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Covid pressures force childcare closures

Tuesday, July 27, 2021

| CYP Now

Falling attendance hits childcare providers’ income forcing settings to close and cut staff – prompting calls for urgent government support.

Implications of ratios change

Analysis

Tuesday, March 28, 2023

| CYP Now

The government has announced plans to relax rules on how many children childcare staff can look after.

Use EYFS review to rethink staffing

Analysis

Tuesday, June 27, 2023

| CYP Now

Providers can benefit from proposed Early Years Foundation Stage Framework changes, says expert.

Groundbreaking programme helps working families fund childcare

Analysis

Monday, December 12, 2011

| CYP Now

The cost of childcare is one of the biggest barriers to children accessing high quality early education. Chancellor George Osborne's autumn statement last month did little to allay parent worries over making work pay.

Rethink childcare amid pandemic

Analysis

Tuesday, October 27, 2020

| CYP Now

Editor of a new book explains why now is the right time to develop a better early education system.

Upgrading early years degrees

Analysis

Tuesday, January 5, 2021

| CYP Now

Research finds early years degree system is fragmented and complex; expert sets out three key changes.

Plans to reduce cost of childcare: pros and cons of five proposals

Analysis

Tuesday, July 26, 2022

| CYP Now

The government has put forward five proposals for reducing the cost of early years provision including changing child-to-staff ratios and flexibilities for childminders, but expert says just two of the measures have any real merit.

How councils use the retained childcare funding

Analysis

Tuesday, November 28, 2023

| CYP Now

Four authorities that responded to CYP Now’s FOI enquiry explain how they spend allocations.

Five ways councils can get more from 30 hours funded childcare

Analysis

Tuesday, July 31, 2018

| CYP Now

As the second year of 30 hours funded childcare approaches, James Hempsall outlines what council leaders need to do to ensure the policy reaches those eligible and delivers on early years and social mobility duties.

The changing needs of childhood

Analysis

Tuesday, January 5, 2021

| CYP Now

Providers and policymakers must be aware of societal changes to deliver responsive services, say experts

Childcare training programme to help identify SEND needs sooner

Analysis

Thursday, December 1, 2022

| CYP Now

Everyone in the early years sector is acutely aware of increasing demands for specialist support.

Funded childcare expansion plans in doubt amid nursery closures

Analysis

Tuesday, July 25, 2023

| CYP Now

Councils are increasingly worried about a shortage of early education places, particularly in disadvantaged areas, and echo warnings from sector leaders that it could hit government plans for funded childcare.

Family hubs: early adopter sites share knowledge of what works

Analysis

Tuesday, October 24, 2023

| CYP Now

With half of English local authorities developing a network of family hubs, a report collates the lessons from six areas about how they have implemented provision that meets the needs of their communities.

Focus on 30 hours limits places for disadvantaged two-year-olds

Analysis

Tuesday, September 25, 2018

| CYP Now

Research shows take-up of funded childcare for disadvantaged two-year-olds lags far behind that of three- and four-year-olds. Providers say insufficient funding makes it uneconomical to create two-year-old places.

Delivering the workforce strategy

Analysis

Tuesday, March 14, 2017

| CYP Now

Government's early years workforce strategy proposes raft of measures to tackle recruitment crisis.

Social mobility's early opportunities

Analysis

Tuesday, October 31, 2017

| CYP Now

First six areas delivering social mobility initiative will focus on language and literacy development

Spotlight on childcare funding policies

Analysis

Tuesday, February 23, 2021

| CYP Now

Councils urged to check on nursery providers’ "free" childcare charging practices after ombudsman ruling in Leicestershire case.

Family hubs expansion: sector split on their role and potential

Analysis

Tuesday, November 30, 2021

| CYP Now

Advocates of family hubs say new government funding will help establish a network of family support facilities that complements the early years focus of children’s centres, but some fear it signals the "death knell" for them.

Assessments of primary children

Analysis

Tuesday, December 6, 2016

| CYP Now

Professionals outline what they want from the government's consultation on assessing pupils in reception.

Factors for childcare cost rise

Analysis

Tuesday, March 26, 2019

| CYP Now

A perfect storm of stagnant funding rates and rising overheads are threatening providers' future, warn experts.

Can EYTs fix the attainment gap?

Analysis

Tuesday, September 26, 2017

| CYP Now

A Fair Education Alliance report calls for nurseries in deprived areas to employ an early years teacher (EYT), but opinion is split on whether this is the best way to tackle the attainment gap for poorer children.

Will reception test be beneficial?

Analysis

Tuesday, April 24, 2018

| CYP Now

The government is to develop a rating of pupils' ability when they enter reception, but experts disagree on whether it will be a good measure of schools' work and improve the education that children receive.

Childcare feels the Brexit effect

Analysis

Tuesday, March 27, 2018

| CYP Now

Childcare's reliance on staff from the EU means Brexit could exacerbate early years workforce crisis.

Outcomes-based commissioner: Jo Cleary, chair of 4Children

Analysis

Tuesday, June 7, 2016

| CYP Now

Derren Hayes talks to Jo Cleary, chair of 4Children.

Back child health reforms with the necessary funds, says sector

Analysis

Tuesday, April 27, 2021

| CYP Now

Andrea Leadsom's review of early child health sets out plans for councils to publish ‘Start for Life’ offers and create hubs offering a range of family services. Sector leaders back the vision but say it will need proper funding.

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Covid pressures force childcare closures

Implications of ratios change

Use EYFS review to rethink staffing

Groundbreaking programme helps working families fund childcare

Rethink childcare amid pandemic

Upgrading early years degrees

Plans to reduce cost of childcare: pros and cons of five proposals

How councils use the retained childcare funding

Five ways councils can get more from 30 hours funded childcare

The changing needs of childhood

Childcare training programme to help identify SEND needs sooner

Funded childcare expansion plans in doubt amid nursery closures

Family hubs: early adopter sites share knowledge of what works

Focus on 30 hours limits places for disadvantaged two-year-olds

Delivering the workforce strategy

Social mobility's early opportunities

Spotlight on childcare funding policies

Family hubs expansion: sector split on their role and potential

Assessments of primary children

Factors for childcare cost rise

Can EYTs fix the attainment gap?

Will reception test be beneficial?

Childcare feels the Brexit effect

Outcomes-based commissioner: Jo Cleary, chair of 4Children

Back child health reforms with the necessary funds, says sector

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