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4Children unveils plans for community childcare hubs

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.

Government scraps plans to change child care ratios

News

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.

NCAS Conference: Employers urged to provide childcare

News

Friday, October 18, 2013

| CYP Now

Businesses and schools should be used to ensure sufficient childcare places for two-year-olds are available, experts have said.

Primary school becomes first childminder agency

News

Tuesday, October 28, 2014

| CYP Now

The Department for Education has named a primary school as the country's first childminder agency.

Ofsted considers children's centre inspections revamp

News

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.

Scores of unemployed parents to become childminders

News

Tuesday, April 21, 2015

| CYP Now

More than 200 unemployed parents could register as childminders after completing a controversial government-backed course.

Call for focus on quality as free childcare expansion looms

News

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.

Corbyn names Lucy Powell shadow education secretary

News

Monday, September 14, 2015

| CYP Now

New Labour party leader Jeremy Corbyn has appointed Lucy Powell shadow education secretary.

Sector leaders vow to oppose relaxation of childcare ratios

News

Monday, October 4, 2021

| CYP Now

Early years leaders have hit out at rumoured government plans to relax childcare ratios.

Legal Update: Impact of EYFS reforms

Features

Tuesday, November 28, 2023

| CYP Now

Emma Goddard, membership and communications officer at Coram Family and Childcare, outlines the changes to early years standards and what the impact of these will be for providers and children.

Early years review chair seeks views on training

News

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 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: Pupil premium, childcare standards and youth apprenticeships

Other

Wednesday, July 17, 2013

| CYP Now

The government is to raise the pupil premium among primary school reforms, a government international comparison of childcare places the UK fourth, and almost three quarters of Neet young people cannot access apprenticeships.

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

News

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.

Early years settings prepare for EYFS reforms

Other

Monday, April 16, 2012

| CYP Now

With the new framework due to be implemented in September, the coming weeks will be critical in assuring young children benefit from the changes

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.

Early years apprentice framework adds GCSE requirements

News

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

News

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.

Corbyn's policies for children and young people under the spotlight

Other

Monday, September 28, 2015

| CYP Now

Children and young people's issues featured prominently during Jeremy Corbyn's successful campaign to become Labour leader. So what is he pledging to do, and what do sector leaders think of his emerging policies?

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

News

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 urged to restrict expanded free childcare to poorest children

News

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.

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

News

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

News

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.

Initiative aims to tackle stress in early years workforce

News

Wednesday, February 13, 2019

| CYP Now

Early years providers are urged to take part in a government-backed initiative which aims to cut stressors that are "taking their toll" on the workforce.

DfE study finds 'lack of appetite' for 30 hours offer among childminders

News

Tuesday, January 31, 2017

| CYP Now

There is a "lack of appetite" among many childminders to grow their businesses in order to deliver 30 hours of free childcare for all three-and four-year-olds, a study commissioned by the Department for Education has found.

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4Children unveils plans for community childcare hubs

Government scraps plans to change child care ratios

NCAS Conference: Employers urged to provide childcare

Primary school becomes first childminder agency

Ofsted considers children's centre inspections revamp

Scores of unemployed parents to become childminders

Call for focus on quality as free childcare expansion looms

Corbyn names Lucy Powell shadow education secretary

Sector leaders vow to oppose relaxation of childcare ratios

Legal Update: Impact of EYFS reforms

Early years review chair seeks views on training

Childcare campaigners achieve ratio petition target

Daily roundup: Pupil premium, childcare standards and youth apprenticeships

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

Early years settings prepare for EYFS reforms

Pressure mounts over changes to childcare ratios

Early years apprentice framework adds GCSE requirements

Government accelerates plans to double free childcare allowance

Corbyn's policies for children and young people under the spotlight

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

Government urged to restrict expanded free childcare to poorest children

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

Truss failed to meet major providers during childcare consultation

Initiative aims to tackle stress in early years workforce

DfE study finds 'lack of appetite' for 30 hours offer among childminders

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