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Government publishes revised EYFS framework

Tuesday, March 27, 2012

| CYP Now

The government has published the revised early years foundation stage (EYFS) framework, which confirms plans to reduce the early education learning goals from and 69 to 17 and introduce developmental progress checks for two-year-olds from September.

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.

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.

Extend free childcare to boost economy, says CBI

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Monday, November 10, 2014

| CYP Now

The Confederation of British Industry (CBI) has called for the free childcare offer to be extended to all one- and two-year-olds to improve prospects for the economy and children.

Government rejects child poverty commission targets

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Wednesday, November 26, 2014

| CYP Now

Government efforts to tackle child poverty have been branded a "fairytale" after it rejected calls to introduce a range of new targets aimed at improving social mobility.

Poor families with young children 'hit hardest' by government reforms

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Tuesday, January 27, 2015

| CYP Now

Government changes to tax and benefits have hit families with young children and poorer households the hardest, a major study has found.

Prime Minister creates taskforces to drive childcare and troubled families reforms

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Wednesday, June 3, 2015

| CYP Now

Efforts to increase provision of free childcare and expand the troubled families initiative will be monitored by new taskforces, the government has announced.

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.

Council announces plans to close one in three children's centres

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Monday, February 8, 2016

| CYP Now

A council has confirmed that is considering closing a third of its children's centres as part of proposals to make savings to early years services.

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.

Better take-up of free entitlement needed to improve social mobility, says IPPR

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Friday, April 1, 2011

| CYP Now

The take-up and quality of the free entitlement to early years education and childcare must be improved for greater social mobility to be achieved, a think tank has claimed.

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.

Political parties urged to back loan scheme for childcare

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Wednesday, February 8, 2012

| CYP Now

A think-tank is urging the three main political parties to support its plans to introduce government loans of up to 10,000 to help parents cover the cost of childcare.

Councils divert two-year-old childcare money to fund SEN

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Tuesday, April 9, 2013

| CYP Now

Local authorities are using funding that is intended to provide childcare for two-year-olds to top up special educational needs budgets, CYP Now has discovered.

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Government publishes revised EYFS framework

Early years childcare 'beneficial for language and behaviour'

Nurseries demand ringfence for free childcare funds

Extend free childcare to boost economy, says CBI

Government rejects child poverty commission targets

Poor families with young children 'hit hardest' by government reforms

Prime Minister creates taskforces to drive childcare and troubled families reforms

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

Council announces plans to close one in three children's centres

Nurseries paying higher wages perform better, study finds

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

Better take-up of free entitlement needed to improve social mobility, says IPPR

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

Political parties urged to back loan scheme for childcare

Councils divert two-year-old childcare money to fund SEN

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