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Labour Party manifesto: boosting school-based support and votes for 16s among pledges

Thursday, June 13, 2024

| CYP Now

Reducing child poverty, investing in school-based careers and mental health support for young people and giving 16- and 17-year-olds the right to vote are among the Labour Party’s pledges in their manifesto for the 2024 general election.

‘At least' £70mn of early years funding being left unspent by councils

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Wednesday, June 12, 2024

| CYP Now

An investigation of early years entitlement funding has found at least £70 million is not being spent by local authorities.

Liberal Democrats pledge investment in disadvantaged children's education

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Monday, June 10, 2024

| CYP Now

The Liberal Democrats have pledged a series of policies to narrow the attainment gap for disadvantaged children and boost educational opportunities for young people in their manifesto for the 2024 general election.

Labour pledges 3,300 new nurseries in existing primary schools

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Monday, June 10, 2024

| CYP Now

The Labour Party has pledged to create more than 100,000 new nursery places, many of them in deprived areas, by using empty spaces in primary schools.

Children’s services pressures driving £6.2bn funding gap, LGA warns

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Friday, June 7, 2024

| CYP Now

Local authorities face a £6.2 billion funding gap over the next two years due in part to rising pressures on children’s services, new research from the Local Government Association (LGA) reveals.

Oliver Steeper’s death after choking on food at nursery ruled as ‘misadventure’

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Tuesday, May 28, 2024

| CYP Now

The death of a nine-month-old boy who died after choking on food at nursery has been ruled as “misadventure” following an inquest.

Stockport deputy nursery manager jailed over death of nine-month-old

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Wednesday, May 22, 2024

| CYP Now

The deputy manager of a Stockport nursery, found guilty of the manslaughter of a nine-month-old baby, has been sentenced to 14 years in prison.

Early years business investment could boost economy, royal report finds

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Wednesday, May 22, 2024

| CYP Now

Investment by the private sector in the early years could add “at least £45.5bn in value” to the UK economy each year, according to research published by the Prince and Princess of Wales’s charity.

Stockport nursery worker guilty of baby’s manslaughter

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Monday, May 20, 2024

| CYP Now

A Stockport nursery worker has been convicted of manslaughter over the death of a nine-month-old baby who was left strapped face-down to a beanbag for 90 minutes.

Providers fear 'lack of nursery places' as funded childcare expansion applications open for nine-month-olds

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Monday, May 13, 2024

| CYP Now

Sector leaders have raised concerns over a lack of “suitable” nursery places as the Department for Education opens applications for funded childcare hours to parents of children as young as nine months.

‘Fundamental concerns’ emerge over early years training changes

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Wednesday, May 8, 2024

| CYP Now

A training provider has raised “fundamental concerns” over changes being proposed by the government around the career progression of early years staff.

Lack of long-term funding could see Start for Life services cut, council leaders warn

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Tuesday, May 7, 2024

| CYP Now

Local authority leaders have raised concerns that government-funded services for young children and families could be cut due to a lack of long-term funding for the Start for Life scheme.

Disadvantaged children set to miss out on early years expansion, NAO warns

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Wednesday, April 24, 2024

| CYP Now

The National Audit Office (NAO) has raised concerns that the government’s extension of early years entitlements for working families will widen the attainment gap between disadvantaged children and their peers.

Working migrant families 'locked out' of funded childcare expansion

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Monday, April 22, 2024

| CYP Now

Tens of thousands of working migrant families are missing out on government funded childcare, human rights campaigners have warned.

DfE to repurpose unused school spaces for childcare

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Monday, April 22, 2024

| CYP Now

The Department for Education has revealed plans to pilot the use of surplus school spaces to offer childcare provision as part of its expansion of funded hours.

Childcare leaders question DfE claims of successful rollout of expanded entitlement

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Friday, April 19, 2024

| CYP Now

Early years bodies have questioned government assertions that the rollout of the funded childcare expansion is going to plan and claim that latest data fails to show a complete picture of the reality on the ground.

Poorer families in England spending more on childcare costs than in other countries

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Tuesday, April 16, 2024

| CYP Now

England is one of only a few countries where poorer families spend a higher proportion of their income on childcare than their more well-off peers, new research finds.

GCSE results for disadvantaged children 'greatly improved by Sure Start'

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Tuesday, April 9, 2024

| CYP Now

Children eligible for free school meals (FSM) who live near a Sure Start centre saw increased performance at GCSE by three grades, six times higher than children not eligible for FSM, new research has found.

Ofsted extends ability to pause complaints to social care and early years providers

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Monday, April 8, 2024

| CYP Now

The ability to pause Ofsted inspections in circumstances where there are concerns for leaders’ wellbeing will be extended to cover children’s social care and early years providers, the inspectorate has said.

Providers call for greater government support as funded childcare expansion rolls out

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Tuesday, April 2, 2024

| CYP Now

Sector leaders have called for “urgent” support from government as the first phase of its funded childcare expansion rolls out.

Princess of Wales' charity urges roll out of health visitor tool to ‘interpret baby behaviour’

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Thursday, March 21, 2024

| CYP Now

A tool to help health visitors interpret babies' behaviour should be rolled out nationally following “overwhelmingly positive” results from a trial of its use funded by the Princess of Wales’ charity the Royal Foundation Centre for Early Childhood.

Majority of councils lack sufficient SEND childcare provision, survey finds

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Tuesday, March 19, 2024

| CYP Now

Just 6% of councils now say they have sufficient childcare provision for children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND), a major new report finds.

Consultation launches to boost childminder recruitment and retention

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Friday, March 15, 2024

| CYP Now

Monthly funding payments to childminders by local authorities and greater flexibility for childminder agencies are among proposals included in a government consultation to improve recruitment and retention in the profession.

Support schools and nurseries to tackle poverty, Longfield’s think-tank urges ministers

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Friday, March 15, 2024

| CYP Now

Programmes within schools and nurseries should be at the forefront of a government plan to tackle childhood poverty, a think-tank led by the former Children’s Commissioner for England has told ministers.

Tougher regulation needed to tackle ‘excess profiteering’ in early years, says charity

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Wednesday, March 13, 2024

| CYP Now

Regulation of private early years providers needs to be strengthened to tackle “excess profiteering” and improve quality, according to the Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF).

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Labour Party manifesto: boosting school-based support and votes for 16s among pledges

‘At least' £70mn of early years funding being left unspent by councils

Liberal Democrats pledge investment in disadvantaged children's education

Labour pledges 3,300 new nurseries in existing primary schools

Children’s services pressures driving £6.2bn funding gap, LGA warns

Oliver Steeper’s death after choking on food at nursery ruled as ‘misadventure’

Stockport deputy nursery manager jailed over death of nine-month-old

Early years business investment could boost economy, royal report finds

Stockport nursery worker guilty of baby’s manslaughter

Providers fear 'lack of nursery places' as funded childcare expansion applications open for nine-month-olds

‘Fundamental concerns’ emerge over early years training changes

Lack of long-term funding could see Start for Life services cut, council leaders warn

Disadvantaged children set to miss out on early years expansion, NAO warns

Working migrant families 'locked out' of funded childcare expansion

DfE to repurpose unused school spaces for childcare

Childcare leaders question DfE claims of successful rollout of expanded entitlement

Poorer families in England spending more on childcare costs than in other countries

GCSE results for disadvantaged children 'greatly improved by Sure Start'

Ofsted extends ability to pause complaints to social care and early years providers

Providers call for greater government support as funded childcare expansion rolls out

Princess of Wales' charity urges roll out of health visitor tool to ‘interpret baby behaviour’

Majority of councils lack sufficient SEND childcare provision, survey finds

Consultation launches to boost childminder recruitment and retention

Support schools and nurseries to tackle poverty, Longfield’s think-tank urges ministers

Tougher regulation needed to tackle ‘excess profiteering’ in early years, says charity

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