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

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.

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.

Growing number of parents getting into debt to pay for 'childcare'

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Sunday, February 18, 2024

| Nursery World

Nearly half of parents have been plunged into debt or withdrawn their savings to pay for childcare, new figures show.

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).

Foundations launches framework to support councils to develop Family Hubs

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Wednesday, January 31, 2024

| Nursery World

Foundations has launched the Family Hubs Planning Framework to provide evidence-based information for local authorities.

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

Local authorities concerned there won't be enough places for the expanded offer

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Thursday, January 25, 2024

| Nursery World

The majority of local authorities do not think they will have enough places to meet demand for the expanded offer, according to new research by Coram Family and Childcare.

Ministers provide 'temporary fix' so parents can get their code for the extended hours

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Monday, January 22, 2024

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Ministers have actioned a last-minute ‘workaround’ to ensure that thousands of parents of two year-olds can get their codes to take-up a funded place.

DfE to review Ofsted judgements for schools graded inadequate solely on safeguarding grounds

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Friday, January 19, 2024

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Schools that are found to be inadequate solely on safeguarding grounds, will receive no further intervention if they can prove the safeguarding issues have been resolved quickly, the DfE has said today (19 January).

London Mayor urged to take action on early years funding

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Tuesday, January 16, 2024

| Nursery World

The Mayor of London is being urged to lobby the Government to review funding rates for early years places.

‘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.

Nurseries' resilience 'wearing increasingly thin' warns Christie & Co in business outlook for 2024

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Friday, January 12, 2024

| Nursery World

Specialist business property adviser Christie & Co is predicting more consolidation among nursery operators and a continued loss of capacity as a result of smaller settings closing, in market predictions for the year ahead.

Government's long-awaited Family Hubs now open to families in 75 areas

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Wednesday, January 10, 2024

| Nursery World

The Government’s Family Hubs, first announced in 2021, are now open across 75 local authorities, while the DfE has launched a new campaign to support parents with their child's development.

New Year: The sector reveals its hopes and ambitions for 2024

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Monday, January 8, 2024

| Nursery World

Early years professionals explain what they want the sector, and their own operations, to achieve in the year ahead, against the backdrop of ongoing challenges

New childminder EYFS introduced

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Friday, January 5, 2024

| Nursery World

A new childminder-specific EYFS came into force on Thursday (4 January), as part of changes to regulations in the early years sector.

Ofsted puts school inspections on hold for mental health training for inspectors, but early years inspections will continue

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Tuesday, January 2, 2024

| Nursery World

The new chief inspector of Ofsted has halted routine Ofsted inspections in schools until later in January to allow all inspectors to attend mental health training – however in a move criticised by the sector, early years inspections will continue.

Young children's understanding of language nearly back to pre-pandemic levels

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Friday, December 1, 2023

| Nursery World

A new study suggests that young children’s understanding of language is nearly back to pre-pandemic norms, despite ‘added pressures on today’s families’.

Slight rise in children achieving 'a good level of development' at end of EYFS

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Friday, December 1, 2023

| Nursery World

The proportion of five-year-olds with a good level of development and who reach the expected level across all areas of the EYFS at the end of the Reception year has risen slightly, according to the latest statistics.

Extended hours: New funding rates fail to meet 10 per cent rise to minimum wage, analysis shows

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Thursday, November 30, 2023

| Nursery World

Many local authorities won’t receive the headline funding rates the DfE is promising providers from April, with rises well short of the minimum wage increase, according to the NDNA.

DfE confirms extended 30 hours funding rates, but sector says they don't reflect the 'real delivery cost'

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Wednesday, November 29, 2023

| Nursery World

The DfE has announced national average hourly funding rates of £11.22 for under-twos, £8.28 for two-year-olds and £5.88 for three and four-year-olds from April when the first phase of the extended offer comes in.

Ofsted to bring in changes to post-inspection complaints process from January, as 80 per cent back plans

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Monday, November 27, 2023

| Nursery World

Early years providers will be able to contact Ofsted to raise concerns following an inspection, in changes to the way the inspectorate deals with complaints following inspections.

Autumn Budget: Increase to minimum wage will 'tip many early years settings over the edge'

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Wednesday, November 22, 2023

| Nursery World

The sector has warned that the announcement by the Chancellor to increase the national living wage by almost 10 per cent will risk the livelihood of many early years settings.

Nearly half of children under five live in 'childcare deserts'

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Monday, November 20, 2023

| Nursery World

More than 40 per cent of children live in local authorities that are ‘early education and care deserts’, where there are more than three children for every one registered place.

MPs to consider how financial education can be taught to primary pupils

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Thursday, November 16, 2023

| Nursery World

Cross-party MPs have launched an inquiry into how financial education can be strengthened throughout primary school.

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

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

Growing number of parents getting into debt to pay for 'childcare'

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

Foundations launches framework to support councils to develop Family Hubs

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

Local authorities concerned there won't be enough places for the expanded offer

Ministers provide 'temporary fix' so parents can get their code for the extended hours

DfE to review Ofsted judgements for schools graded inadequate solely on safeguarding grounds

London Mayor urged to take action on early years funding

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

Nurseries' resilience 'wearing increasingly thin' warns Christie & Co in business outlook for 2024

Government's long-awaited Family Hubs now open to families in 75 areas

New Year: The sector reveals its hopes and ambitions for 2024

New childminder EYFS introduced

Ofsted puts school inspections on hold for mental health training for inspectors, but early years inspections will continue

Young children's understanding of language nearly back to pre-pandemic levels

Slight rise in children achieving 'a good level of development' at end of EYFS

Extended hours: New funding rates fail to meet 10 per cent rise to minimum wage, analysis shows

DfE confirms extended 30 hours funding rates, but sector says they don't reflect the 'real delivery cost'

Ofsted to bring in changes to post-inspection complaints process from January, as 80 per cent back plans

Autumn Budget: Increase to minimum wage will 'tip many early years settings over the edge'

Nearly half of children under five live in 'childcare deserts'

MPs to consider how financial education can be taught to primary pupils

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