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Children's centres should deliver two-year-old offer, says childcare expert

Wednesday, February 26, 2014

| CYP Now

A scheme providing free childcare for disadvantaged two-year-olds should be delivered by children's centres, the chief executive of the London Early Years Foundation (LEYF) has said.

Leadership trumps qualifications in ensuring quality childcare, says expert

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Friday, June 20, 2014

| CYP Now

The quality of care provided to disadvantaged two-year-olds is determined by the effectiveness of a setting's leadership not the qualifications of staff, a government adviser on childcare has said.

Campaigners criticise progress of free childcare drive

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Thursday, August 21, 2014

| CYP Now

Early years campaigners have questioned the government's handling of its flagship childcare scheme after CYP Now revealed a widespread shortfall in the number of places available for disadvantaged two-year-olds.

Childcare allowance 'fails to address regional differences'

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Tuesday, February 21, 2012

| CYP Now

The childcare element of the universal credit must take account of the varied costs of formal provision across the country, so parents in London can afford to access local childcare, the London Assembly has warned.

Nurseries demand ringfence for free childcare funds

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Friday, February 10, 2012

| CYP Now

Early years providers must receive the money allocated by government to deliver free childcare places through a ringfenced fund to make sure they can deliver the scheme successfully, nurseries have warned.

Ofsted warns of low uptake of free early years places

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Monday, July 13, 2015

| CYP Now

Ofsted chief Sir Michael Wilshaw has called on councils to do more to promote free early years provision after it emerged that more than 40 per cent of eligible two-year-olds have not taken up their place.

DfE 'unable to understand' cost of childcare following review

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Friday, October 2, 2015

| CYP Now

The Department for Education (DfE) has said it is "unable to understand" the true cost of delivering the free entitlement despite more than 2,000 responses from the sector to its review of the cost of childcare.

Childcare funding rate to be announced at Spending Review

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Wednesday, November 11, 2015

| CYP Now

Childcare minister Sam Gyimah has confirmed that details of the funding rate for extended free childcare will be announced this month.

Childcare providers set to get right to apply for school-based services

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Monday, December 7, 2015

| CYP Now

Childcare providers could be given the right to apply to deliver wraparound care using school facilities, Prime Minister David Cameron has announced.

Nurseries paying higher wages perform better, study finds

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Wednesday, February 10, 2016

| CYP Now

Early years settings that pay staff more money generally offer better-quality provision, a study has concluded.

Parents turning to nurseries for advice following children's centre cuts

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Monday, June 6, 2016

| CYP Now

Cuts to English children's centres are putting pressure on nurseries to provide additional support to vulnerable families, the early years sector has warned.

Free childcare expansion could disadvantage poorer children, warns think-tank

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Monday, June 20, 2016

| CYP Now

Disadvantaged children are most likely to miss out on free childcare when the 30-hour expansion comes into effect, experts have warned.

Parents need comparison website for childcare providers, says think-tank

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Wednesday, April 6, 2011

| CYP Now

The government should set up a comparison website for childcare providers to drive-up quality and engage parents, a think-tank has said.

Guide aims to help childcare settings be more inclusive to disabled children

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Thursday, May 5, 2011

| CYP Now

The Daycare Trust has produced a guide for nurseries and schools to help them be more inclusive to families with disabled children.

£80m Life Chances Fund opens to early years bids

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Thursday, January 5, 2017

| CYP Now

Early years organisations delivering high quality, evidence-based interventions can apply for a slice of funding worth £80m, the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) and Cabinet Office have announced.

Funding formula values free nursery places at 2 per hour

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Thursday, June 9, 2011

| CYP Now

Nurseries are receiving as little as 2.05 per hour per child in local authority funding to foot the cost of the free entitlement for early education.

Nursery schools 'at risk of extinction', MP warns

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Wednesday, October 12, 2016

| CYP Now

The long-term viability and sustainability of nursery schools is "hanging by a thread", Labour's former shadow education secretary, Lucy Powell, has said.

Council offers training grants to increase childcare capacity

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Thursday, August 8, 2013

| CYP Now

Bradford Council is offering training grants to local people interested in childcare to help meet a shortage of early years places for two-year-olds.

Childcare providers face sharp rise in costs

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Monday, March 4, 2019

| CYP Now

Costs to childcare providers have risen sharply over the last three years, a government-funded study suggests.

Nurseries to charge parents and restrict places for 30 hours offer

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Friday, August 11, 2017

| CYP Now

Most nurseries planning to offer 30 hours free childcare will only do so by charging parents and restricting numbers, due to concerns over the level of funding on offer, a survey has revealed.

Busy Bees acquires third largest early years group

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Friday, August 24, 2012

| CYP Now

Busy Bees has strengthened its dominance in the nursery sector after acquiring the UK's third largest early years group.

MP calls for urgent overhaul of childcare regulation

News

Monday, May 21, 2012

| CYP Now

The system for regulating childcare is in need of urgent reform to ease the financial burden on parents, a report by a Conservative MP has concluded.

Early years providers 'underrepresented' on funding panels

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Monday, June 12, 2017

| CYP Now

Local authorities are making "unfair and unbalanced" early years funding decisions because the sector is underrepresented on official decision-making forums, a childcare organisation has claimed.

More than a third of nurseries are unsatisfied with the level of council support

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Thursday, June 21, 2012

| CYP Now

Nursery providers have reported that levels of support offered by local authorities have fallen significantly over the past two years.

Birmingham providers forced to pay 'living wage' to retain childcare funding

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Wednesday, May 7, 2014

| CYP Now

Nursery owners in Birmingham have been told they will be stripped of funding to deliver the government's free childcare schemes unless they pay staff enhanced wages.

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Children's centres should deliver two-year-old offer, says childcare expert

Leadership trumps qualifications in ensuring quality childcare, says expert

Campaigners criticise progress of free childcare drive

Childcare allowance 'fails to address regional differences'

Nurseries demand ringfence for free childcare funds

Ofsted warns of low uptake of free early years places

DfE 'unable to understand' cost of childcare following review

Childcare funding rate to be announced at Spending Review

Childcare providers set to get right to apply for school-based services

Nurseries paying higher wages perform better, study finds

Parents turning to nurseries for advice following children's centre cuts

Free childcare expansion could disadvantage poorer children, warns think-tank

Parents need comparison website for childcare providers, says think-tank

Guide aims to help childcare settings be more inclusive to disabled children

£80m Life Chances Fund opens to early years bids

Funding formula values free nursery places at 2 per hour

Nursery schools 'at risk of extinction', MP warns

Council offers training grants to increase childcare capacity

Childcare providers face sharp rise in costs

Nurseries to charge parents and restrict places for 30 hours offer

Busy Bees acquires third largest early years group

MP calls for urgent overhaul of childcare regulation

Early years providers 'underrepresented' on funding panels

More than a third of nurseries are unsatisfied with the level of council support

Birmingham providers forced to pay 'living wage' to retain childcare funding

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