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Childcare funding must reflect true costs, says Busy Bees Benefits

Thursday, June 13, 2013

| CYP Now

The government needs to increase the amount it will offer to parents towards childcare costs because its calculations are out of date, childcare voucher provider Busy Bees Benefits has warned.

Hundreds back Barnardo's campaign against government childcare plans

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Tuesday, August 20, 2013

| CYP Now

More than 800 people have signed a Barnardo's petition calling on the government to redirect funding for its new childcare subsidy scheme towards disadvantaged children.

Ofsted chief blames early years providers for school readiness failings

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Thursday, April 3, 2014

| CYP Now

Ofsted chief inspector Sir Michael Wilshaw has blamed early years providers for failing to adequately prepare disadvantaged children for school.

Early years providers hit back at Ofsted chief's 'misguided' attack on sector

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Friday, April 4, 2014

| CYP Now

The early years sector has hit out at Ofsted chief inspector Sir Michael Wilshaw for blaming providers for failing to adequately prepare disadvantaged children for school, calling the criticism unjust.

Quality of Ofsted early years inspectors under fire

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Tuesday, April 15, 2014

| CYP Now

Senior figures in the early years sector have told Ofsted that many of its inspectors lack the training and skills necessary to make fair judgments on settings.

Lib Dems would triple early years premium, says Laws

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Tuesday, August 26, 2014

| CYP Now

The Liberal Democrats are calling for the new early years pupil premium to be more than tripled in the next parliament.

Labour appoints shadow childcare minister

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Monday, July 3, 2017

| CYP Now

Labour has announced that a former Coronation Street actor will be the party's new shadow childcare minister.

Alliance offers members training in lieu of local authority support

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Tuesday, March 6, 2012

| CYP Now

The Pre-school Learning Alliance is to expand a programme of training to all its members in response to dwindling local authority support for professional development.

Wilshaw committed to bringing early years inspections in-house

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Wednesday, September 16, 2015

| CYP Now

Ofsted chief Sir Michael Wilshaw has told MPs he is "committed" to bringing early years inspections in-house.

Areas to pilot free childcare for two-year-olds revealed

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Friday, April 1, 2011

| CYP Now

The government has announced the 15 local authorities that will share 4m funding to provide free early learning and childcare to the most disadvantaged two-year-olds.

Pre-school champion calls for more early years support

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Friday, June 17, 2011

| CYP Now

The founder of the Pre-school Learning Alliance has decried the status afforded to early years practitioners, saying they are the "most important people in the world" as the organisation celebrated its 50th anniversary.

Childcare reforms based on outdated models, say critics

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Wednesday, May 15, 2013

| CYP Now

Early years academics have criticised the government's approach to childcare reforms, saying it is drawing on outdated models for inspiration.

Peer-to-peer support boosts early years services

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Tuesday, July 30, 2013

| CYP Now

A government-funded early years support programme has helped practitioners improve services for children and families, according to research.

Experts warn against witch hunt of male childcarers

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Thursday, August 29, 2013

| CYP Now

Childcare experts have urged early years practitioners to not focus on gender when learning lessons from the Little Stars Nursery child abuse case.

Childcare policy 'not fit for purpose', warns report

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Wednesday, June 4, 2014

| CYP Now

Decade-old childcare policy is affecting the quality of early years education for today's young children, a report concludes.

Sector pinpoints early years funding as policy priority

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Tuesday, June 24, 2014

| CYP Now

Providing greater investment in the early years should be a priority for the next government, key childcare organisations have said.

Early years premium needs London weighting, councils warn

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Friday, August 29, 2014

| CYP Now

Disadvantaged children in London could miss out on up to £1.1m of funding unless the £300 early years pupil premium is amended to reflect the capital's higher living costs, councils have warned.

Attempt to legally limit childcare ratios fails

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Friday, November 15, 2013

| CYP Now

The door has been left open for the government to increase staff-to-child ratios in early years settings after plans to put current limits into law were scrapped.

Childcare start-up grants open to applications

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Wednesday, May 1, 2013

| CYP Now

Government grants intended to encourage women to start up childminding or nursery businesses are now open for applications.

Ofsted to bring childcare inspections back in-house

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Wednesday, May 28, 2014

| CYP Now

Ofsted is set to announce plans to bring the inspection of early years settings back in-house, CYP Now can exclusively reveal.

Councils fear 30 hours expansion will affect sustainability of settings

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Tuesday, February 7, 2017

| CYP Now

More than 40 per cent of councils believe childcare settings will take a financial hit from government plans to double free childcare entitlement to 30 hours a week from September, a study has found.

Dinenage moves on from childcare role

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Thursday, June 15, 2017

| CYP Now

Childcare minister Caroline Dinenage has been moved to a new role at the Department for Work and Pensions, it has emerged.

Childcare spending suffers real-terms cut in quarter of local authorities

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Thursday, June 15, 2017

| CYP Now

Childcare funding has suffered a real-terms cut in more than a quarter of local authorities in England over the past five years despite additional government funding, an investigation has found.

Ratios campaigners urge public to continue opposition

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Tuesday, March 26, 2013

| CYP Now

Early years campaigners have called on parents and practitioners to keep voicing their opposition to government plans to revise childcare ratios, despite the end of the consultation on the proposals yesterday.

Conference tackles lack of men in childcare

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Tuesday, April 2, 2013

| CYP Now

Childcare minister Elizabeth Truss is among those set to join what organisers say is the first event of its kind.

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Childcare funding must reflect true costs, says Busy Bees Benefits

Hundreds back Barnardo's campaign against government childcare plans

Ofsted chief blames early years providers for school readiness failings

Early years providers hit back at Ofsted chief's 'misguided' attack on sector

Quality of Ofsted early years inspectors under fire

Lib Dems would triple early years premium, says Laws

Labour appoints shadow childcare minister

Alliance offers members training in lieu of local authority support

Wilshaw committed to bringing early years inspections in-house

Areas to pilot free childcare for two-year-olds revealed

Pre-school champion calls for more early years support

Childcare reforms based on outdated models, say critics

Peer-to-peer support boosts early years services

Experts warn against witch hunt of male childcarers

Childcare policy 'not fit for purpose', warns report

Sector pinpoints early years funding as policy priority

Early years premium needs London weighting, councils warn

Attempt to legally limit childcare ratios fails

Childcare start-up grants open to applications

Ofsted to bring childcare inspections back in-house

Councils fear 30 hours expansion will affect sustainability of settings

Dinenage moves on from childcare role

Childcare spending suffers real-terms cut in quarter of local authorities

Ratios campaigners urge public to continue opposition

Conference tackles lack of men in childcare

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