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

Tuesday, February 27, 2024

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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

Special focus: Guide to latest management software

Tuesday, February 27, 2024

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Amid the uncertainty surrounding the roll-out of the extended entitlements, early years settings need digital management tools now more than ever. By Karen Hart

£5bn shortfall in funding for extended ‘childcare’ offer

Thursday, February 22, 2024

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There is a £5 billion per year gap between Government funding and the estimated cost of delivery to providers of the Government’s expanded childcare offer once fully rolled out, says think tank.

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

Thursday, February 22, 2024

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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

Thursday, February 22, 2024

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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

Tuesday, February 20, 2024

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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'

Sunday, February 18, 2024

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Nearly half of parents have been plunged into debt or withdrawn their savings to pay for childcare, new figures show.

Early years job vacancies up by 146 per cent on pre-pandemic levels

Friday, February 16, 2024

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Job vacancies for early years practitioners have risen by 146 per cent since before the Covid-19 pandemic, reveals new data.

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

Monday, February 12, 2024

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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.

Cross-party Parliamentary group set up to champion flexible working

Wednesday, February 7, 2024

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A new cross-party parliamentary group has been launched to champion better flexible working for families in the UK.

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

Monday, February 5, 2024

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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).

Share your thoughts on two-year-old ratios

Thursday, February 1, 2024

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Researchers from the Institute of Education at Nottingham University are asking for early years professionals and nursery managers and leaders to share their experiences of the recent changes to ratios for staff and two-year-olds in the EYFS.

Foundations launches framework to support councils to develop Family Hubs

Wednesday, January 31, 2024

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

University leaders call on Government to expand the Childcare Grant to postgraduate students

Wednesday, January 31, 2024

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Leaders of four universities are urging the Government to expand the childcare grant to include postgraduate students so they are not disincentivised from studying for higher qualifications.

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

Tuesday, January 30, 2024

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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

MPs call for Ofsted to end single-word inspection judgements

Monday, January 29, 2024

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MPs have called for a review into Ofsted’s single-word inspection judgements for schools, such as 'requires improvement' or 'outstanding', in a wide-ranging report by the Education Select Committee on the role of the inspectorate in schools.

Key findings from Education Select Committee report into Ofsted's work with schools

Monday, January 29, 2024

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MPs have concluded their inquiry into Ofsted's work with schools.

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

Thursday, January 25, 2024

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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.

Tens of thousands register for DfE's early years catch-up training

Thursday, January 25, 2024

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Tens of thousands of early years professionals have signed up to the DfE’s education recovery training courses, designed to improve children’s outcomes,including those that are disadvantaged.

Three in every ten children in the UK live in poverty as ‘scale of destitution’ rises fast

Tuesday, January 23, 2024

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Six million of the poorest people in the UK would need to double their income to escape poverty, a major report has warned.

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

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

Monday, January 22, 2024

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

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

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).

More children with language delay and behaviour problems as poverty becomes the 'norm'

Thursday, January 18, 2024

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‘Poverty is so widespread among families it has become the norm’, according to health visitors who have seen an increase in the numbers affected in the last year, impacting children's health and development.

London Mayor urged to take action on early years funding

Tuesday, January 16, 2024

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

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