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Reform of the childcare system 'urgent' as childcare places become less available

Thursday, March 9, 2023

| Nursery World

There has been a ‘sharp drop’ in the number of available childcare places across England over the past year, with just half of local authorities reporting sufficiency of places for children under two.

Labour analysis shows growing cost of childcare for parents

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Thursday, March 9, 2023

| Nursery World

Analysis by Labour of official DfE figures has found that the average cost of an hour of childcare for a two-year-old is now 14 per cent higher than in 2018, when the 30 hours was introduced.

Parents could be spending up to 80 per cent of take-home pay on childcare – study

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Thursday, March 9, 2023

| Nursery World

Parents spend on average a third of their hourly wage on childcare in England, according to research by think tank Nesta.

Bright Horizons nursery temporarily closed by Ofsted due to concerns over children's safety

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Tuesday, March 7, 2023

| Nursery World

Bright Horizons’ Crouch End nursery in North London has had its registration temporarily suspended by Ofsted.

Nursery World Business Summit: Labour reiterates breakfast club pledge, but promises wider childcare reforms

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Tuesday, March 7, 2023

| Nursery World

Bridget Phillipson, shadow education secretary, said that a Labour Government would ‘fix’ the country’s ‘broken childcare system’, in a speech to delegates at Nursery World’s 9th Business Summit.

Lack of affordable, accessible childcare is costing the economy billions in lost earnings – report

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Monday, March 6, 2023

| Nursery World

The UK is losing 1 per cent of its GDP, equivalent to £27bn, due to a lack of suitable childcare, warns a new economic think tank report.

Ukrainian kindergartens secure generators following UK appeal

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Friday, March 3, 2023

| Nursery World

More than 300 generators have been sent to Ukrainian early years settings, schools and orphanages, following a successful appeal by UK to Ukraine, enabling more children to continue learning, despite Russian attacks.

SEND improvement plan – sector response

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Friday, March 3, 2023

| Nursery World

Charities and sector organisations have responded to the publication of the Government’s SEND improvement plan. We look at what the plan says, and whether those on the frontline in supporting children and families think it measures up.

LEYF publishes sustainability strategy and encourages early years settings to get involved

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Friday, March 3, 2023

| Nursery World

London Early Years Foundation (LEYF) invites children, parents and all early years settings to join it in its sustainability journey with the publication of its sustainability strategy.

SEND improvement plan: Government pledges to end postcode lottery for families and fund training for 5,000 early years SENCos

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Thursday, March 2, 2023

| Nursery World

Ministers have pledged to fund training for thousands of workers to support children with special educational needs and disabilities in the long-awaited SEND improvement plan for England, which will be published on Thursday.

Nursery Chains 2023 – N Family Club stays at number one

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Wednesday, March 1, 2023

| Nursery World

N Family Club retains the top spot as in our Nursery Chains quality table, which analyses the Ofsted reports of the 25 biggest groups in the UK.

PM told to 'prioritise' childcare and deliver more support for early education

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Wednesday, March 1, 2023

| Nursery World

Nearly two out of three parents are reconsidering whether to have another child due to ‘spiralling’ childcare costs, finds new research.

Agency's ‘ineffective’ grade puts childminders on alert

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Tuesday, February 28, 2023

| Nursery World

Childminders in more than 100 local authority areas are being restricted or having funding for entitlement offers withheld after their agency's Ofsted inspection. By Katy Morton

YMCA warns of nursery closures amid rising costs and below-inflation funding rates

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Thursday, February 23, 2023

| Nursery World

YMCA, the largest charity provider of childcare in the UK, is closing four nurseries at the end of the month, and warns more could close, as years of underfunding and rates for 2023-24 leave early years providers ‘buckling under the strain’.

All primary children in London to receive free school meals for a year

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Monday, February 20, 2023

| Nursery World

The mayor of London Sadiq Khan is providing emergency funding for a year to enable all primary school children in the capital to have access to free school meals.

Working parents seek practical support from employers to balance family life

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Friday, February 17, 2023

| Nursery World

Help with childcare, eldercare and ongoing support for families have been highlighted as key areas for employee retention in a new report by nursery and back-up care provider, Bright Horizons.

Wales invests £10m to extend roll out of funded two-year-old places

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Thursday, February 16, 2023

| Nursery World

Over 2,000 two-year olds in disadvantaged areas across Wales are set to benefit from a £10m extension of the funded childcare programme.

Cost-of-living crisis: Childcare settings forced to increase fees and a third warning of closure

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Wednesday, February 15, 2023

| Nursery World

Findings from a survey of providers, reveal that 89 per cent are likely to increase fees this year, while more than a third believe they will have to close their setting within the next year due to rising costs.

Disadvantaged children 'positively benefit' from 20 hours a week of early years education – research

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Wednesday, February 15, 2023

| Nursery World

There are clear benefits for disadvantaged children spending up to 20 hours per week in early years provision, Sutton Trust study finds.

Chancellor set to reject DfE proposal to expand free childcare for under-twos

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Tuesday, February 14, 2023

| Nursery World

A DfE proposal for the state to subsidise free 30-hours-a-week childcare for parents of children aged nine months to three years is set to be rejected by the Chancellor in the run up to next month’s Budget, according to press reports.

Fourteen areas named as 'Trailblazer' Family Hubs

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Thursday, February 9, 2023

| Nursery World

A total of 14 local authorities have been chosen as trailblazers of the Family Hubs programme to support 'fast-track' delivery of services that the Government said would benefit thousands of families.

Disadvantaged two-year-olds missing out on 45 million hours of education a year

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Thursday, February 9, 2023

| Nursery World

Disadvantaged two year olds are more likely to be absent from nurseries than their peers, missing out on as many as 45 million hours of early education a year, new research has found.

New specialist business hub launched for early years providers

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Thursday, February 9, 2023

| Nursery World

Early childhood platform Famly has launched a new hub of articles, videos and webinars providing specialist business advice for the sector.

Childminding agency rated 'ineffective' putting members' funding at risk

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Tuesday, February 7, 2023

| Nursery World

A childminding agency has been rated ‘ineffective’ leaving local authorities considering withdrawing funding from hundreds of childminder members.

Out-of-school and holiday club provider goes into liquidation

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Monday, February 6, 2023

| Nursery World

An out-of-school provider operating across Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Essex and Hertfordshire has gone into liquidation due to rising costs.

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Reform of the childcare system 'urgent' as childcare places become less available

Labour analysis shows growing cost of childcare for parents

Parents could be spending up to 80 per cent of take-home pay on childcare – study

Bright Horizons nursery temporarily closed by Ofsted due to concerns over children's safety

Nursery World Business Summit: Labour reiterates breakfast club pledge, but promises wider childcare reforms

Lack of affordable, accessible childcare is costing the economy billions in lost earnings – report

Ukrainian kindergartens secure generators following UK appeal

SEND improvement plan – sector response

LEYF publishes sustainability strategy and encourages early years settings to get involved

SEND improvement plan: Government pledges to end postcode lottery for families and fund training for 5,000 early years SENCos

Nursery Chains 2023 – N Family Club stays at number one

PM told to 'prioritise' childcare and deliver more support for early education

Agency's ‘ineffective’ grade puts childminders on alert

YMCA warns of nursery closures amid rising costs and below-inflation funding rates

All primary children in London to receive free school meals for a year

Working parents seek practical support from employers to balance family life

Wales invests £10m to extend roll out of funded two-year-old places

Cost-of-living crisis: Childcare settings forced to increase fees and a third warning of closure

Disadvantaged children 'positively benefit' from 20 hours a week of early years education – research

Chancellor set to reject DfE proposal to expand free childcare for under-twos

Fourteen areas named as 'Trailblazer' Family Hubs

Disadvantaged two-year-olds missing out on 45 million hours of education a year

New specialist business hub launched for early years providers

Childminding agency rated 'ineffective' putting members' funding at risk

Out-of-school and holiday club provider goes into liquidation

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