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Nurseries demand ringfence for free childcare funds

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.

Ask the Experts: Growing food, media stories of abuse, learning from mistakes and youth centre help for Eastern European children

Best Practice

Monday, March 30, 2015

| CYP Now

Our panel offers advice on growing vegetables, telling stories of abuse, learning from mistakes and help for Eastern European children.

Ofsted warns of low uptake of free early years places

News

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

News

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.

Skills for the Job: Improving a struggling nursery

Other

Tuesday, October 27, 2015

| CYP Now

Running a nursery is not easy, so when problems arise such as an unseasonal fall in occupancy, prompt action to tackle them is vital.

Childcare funding rate to be announced at Spending Review

News

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

News

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.

Nurseries paying higher wages perform better, study finds

News

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

News

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.

Free childcare expansion could disadvantage poorer children, warns think-tank

News

Monday, June 20, 2016

| CYP Now

Disadvantaged children are most likely to miss out on free childcare when the 30-hour expansion comes into effect, experts have warned.

Parents need comparison website for childcare providers, says think-tank

News

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

News

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

News

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.

Funding formula values free nursery places at 2 per hour

News

Thursday, June 9, 2011

| CYP Now

Nurseries are receiving as little as 2.05 per hour per child in local authority funding to foot the cost of the free entitlement for early education.

Nursery schools 'at risk of extinction', MP warns

News

Wednesday, October 12, 2016

| CYP Now

The long-term viability and sustainability of nursery schools is "hanging by a thread", Labour's former shadow education secretary, Lucy Powell, has said.

Anti-ratios campaigning pays off

Other

Monday, June 10, 2013

| CYP Now

Proposals to change childcare ratios might be abandoned, but campaigners pledge to fight off other reforms.

Behind the Inspection Rating: Shining example in participation

Other

Monday, June 24, 2013

| CYP Now

A converted town house is home to an outstanding-rated nursery praised for listening to the children in its care.

Council offers training grants to increase childcare capacity

News

Thursday, August 8, 2013

| CYP Now

Bradford Council is offering training grants to local people interested in childcare to help meet a shortage of early years places for two-year-olds.

Childcare providers face sharp rise in costs

News

Monday, March 4, 2019

| CYP Now

Costs to childcare providers have risen sharply over the last three years, a government-funded study suggests.

Daily roundup: reading skills, nursery complaints, and youth worker cuts

Other

Tuesday, October 8, 2013

| CYP Now

Poor seven-year-olds falling behind affluent peers in reading; nursery owner slams Ofsted over complaint-driven inspections; and 100 youth worker jobs at risk in Essex, all in the news today.

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Nurseries demand ringfence for free childcare funds

Ask the Experts: Growing food, media stories of abuse, learning from mistakes and youth centre help for Eastern European children

Ofsted warns of low uptake of free early years places

DfE 'unable to understand' cost of childcare following review

Skills for the Job: Improving a struggling nursery

Childcare funding rate to be announced at Spending Review

Childcare providers set to get right to apply for school-based services

Nurseries paying higher wages perform better, study finds

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

Free childcare expansion could disadvantage poorer children, warns think-tank

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

Funding formula values free nursery places at 2 per hour

Nursery schools 'at risk of extinction', MP warns

Anti-ratios campaigning pays off

Behind the Inspection Rating: Shining example in participation

Council offers training grants to increase childcare capacity

Childcare providers face sharp rise in costs

Daily roundup: reading skills, nursery complaints, and youth worker cuts

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