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North-south divide apparent by age five, report finds

Tuesday, October 27, 2015

| CYP Now

Poor children in the north of England are faring worse by the age of five than their counterparts in London, a study has found.

Free childcare expansion 'more difficult' in London

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Friday, January 22, 2016

| CYP Now

Nurseries in London face a major challenge to extend free childcare to 30 hours each week in line with government proposals, experts have warned.

Major charity set to cease children's centres provision

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Monday, February 15, 2016

| CYP Now

The Children's Society is set to stop running children's centres by the end of the year, it has emerged.

Nurseries U-turn on 30-hour childcare pilot

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Tuesday, June 7, 2016

| CYP Now

Nurseries in one of the areas piloting 30 hours of free childcare have reversed a decision not to take part in the scheme after the government offered them more money.

Early years review chair seeks views on training

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Friday, October 28, 2011

| CYP Now

Early years professionals, parents and employers are being called upon to give their views on what training and qualifications staff working in childcare and early education need.

Childcare leaders reject 30-hour funding plans

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Thursday, September 22, 2016

| CYP Now

Early years groups have warned that government plans to offer 30 hours a week of free childcare from next year will only work if nurseries are allowed to levy charges on parents for using the entitlement.

Childcare campaigners achieve ratio petition target

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Thursday, May 2, 2013

| CYP Now

Campaigners fighting plans to reduce staff-to-child ratios in childcare have gained enough backing to trigger an official response from the government.

Tax-free childcare plans ‘will benefit low-income families'

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Tuesday, August 6, 2013

| CYP Now

Government plans to significantly reduce childcare costs could have a major benefit for low-income parents, a think-tank has said.

Children's centre to sue local authority

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Tuesday, August 27, 2013

| CYP Now

A children's centre has confirmed it will take legal action against Blackburn with Darwen Council for providing inadequate funding.

Government rejects call to increase childcare support for out-of-work parents

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Wednesday, June 20, 2018

| CYP Now

A call by MPs to give out-of-work parents more help with childcare costs while undertaking training has been rejected by the government.

Pressure mounts over changes to childcare ratios

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Friday, March 22, 2013

| CYP Now

The UK's largest childcare provider has said it will not be taking advantage of government plans to relax childcare ratios amid growing opposition to the proposal.

School-based nurseries to have separate Ofsted rating

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Thursday, July 3, 2014

| CYP Now

School-based nurseries and reception classes will receive separate inspection ratings from September, the head of Ofsted has confirmed.

Early years apprentice framework adds GCSE requirements

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Tuesday, August 5, 2014

| CYP Now

Entry standards for the new early years apprenticeship will require applicants to hold English and maths GCSE grades A* to C despite concerns from childcare leaders that it raises the bar too high, the sector's skills body has confirmed.

Government accelerates plans to double free childcare allowance

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Monday, June 1, 2015

| CYP Now

The government is fast-tracking plans to double provision of free childcare to 30 hours a week, with trials set to launch in September 2016, a year earlier than previously planned.

Councils accused of jeopardising government childcare plans

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Friday, June 26, 2015

| CYP Now

Councils have been accused of putting government childcare plans in "significant jeopardy", because they are failing to monitor the number of childcare places in their areas.

Childcare problems to leave families with disabled children worse off, charities warn

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Monday, November 23, 2015

| CYP Now

Government plans to offset benefit cuts with the expansion of free early education could leave many disabled families worse off because of the problems they face accessing childcare, a group of charities has warned.

Government refuses to publish evidence submitted to cost of childcare review

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Tuesday, January 12, 2016

| CYP Now

The government has said it will not publish responses submitted as part of the consultation into the cost of childcare.

Government urged to restrict expanded free childcare to poorest children

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Thursday, January 28, 2016

| CYP Now

The government has been urged to ditch plans to expand free childcare provision to 30 hours a week for all working parents and replace it with a means-tested system.

Nine children's centres at risk as council proposes cuts to save £1.5m

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Friday, April 1, 2016

| CYP Now

A council is considering reducing the number of children's centres it runs as part of efforts to save £1.47m.

Nursery teacher shortage 'risks children's early education'

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Tuesday, November 1, 2016

| CYP Now

The education of younger children is being put at risk by a shortage in trained early years teachers across nurseries in England, a charity has warned.

Childcare funding reform allocations fail to plug provision gaps

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Thursday, September 15, 2016

| CYP Now

Funding allocated to individual councils under the government's proposed early years national funding formula does not prioritise areas that most need to boost childcare places, the Family and Childcare Trust (Fact) has warned.

Nursery leaders round on Truss criticism

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Tuesday, April 23, 2013

| CYP Now

Early years leaders have accused childcare minister Elizabeth Truss of failing to understand education, after she branded UK nurseries "chaotic".

NDNA and DfE to trial early years ratios

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Tuesday, May 21, 2013

| CYP Now

The National Day Nurseries Association (NDNA) is to trial rarely used maximum child-to-staff ratios in early years settings as part of a Department for Education-funded project.

Test ratios in 'real-life nursery', urges NDNA chief

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Tuesday, May 28, 2013

| CYP Now

The government should base its childcare reforms on "real-life nursery situations" and not on a "paper exercise", the head of an early years charity has argued.

Truss failed to meet major providers during childcare consultation

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Monday, June 3, 2013

| CYP Now

Childcare minister Elizabeth Truss failed to consult directly with some of the largest early years providers when drawing up childcare reforms, an official list of her meetings reveals.

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North-south divide apparent by age five, report finds

Free childcare expansion 'more difficult' in London

Major charity set to cease children's centres provision

Nurseries U-turn on 30-hour childcare pilot

Early years review chair seeks views on training

Childcare leaders reject 30-hour funding plans

Childcare campaigners achieve ratio petition target

Tax-free childcare plans ‘will benefit low-income families'

Children's centre to sue local authority

Government rejects call to increase childcare support for out-of-work parents

Pressure mounts over changes to childcare ratios

School-based nurseries to have separate Ofsted rating

Early years apprentice framework adds GCSE requirements

Government accelerates plans to double free childcare allowance

Councils accused of jeopardising government childcare plans

Childcare problems to leave families with disabled children worse off, charities warn

Government refuses to publish evidence submitted to cost of childcare review

Government urged to restrict expanded free childcare to poorest children

Nine children's centres at risk as council proposes cuts to save £1.5m

Nursery teacher shortage 'risks children's early education'

Childcare funding reform allocations fail to plug provision gaps

Nursery leaders round on Truss criticism

NDNA and DfE to trial early years ratios

Test ratios in 'real-life nursery', urges NDNA chief

Truss failed to meet major providers during childcare consultation

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