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

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.

Take part in a Nursery World survey on the expanded childcare entitlement for two-year-olds

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Monday, April 15, 2024

| Nursery World

Are you a nursery or childminder taking part in the Government’s new offer of 15-hours for two-year-olds? Or are you still undecided?

Research shows that children living near Sure Start centres gained higher GCSE grades

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Tuesday, April 9, 2024

| Nursery World

Children from low-income families who lived near a Sure Start centre did better at GCSE, according to new research from the Institute for Fiscal Studies.

More than 150,000 two-year-olds taking up funded places - surpassing Government target

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Friday, April 5, 2024

| Nursery World

Over 150,000 two-year-olds have secured a funded place under the first phase of the expanded offer that came into effect at the beginning of this week, the Government has announced.

Government admits an extra 40,000 staff are needed for 30 hours expansion

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Thursday, April 4, 2024

| Nursery World

The education secretary Gillian Keegan has said that an extra 40,000 staff will be needed to deliver the full rollout of the expanded 30 hours.

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.

Budget 2024: Chancellor confirms 'guaranteed' rates for 'landmark' childcare expansion

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Wednesday, March 6, 2024

| Nursery World

The Chancellor has delivered his spring Budget today confirming there will be an extra £500m for providers over two years to support providers with workforce costs.

Budget 2024: Early years sector cautiously welcomes Chancellor's plans for funding rates to rise in line with costs

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Wednesday, March 6, 2024

| Nursery World

Early years sector organisations have given a cautious welcome to the Chancellor’s confirmation that he would ‘guarantee rates’ for providers to deliver the expanded childcare offer, but say the 'devil is in the detail'.

Labour says Chancellor's plans to expand childcare are 'in absolute tatters'

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Monday, March 4, 2024

| Nursery World

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has claimed that the Government is ‘on track’ with its plans to expand childcare for parents, in response to Labour claims that it has a dossier that shows that the Conservatives’ plans are ‘in absolute tatters’.

How 'A Better Start' areas support families and babies against backdrop of shortages to midwives and health visitors

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Friday, March 1, 2024

| Nursery World

A new report on maternity and antenatal support by the National Lottery Community Fund and the National Children’s Bureau highlights the challenges faced by the midwifery and health visiting workforce, and highlights partnership working in the five 'A Better Start' areas of England.

Call to give more importance to family learning

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Friday, March 1, 2024

| Nursery World

A group of organisations from across the early years and family support sectors is calling for family learning to be reformed so every child and parent in England are supported.

LONG READ: Sector is split over decision to provide funded twos places

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Tuesday, February 27, 2024

| Nursery World

Two surveys show that many settings will not be able to offer parents places for the extended entitlements, as the start of the roll-out of the expanded policy nears. By Catherine Gaunt

Concerns the expanded offer isn't 'workable in practice' due to limited space and providers capping places

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Thursday, February 22, 2024

| Nursery World

Early years providers will struggle to meet increased demand for funded places once the expanded offer comes in due to staffing and space shortages, suggest new findings.

Parents unlikely to benefit much financially under expanded offer

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Thursday, February 22, 2024

| Nursery World

For a third of parents, the expanded ‘childcare’ offer will save them less than £100 a month due to charges for extras and increased fees outside of the funding, new research suggests.

Labour accuses Government of 'failing families' over soaring childcare costs

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Tuesday, February 20, 2024

| Nursery World

Analysis of childcare costs by Labour shows that the average cost of a part-time childcare place has risen by 80 per cent since 2010 when the party was last in office.

Open letter demands Government give parents a 'better deal' with early years provision

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Wednesday, February 14, 2024

| Nursery World

An open letter calling for the Government to increase early years funding and improve its communication with parents has been signed by LEYF, the Fatherhood Institute and campaigner Kate Dyson of The Motherload.

LONG READ: Nursery World Business Summit – Concern children with SEND and poorer families could miss out on expanded hours

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Monday, February 12, 2024

| Nursery World

Nursery owners have warned of the dangers of a ‘two-tier system’ being created, with low-income families and children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) increasingly unable to access funded entitlements.

NW Business Summit: No plans to remove the word 'free' from the 15 and 30 hours, says children's minister

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Monday, February 5, 2024

| Nursery World

The Department for Education has no plans to remove the word ‘free’ when describing and advertising the funded entitlements, the children and families minister David Johnston told delegates at Nursery World’s Business Summit on Friday (2 February).

Local authority timescales to inform providers of funding rates shortened

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Friday, February 2, 2024

| Nursery World

Local authorities will have to confirm funding rates to early years providers eight weeks after the DfE announces local authority rates, under new rules being brought in.

LONG READ: Extended hours in chaos as councils leave settings in dark on rates

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Tuesday, January 30, 2024

| Nursery World

Most local authorities have yet to tell providers how much they will receive for funded places, raising doubts over how many settings will be able to offer the entitlements. By Katy Morton

Calls to change SEND funding system to increase 'scandalously low' number of early years places

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Thursday, January 25, 2024

| Nursery World

A charity is calling for immediate action on the current system of funding for children with SEND, who, due to ‘unnecessarily complex application processes’, are being turned away by early years settings.

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’.

Survey into early years providers' costs and staffing pressures

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Tuesday, January 16, 2024

| Nursery World

Early years providers are being invited to take part in a survey analysing the impact of rising costs and funding challenges on the sector.

‘Complete chaos’ for parents trying to access the extended funding for two-year-olds

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Monday, January 15, 2024

| Nursery World

Thousands of parents are struggling to get their code to take up the extended hours and to find a setting that is offering funded places.

Government funding impacts childminders' Universal Credit payments

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Monday, January 15, 2024

| Nursery World

Childminders claiming Universal Credit (UC) who receive funding from their local authority termly or in two lump sums, rather than monthly, are being stripped of the benefit, leaving them short of money and struggling to cover bills, finds a new report.

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

Take part in a Nursery World survey on the expanded childcare entitlement for two-year-olds

Research shows that children living near Sure Start centres gained higher GCSE grades

More than 150,000 two-year-olds taking up funded places - surpassing Government target

Government admits an extra 40,000 staff are needed for 30 hours expansion

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

Budget 2024: Chancellor confirms 'guaranteed' rates for 'landmark' childcare expansion

Budget 2024: Early years sector cautiously welcomes Chancellor's plans for funding rates to rise in line with costs

Labour says Chancellor's plans to expand childcare are 'in absolute tatters'

How 'A Better Start' areas support families and babies against backdrop of shortages to midwives and health visitors

Call to give more importance to family learning

LONG READ: Sector is split over decision to provide funded twos places

Concerns the expanded offer isn't 'workable in practice' due to limited space and providers capping places

Parents unlikely to benefit much financially under expanded offer

Labour accuses Government of 'failing families' over soaring childcare costs

Open letter demands Government give parents a 'better deal' with early years provision

LONG READ: Nursery World Business Summit – Concern children with SEND and poorer families could miss out on expanded hours

NW Business Summit: No plans to remove the word 'free' from the 15 and 30 hours, says children's minister

Local authority timescales to inform providers of funding rates shortened

LONG READ: Extended hours in chaos as councils leave settings in dark on rates

Calls to change SEND funding system to increase 'scandalously low' number of early years places

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

Survey into early years providers' costs and staffing pressures

‘Complete chaos’ for parents trying to access the extended funding for two-year-olds

Government funding impacts childminders' Universal Credit payments

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