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Government urges childcare providers to take part in 30-hour expansion trial

Wednesday, August 26, 2015

| CYP Now

Childcare providers have been given a month to put themselves forward as trailblazers for government plans to expand free childcare to 30 hours.

Meagre pay could spark nursery staff shortage

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Friday, July 24, 2015

| CYP Now

Low rates of pay could trigger a future shortage of nursery staff and undermine the government's expansion of free childcare provision, researchers have warned.

Early years cuts ‘shortsighted', says shadow minister

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Tuesday, July 21, 2015

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Cuts to children's centres are "shortsighted" and will increase child poverty, Sharon Hodgson, shadow children and families minister, has said.

Summer childcare shortage worsens, study finds

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Thursday, July 16, 2015

| CYP Now

Shortages of holiday childcare provision in England are getting worse, with nine out of every 10 local authorities reporting that they lack sufficient places over the summer months.

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.

Government climbs down on childcare entry standards

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Wednesday, July 1, 2015

| CYP Now

Childcare apprentices will be required to achieve C grades in GCSE English and maths as an "exit standard" rather than an "entry standard" following a government climb-down on entry requirements.

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 sector welcomes Ofsted inspection reforms

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Tuesday, June 16, 2015

| CYP Now

Independent childcare providers have welcomed changes to early years inspections, which they say will level the playing field with other types of education settings.

Ofsted criticises standard of early years services

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Tuesday, June 16, 2015

| CYP Now

Early years services in Wiltshire are failing many of the poorest children in the county, according to the findings of an Ofsted report.

Recruitment concerns threaten 30-hour childcare pledge

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Wednesday, June 10, 2015

| CYP Now

Fresh concerns have been raised about the viability of government plans to extend free childcare provision to 30 hours a week after it emerged that nurseries are struggling to recruit qualified staff.

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.

Call for ‘fundamental' review of Ofsted early years inspections

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Tuesday, May 19, 2015

| CYP Now

The government must carry out a major review of the early years inspection system because confidence in Ofsted has waned, providers have warned.

Government plans to fast-track 30-hour childcare pledge

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Wednesday, May 13, 2015

| CYP Now

The government is to fast-track legislation to double free universal childcare entitlement to 30 hours a week.

Sam Gyimah reappointed as childcare minister

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Tuesday, May 12, 2015

| CYP Now

Sam Gyimah is to remain as childcare minister at the Department for Education (DfE) in the new Conservative government.

Call for focus on quality as free childcare expansion looms

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Wednesday, April 29, 2015

| CYP Now

Further investment is required to boost standards in the early years workforce if plans to boost provision of free childcare are to improve outcomes, campaigners have said.

Election childcare pledges to prompt massive spending cuts

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Thursday, April 23, 2015

| CYP Now

Government departments are facing massive cuts in order to meet free childcare manifesto pledges proposed by the three main parties, a study has claimed.

Ofsted considers children's centre inspections revamp

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Thursday, February 19, 2015

| CYP Now

Ofsted is in talks with the Department for Education over plans to overhaul the way children's centres are inspected.

Schools to link up with nurseries to boost standards

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Friday, January 30, 2015

| CYP Now

More than 60 teaching schools across the country will partner up with local nurseries in an effort to improve the quality of early years education for young children.

Labour's childcare pledge to cost £1.6bn, claims Gyimah

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Thursday, January 15, 2015

| CYP Now

Labour's plans to increase free childcare would cost double the amount cited by the party, childcare minister Sam Gyimah has claimed.

Nursery survey reveals 'chronic' underfunding

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Wednesday, January 14, 2015

| CYP Now

Nurseries are struggling to deal with a "chronic" underfunding of the government's flagship childcare scheme, the National Day Nurseries Association (NDNA) has warned.

DfE names councils to trial early years pupil premium

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Thursday, January 8, 2015

| CYP Now

Seven local authorities are to test new arrangements for providing additional support to disadvantaged three- and four-year-olds in early education.

Gyimah rejects calls for mandatory first aid training

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Tuesday, December 16, 2014

| CYP Now

Childcare minister Sam Gyimah has rejected calls for a new legal duty requiring all nursery staff to be trained in paediatric first aid (PFA).

Minister seeks childcare improvements despite rise in EYFS results

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Thursday, October 16, 2014

| CYP Now

The proportion of five-year-olds reaching the expected level of development by the end of the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) has increased, new figures show.

Redbridge set to outsource nursery provision

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Friday, October 3, 2014

| CYP Now

Redbridge Council is considering plans to transfer responsibility for its nurseries to private and voluntary providers.

Schools failing to deliver on free childcare places

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Friday, September 19, 2014

| CYP Now

The government's plan to rely on school-based nurseries to deliver more free childcare places for two-year-olds has been described as "nonsensical", after latest figures reveal less than one in 10 of such settings are providing the free entitlement.

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Government urges childcare providers to take part in 30-hour expansion trial

Meagre pay could spark nursery staff shortage

Early years cuts ‘shortsighted', says shadow minister

Summer childcare shortage worsens, study finds

Ofsted warns of low uptake of free early years places

Government climbs down on childcare entry standards

Councils accused of jeopardising government childcare plans

Childcare sector welcomes Ofsted inspection reforms

Ofsted criticises standard of early years services

Recruitment concerns threaten 30-hour childcare pledge

Government accelerates plans to double free childcare allowance

Call for ‘fundamental' review of Ofsted early years inspections

Government plans to fast-track 30-hour childcare pledge

Sam Gyimah reappointed as childcare minister

Call for focus on quality as free childcare expansion looms

Election childcare pledges to prompt massive spending cuts

Ofsted considers children's centre inspections revamp

Schools to link up with nurseries to boost standards

Labour's childcare pledge to cost £1.6bn, claims Gyimah

Nursery survey reveals 'chronic' underfunding

DfE names councils to trial early years pupil premium

Gyimah rejects calls for mandatory first aid training

Minister seeks childcare improvements despite rise in EYFS results

Redbridge set to outsource nursery provision

Schools failing to deliver on free childcare places

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