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£755m to fund free childcare expansion

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  • Wednesday, December 18, 2013
  • | CYP Now
Local authorities will receive £755m to deliver free childcare places for disadvantaged two-year-olds from next September, the government has announced.

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.

Government publishes revised EYFS framework

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  • 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.

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.

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