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Daily roundup: Louise Casey, pupil premium and inspections

Wednesday, July 3, 2013

| CYP Now

Troubled families tsar Louise Casey criticises "colluding" social workers, research backs pupil premium effectiveness, and LGA chief calls for changes to inspections for children's services, all in the news today.

DfE to assess early years funding disparities

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Monday, July 1, 2013

| CYP Now

The Department for Education is planning to review early years funding to ensure money is fairly distributed between local areas.

Ofsted inspections threaten two-year-old offer, warns expert

News

Thursday, June 20, 2013

| CYP Now

Ofsted's "heavy handed" inspections framework puts free childcare for two-year-olds at risk because it is downgrading too many settings, an expert has warned.

Childcare funding must reflect true costs, says Busy Bees Benefits

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Thursday, June 13, 2013

| CYP Now

The government needs to increase the amount it will offer to parents towards childcare costs because its calculations are out of date, childcare voucher provider Busy Bees Benefits has warned.

Nutbrown joins early years professionals' joy over ratios rejection

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Thursday, June 6, 2013

| CYP Now

The author of the government's review of childcare qualifications is among early years professionals to express "relief" and "delight" over the decision to drop child-to-staff ratio reforms.

Clegg intervenes to sound death knell for ratios policy

News

Thursday, June 6, 2013

| CYP Now

Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has said the government's proposed changes to childcare ratios were so fundamentally flawed that he felt compelled to intervene to stop them.

Government scraps plans to change child care ratios

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Wednesday, June 5, 2013

| CYP Now

The government has backed down over its controversial plans to change child-to-staff ratios in early years settings, CYP Now understands.

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.

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.

Childcare reforms based on outdated models, say critics

News

Wednesday, May 15, 2013

| CYP Now

Early years academics have criticised the government's approach to childcare reforms, saying it is drawing on outdated models for inspiration.

4Children unveils plans for community childcare hubs

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Tuesday, May 14, 2013

| CYP Now

Childcare provision in six communities across England is to be supported by a system of hubs as part of a government-funded trial.

Daily roundup: Narey backs ratios, childminders don't; and adjusting grades to birth dates

Other

Friday, May 10, 2013

| CYP Now

Former Barnardo's chief Narey backs increase in childcare ratios, but three quarters of childminders do not, and the IFS calls for exam grading to be linked to a child's birth date, all in the news today.

Truss defends ratio plans in face of cross-party opposition

News

Thursday, May 9, 2013

| CYP Now

The government has defended its proposals to change the ratio of childcare professionals to children despite demands from all three political parties to drop the plans.

Bradford two-year-olds face childcare shortfall

News

Friday, May 3, 2013

| CYP Now

A shortage of capacity may leave thousands of disadvantaged two-year-olds in Bradford unable to receive free childcare next year.

Childcare campaigners achieve ratio petition target

News

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.

Daily roundup: Childcare ratios, sex education and videogames

Other

Friday, April 12, 2013

| CYP Now

A childminder scolds the childcare minister, youth leaders raise concerns over sex education and game companies face probe over pressurising children, all in the news today.

Conference tackles lack of men in childcare

News

Tuesday, April 2, 2013

| CYP Now

Childcare minister Elizabeth Truss is among those set to join what organisers say is the first event of its kind.

Ratios campaigners urge public to continue opposition

News

Tuesday, March 26, 2013

| CYP Now

Early years campaigners have called on parents and practitioners to keep voicing their opposition to government plans to revise childcare ratios, despite the end of the consultation on the proposals yesterday.

Pressure mounts over changes to childcare ratios

News

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.

Ask the Expert: Ensuring food safety

Other

Tuesday, March 5, 2013

| CYP Now

Ask the Expert: Snow safety

Other

Tuesday, February 5, 2013

| CYP Now

Professionals fear reforms will jeopardise quality of childcare

Other

Tuesday, February 5, 2013

| CYP Now

Reforms to improve the quality, standards and status of the early years workforce, while relaxing regulations around staff-to-child ratios are dividing opinion in the early years sector

Daily roundup: Sexual exploitation, migrant children and early years inspections

Other

Friday, September 14, 2012

| CYP Now

A child sexual exploitation campaign in Lancashire, the human rights of migrant children and calls for parity on Ofsted early years inspections, all in the news today.

Nutbrown calls for all early years staff to hold Level 3 qualification

News

Monday, June 18, 2012

| CYP Now

All staff should hold a relevant Level 3 qualification before being considered qualified to work in an early years setting, a government-commissioned review has claimed.

Government accelerates expansion of free childcare for two-year-olds

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Tuesday, May 29, 2012

| CYP Now

Ten local authorities will offer 15 hours of free childcare to 1,000 of the most disadvantaged two-year-olds from this September, under government plans to accelerate the expansion of the early education programme.

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Daily roundup: Louise Casey, pupil premium and inspections

DfE to assess early years funding disparities

Ofsted inspections threaten two-year-old offer, warns expert

Childcare funding must reflect true costs, says Busy Bees Benefits

Nutbrown joins early years professionals' joy over ratios rejection

Clegg intervenes to sound death knell for ratios policy

Government scraps plans to change child care ratios

Truss failed to meet major providers during childcare consultation

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

Childcare reforms based on outdated models, say critics

4Children unveils plans for community childcare hubs

Daily roundup: Narey backs ratios, childminders don't; and adjusting grades to birth dates

Truss defends ratio plans in face of cross-party opposition

Bradford two-year-olds face childcare shortfall

Childcare campaigners achieve ratio petition target

Daily roundup: Childcare ratios, sex education and videogames

Conference tackles lack of men in childcare

Ratios campaigners urge public to continue opposition

Pressure mounts over changes to childcare ratios

Ask the Expert: Ensuring food safety

Ask the Expert: Snow safety

Professionals fear reforms will jeopardise quality of childcare

Daily roundup: Sexual exploitation, migrant children and early years inspections

Nutbrown calls for all early years staff to hold Level 3 qualification

Government accelerates expansion of free childcare for two-year-olds

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