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Trust calls for end to high childcare costs

Tuesday, March 4, 2014

| CYP Now

A radical overhaul of the childcare system is needed if more parents are going to be able to afford to access early years support, a new report says.

Pupil premium to be extended into the early years

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Tuesday, March 18, 2014

| CYP Now

The pupil premium will be able to fund early years provision from next year as part of a package of government measures to boost childcare.

LGA warns over impact of council funding cuts

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Monday, May 12, 2014

| CYP Now

Services for children and young people look set to bear the brunt of local authority funding cuts over the next two years, the Local Government Association (LGA) has warned.

Ofsted to shift children's centre inspections from providers to councils

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Wednesday, June 18, 2014

| CYP Now

Ofsted will scrap individual inspections of children's centres in favour of local authority-wide assessments, childcare minister Elizabeth Truss has said.

Ofsted considers merging early years, schools and FE inspections

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Monday, August 4, 2014

| CYP Now

Ofsted is looking at plans to merge its early years, schools and further education inspections under a single framework.

Exclusive: Half of councils fail to secure sufficient free childcare places

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Tuesday, August 19, 2014

| CYP Now

More than half of local authorities will be unable to provide all disadvantaged two-year-olds with access to free childcare when the government's flagship scheme expands next month, CYP Now can reveal.

Derbyshire considers revised children's centre plans

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Wednesday, September 24, 2014

| CYP Now

Derbyshire County Council has backed down on plans to close seven children's centres.

Early years charity announces major merger programme

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Monday, August 21, 2017

| CYP Now

A charity has said it intends to oversee a major programme of mergers, in a move it hopes will allow it to work with thousands more children and families.

Grandparents torn between caring for children and elderly relatives, survey finds

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Tuesday, July 24, 2012

| CYP Now

Grandparents are increasingly stretched between caring for their grandchildren and looking after elderly or vulnerable relatives, a survey by the website Gransnet has found.

Childminders urge commission to retain individual Ofsted inspections

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Tuesday, August 7, 2012

| CYP Now

Childminders are growing increasingly concerned that potential changes to childcare regulation could damage the quality and reputation of their provision.

Kirklees families to benefit from free childcare up to age of 14

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Monday, August 20, 2012

| CYP Now

A local authority in West Yorkshire has announced plans to trial free childcare for parents of children up to the age of 14.

Children's social mobility improved by educated early years staff

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Friday, September 21, 2012

| CYP Now

The degree to which early years professionals are educated has a bigger impact on improving social mobility than the ratio of staff to children in pre-school settings, a report by The Sutton Trust has claimed.?

Sector leaders call on government to rethink Early Intervention Grant cut

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Monday, October 1, 2012

| CYP Now

Children's sector leaders are urging ministers to drop plans to hold back £150m from the Early Intervention Grant, to avoid spending more on crisis support in the long-term.

Truss reveals plan for more rigorous early years qualifications

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Monday, January 28, 2013

| CYP Now

All new nursery workers will be required to have at least a grade C in GCSE English and Maths, under the Early Years Educator (Eye) qualification set to be introduced from 2014.

Daycare Trust highlights 'national scandal' of childcare sufficiency

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Monday, March 4, 2013

| CYP Now

Local authorities are failing to meet their duties to provide sufficient childcare for working families in their area, according to the Daycare Trust's annual childcare costs survey.

Street play boosted by £1m government grant

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Wednesday, April 3, 2013

| CYP Now

A consortium of play organisations has received more than a million pounds of government funding.

Childcare eligibility changes to extend provision to 8,000 more two-year-olds

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Tuesday, December 5, 2017

| CYP Now

An additional 8,000 two-year-olds will be entitled to 15 hours of free childcare under proposals to overhaul the eligibility arrangements, the government has said.

Calls for all childcarers to be registered amid deregulation fears

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Tuesday, October 9, 2012

| CYP Now

All childcarers should be registered to make sure safeguarding standards are met, according to a new campaign group.

Free entitlement ‘should be linked to parenting plans'

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Friday, October 12, 2012

| CYP Now

Parents in receipt of the free entitlement to early education should be required to sign up to parenting plans, the chief executive of the London Early Years Foundation has suggested.

Early Intervention Grant will increase, insists Gove

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Tuesday, October 30, 2012

| CYP Now

The Education Secretary has defended claims the government is cutting the Early Intervention Grant, insisting that funding for councils will in fact increase.

DfE confirms Zahawi as children's minister

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Tuesday, February 6, 2018

| CYP Now

The Department for Education has announced the roles and responsibilities of Nadhim Zahawi, confirming him as children and families minister four weeks after last month's government reshuffle.

Regional Ofsted directors to inspect councils that fail to improve schools

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Wednesday, November 28, 2012

| CYP Now

Ofsted will inspect local authorities that do not use their powers to "effectively" improve performance in schools and early years settings, it has been confirmed.

NCMA retaliates against Ofsted childminder criticism

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Wednesday, December 5, 2012

| CYP Now

The National Childminding Association (NCMA) has hit out at Ofsted after the inspectorate claimed that too many childminders are struggling to provide sufficient early education to children.

Nursery providers call for more financial support from government

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Tuesday, December 11, 2012

| CYP Now

Concessions for businesses unveiled in the autumn statement will do little to improve the finances of private childcare providers, sector leaders have warned.

Mid-term review disappoints sector awaiting Childcare Commission results

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Monday, January 7, 2013

| CYP Now

Early years experts have expressed frustration over the government's mid-term review, which failed to reveal any detail on future childcare policy.

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Trust calls for end to high childcare costs

Pupil premium to be extended into the early years

LGA warns over impact of council funding cuts

Ofsted to shift children's centre inspections from providers to councils

Ofsted considers merging early years, schools and FE inspections

Exclusive: Half of councils fail to secure sufficient free childcare places

Derbyshire considers revised children's centre plans

Early years charity announces major merger programme

Grandparents torn between caring for children and elderly relatives, survey finds

Childminders urge commission to retain individual Ofsted inspections

Kirklees families to benefit from free childcare up to age of 14

Children's social mobility improved by educated early years staff

Sector leaders call on government to rethink Early Intervention Grant cut

Truss reveals plan for more rigorous early years qualifications

Daycare Trust highlights 'national scandal' of childcare sufficiency

Street play boosted by £1m government grant

Childcare eligibility changes to extend provision to 8,000 more two-year-olds

Calls for all childcarers to be registered amid deregulation fears

Free entitlement ‘should be linked to parenting plans'

Early Intervention Grant will increase, insists Gove

DfE confirms Zahawi as children's minister

Regional Ofsted directors to inspect councils that fail to improve schools

NCMA retaliates against Ofsted childminder criticism

Nursery providers call for more financial support from government

Mid-term review disappoints sector awaiting Childcare Commission results

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