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

Thursday, March 18, 2021

| Nursery World

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.

Business - On a budget

Features

Wednesday, March 3, 2021

| Nursery World

Following the Chancellor's speech, what’s the latest on sources of financial support, and how can settings budget at this uncertain time? Gary Croxon, Early Years Alliance service hub manager, reports

EXCLUSIVE: Working Poverty, Childcare Practitioners - Childcare’s dirty secret

News

Tuesday, September 17, 2019

| Nursery World

We know early years education suffers from a pay problem, but just how does this affect practitioners’ ability to afford to lead ‘normal’ lives? Hannah Crown has these shocking findings from our exclusive survey

Children in 'Opportunity Area' have improved outcomes

News

Friday, February 15, 2019

| Nursery World

Children in the most deprived area of the country have seen a huge improvement in their outcomes at the end of the EYFS following a major programme of targeted Government investment.

Training: Exclusive - The end of an era for EYE?

Features

Tuesday, February 5, 2019

| Nursery World

T-levels – the Level 3 programmes of study that will come in from 2020 – look set to replace the Early Years Educator qualification. Hannah Crown has an update

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

News

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.

Minimum wage rates to increase from 1 April

News

Friday, March 30, 2018

| Nursery World

The national minimum wage rates are set to increase again from 1 April, rising to £7.83 an hour for the highest paid.

Opposition parties win childcare voucher extension

News

Wednesday, March 14, 2018

| Nursery World

The scrapping of childcare vouchers has been delayed, after Labour forced a vote on the issue in the House of Commons yesterday.

Nursery Management: 30 Hours - Do you agree?

Features

Tuesday, September 19, 2017

| Nursery World

The conditions governing delivery of the 30 hours are being set out in local agreements up and down the country, and there is significant variation, finds Charlotte Goddard

Tax-Free Childcare goes live

News

Monday, April 24, 2017

| Nursery World

From today, working parents of children under four can start using Tax-Free Childcare, as well as sign up ahead of the 30-hour September roll-out.

Apprenticeship levy is a 'blunt instrument', MPs say

News

Friday, March 31, 2017

| Nursery World

The Government’s apprenticeships policies lack focus and will not close the skills gap because they fail to concentrate on the sectors and regions where training is most needed, an MPs' report warns.

Functional Skills 'will be accepted' on current apprenticeship framework

News

Thursday, March 30, 2017

| Nursery World

An apprenticeship body has confirmed that Functional Skills will be accepted on the current early years apprenticeship framework.

New apprenticeships funding system 'will widen training and jobs gap'

News

Monday, March 27, 2017

| Nursery World

The apprenticeship levy will worsen the North-South divide in training opportunities and jobs, a leading think-tank has warned.

Nursery Management: Schools Forums - Team spirit

Features

Monday, March 20, 2017

| Nursery World

What are schools forums and why do they matter? With funding set to take on an extra dimension from September with the free entitlement extension to 30 hours, Charlotte Goddard investigates