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Labour accuses government of failing parents on 30 hours free childcare offer

Wednesday, August 23, 2017

| CYP Now

The government is failing parents over the implementation of 30 hours free childcare due to problems they are facing in registering for the scheme, Labour has said.

Early years childcare 'beneficial for language and behaviour'

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Wednesday, July 12, 2017

| CYP Now

A Department for Education-commissioned study has found that early years education for two-year-olds leads to improvements in language and behaviour, resulting in long-term financial benefits.

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.

'Double early years pupil premium' to close poverty gap

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Wednesday, June 28, 2017

| CYP Now

A doubling of the early years pupil premium is being called for by the Social Mobility Commission, as part of an ambitious set of demands to halt two decades of "failed" attempts by government to improve life chances for poorer families.

Education experts unhappy with DfE primary testing plans

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Friday, June 23, 2017

| CYP Now

Department for Education proposals to scrap tests for seven-year-olds and introduce a new assessment at age four or five would not deliver the improvements required within primary schools, education campaigners have warned.

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.

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.

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.

Labour childcare plans 'to benefit 1.3m additional children'

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Tuesday, May 30, 2017

| CYP Now

An additional 1.3m children will benefit from plans to extend free childcare entitlement, Labour has revealed.

Providers criticise 'vague' free childcare guidance

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Monday, April 24, 2017

| CYP Now

Guidance issued by the government on how local authorities and early years providers should manage the expanded 30 hours of free childcare being introduced in September has been criticised for being too vague.

Call for 30-hour childcare to be scrapped in favour of means-testing system

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Monday, April 17, 2017

| CYP Now

The government should halt its planned introduction of 30 hours of free childcare each week in favour of a more targeted approach that benefits low income families, a think-tank has said.

GCSE requirement for early years trainees scrapped as workforce strategy is unveiled

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Friday, March 3, 2017

| CYP Now

A controversial requirement for early years staff to gain good GCSE grades before completing their training is to be scrapped, it has been announced.

DfE data reveals 10,000 fewer childcare providers plan to offer 30-hour places

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Thursday, February 23, 2017

| CYP Now

More than 10,000 fewer childcare providers are planning to offer 30 hours of free childcare provision than offer the current 15 hours, it has emerged.

Shortage of early years teachers 'risks developmental delay' for 800,000 children

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Friday, February 17, 2017

| CYP Now

As many as 800,000 children are at risk of starting school behind their peers in literacy and numeracy because of a shortage of early years teachers, a charity has warned.

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.

DfE study finds 'lack of appetite' for 30 hours offer among childminders

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Tuesday, January 31, 2017

| CYP Now

There is a "lack of appetite" among many childminders to grow their businesses in order to deliver 30 hours of free childcare for all three-and four-year-olds, a study commissioned by the Department for Education has found.

DfE 'underestimating' demand for 30-hour places by 100,000

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Friday, January 20, 2017

| CYP Now

The government has underestimated likely take-up of the 30-hour childcare offer by more than 100,000 places, it has been claimed.

Council to close more than 20 children's centres

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Thursday, January 19, 2017

| CYP Now

A council where children's services staff are set to strike next week has rubberstamped plans to close more than 20 children's centres.

Parents 'relying on breakfast clubs' in order to work

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Monday, January 16, 2017

| CYP Now

More than a quarter of parents fear that they or their partner would have to give up work if their children could not attend a school breakfast club, research has claimed.

Use empty tube and rail buildings for childcare, Sadiq Khan urged

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Friday, January 6, 2017

| CYP Now

Empty buildings above underground and railway stations should be freed up by London Mayor Sadiq Khan for additional nursery provision, a campaign group has said.

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Labour accuses government of failing parents on 30 hours free childcare offer

Early years childcare 'beneficial for language and behaviour'

Labour appoints shadow childcare minister

'Double early years pupil premium' to close poverty gap

Education experts unhappy with DfE primary testing plans

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

Dinenage moves on from childcare role

Early years providers 'underrepresented' on funding panels

Labour childcare plans 'to benefit 1.3m additional children'

Providers criticise 'vague' free childcare guidance

Call for 30-hour childcare to be scrapped in favour of means-testing system

GCSE requirement for early years trainees scrapped as workforce strategy is unveiled

DfE data reveals 10,000 fewer childcare providers plan to offer 30-hour places

Shortage of early years teachers 'risks developmental delay' for 800,000 children

Councils fear 30 hours expansion will affect sustainability of settings

DfE study finds 'lack of appetite' for 30 hours offer among childminders

DfE 'underestimating' demand for 30-hour places by 100,000

Council to close more than 20 children's centres

Parents 'relying on breakfast clubs' in order to work

Use empty tube and rail buildings for childcare, Sadiq Khan urged

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