July 12, 2013

| Nursery World

The eligibility criteria for Teach First are currently being reviewed following complaints that applicants with early years degrees were unable to apply for the scheme.

Mixed response to DfE's new model agreement

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Monday, March 6, 2017

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Early years settings will not be able to force parents to pay for extras as a condition of taking up a free childcare place, the Department for Education has reiterated in a model agreement.

Tax-free childcare not the solution, argues new report

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Wednesday, June 4, 2014

| Nursery World

Today’s Queen’s Speech is expected to include the Tax-Free Childcare Bill, the coalition Government’s answer to making childcare more affordable and flexible for working parents.

Business organisation urges Government to invest and reform the childcare system

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Friday, February 10, 2023

| Nursery World

The Confederation of British Industry (CBI) is calling on the Chancellor to invest £8.9bn into the early years ahead of the Spring Budget next month (15 March).

Early years coalition calls for 'radical rethink' of childcare funding

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Saturday, November 12, 2022

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A coalition of early years organisations and nurseries is calling on the Government to consider new childcare funding options, including making the 15 hours universal from the age of two and paying a 'premium rate' for disadvantaged children.

Government accused of turning children into 'numbers on a Treasury spreadsheet'

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Thursday, June 15, 2023

| Nursery World

The Government has been accused of prioritising a desire to use more ‘free childcare’ as a means to boost the economy over and above the needs of young children

LONG READ: What funding and regulatory changes mean for the sector

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Tuesday, November 21, 2023

| Nursery World

Katy Morton analyses changes coming down the track and garners opinion on the wider implications.

DfE miscalculated under-twos places by £120m, but says it will cover whatever it costs

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Monday, January 22, 2024

| Nursery World

The DFE miscalculated funding for under-twos places by at least £120 million, but has now committed to ‘funding however much it costs’.

England’s broken childcare system is ‘falling behind the rest of the world’

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Monday, April 15, 2024

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England’s childcare system is ‘dysfunctional, propped up by piecemeal policies, held back by a lack of vision and not fit for purpose or the future, argues a new report.

Estimate that the expanded offer will save families up to £6,500 is a 'far cry' from the truth

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Monday, March 25, 2024

| Nursery World

Many families eligible for the new two-year-old funding will still struggle to afford their childcare bill, warns new research that finds a quarter of parents will save less than £100 a month.

Scottish Government told to expand funded places to help families escape poverty

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Thursday, April 25, 2024

| Nursery World

There remains a ‘significant amount of work to be done to give children the best chance of growing up free from poverty in Scotland’, concludes a new report.

Funding for childcare places has dropped in more than 50 local authorities since April

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Tuesday, May 14, 2024

| Nursery World

Funding for two-year-old places is lower in 57 council areas than it was last September, according to an analysis of funding rates by the National Day Nurseries Association, which also warns that Government funding ‘is not reaching the frontline’.

GCSE rules scrapped for standalone Level 3 EYEs

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Friday, July 31, 2015

| Nursery World

The requirement for those taking standalone Level 3 Early Years Educator courses to have GCSE English and Maths at Grade C or above before starting the qualification has been removed just before the new funding year begins on 1 August.

Parents urge Hounslow Council to re-think children's centre closure plans

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Friday, August 14, 2015

| Nursery World

A petition against the proposed closure of four children’s centres in Hounslow has received the support of hundreds of parents.

Prime Minister gives his backing to infant free school meals

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Wednesday, September 30, 2015

| Nursery World

David Cameron has said he is 'very proud' of the Universal Infant Free School Meals (UIFSM) scheme following speculation that it will be scrapped in the spending review.

Birmingham Council to review the cost of living wage for nurseries

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Tuesday, December 2, 2014

| Nursery World

Birmingham Council has commissioned an independent review into the affordability for early years providers of paying staff the living wage.

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NDNA launches study into nurseries’ sustainability

Early years Alliance files complaint over DfE refusal to release funding data

Pupil premium extended to early years as tax-free childcare scheme expands

DfE axes childminder funding scheme

Exclusive: NDNA urges 30 hours rethink in wake of survey

Survey reveals falling confidence in 1,140 hour childcare scheme

Save the Children calls for help for Syria's children

Pilot settings put conditions on 30 free hours offer

Report warns 30 hours will mean less care for poorer families

Complaints spark Teach First review

Mixed response to DfE's new model agreement

Tax-free childcare not the solution, argues new report

Business organisation urges Government to invest and reform the childcare system

Early years coalition calls for 'radical rethink' of childcare funding

Government accused of turning children into 'numbers on a Treasury spreadsheet'

LONG READ: What funding and regulatory changes mean for the sector

DfE miscalculated under-twos places by £120m, but says it will cover whatever it costs

England’s broken childcare system is ‘falling behind the rest of the world’

Estimate that the expanded offer will save families up to £6,500 is a 'far cry' from the truth

Scottish Government told to expand funded places to help families escape poverty

Funding for childcare places has dropped in more than 50 local authorities since April

GCSE rules scrapped for standalone Level 3 EYEs

Parents urge Hounslow Council to re-think children's centre closure plans

Prime Minister gives his backing to infant free school meals

Birmingham Council to review the cost of living wage for nurseries

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