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Call for ‘fundamental' review of Ofsted early years inspections

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

News

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

News

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

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.

Election childcare pledges to prompt massive spending cuts

News

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.

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.

Ageing society has implications for entire children's workforce

Other

Monday, March 30, 2015

| CYP Now

We're all getting older. But what has an ageing society got to do with the children's and young people's sector?

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.

Schools to link up with nurseries to boost standards

News

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

News

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

News

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

News

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.

Schools failing to deliver on free childcare places

News

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.

Daily roundup: Care leavers, free school meals, and Rotherham

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Monday, September 8, 2014

| CYP Now

Many councils use B&Bs to accommodate care leavers; free school meals problems in Dorset; and Rotherham Council chief executive to leave post in wake of abuse scandal, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Runaways, court petition and free school meals

Other

Friday, September 5, 2014

| CYP Now

MPs warn of exploitation risk for runaway children at railway stations; NSPCC chief hands government child abuse court petition; and Deputy Prime Minister gets free school meals grilling by nine-year-old, all in the news today.

Lib Dems pledge free childcare for all two-year-olds

News

Wednesday, September 3, 2014

| CYP Now

The Liberal Democrats have pledged to provide free childcare for all two-year-olds if they win next year's general election.

Early years premium needs London weighting, councils warn

News

Friday, August 29, 2014

| CYP Now

Disadvantaged children in London could miss out on up to £1.1m of funding unless the £300 early years pupil premium is amended to reflect the capital's higher living costs, councils have warned.

Lib Dems would triple early years premium, says Laws

News

Tuesday, August 26, 2014

| CYP Now

The Liberal Democrats are calling for the new early years pupil premium to be more than tripled in the next parliament.

Ofsted scraps '30-day' complaint-driven inspections

News

Friday, August 22, 2014

| CYP Now

Ofsted has scrapped its complaint-driven inspections of early years settings in relation to low-level complaints following a trial.

Former government adviser issues early years pupil premium warning

News

Friday, August 22, 2014

| CYP Now

The £300 early years pupil premium (EYPP) will fail to incentivise the best settings to reach out to disadvantaged children unless it is increased, a former government adviser has warned.

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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

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

Ageing society has implications for entire children's workforce

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

Schools failing to deliver on free childcare places

Daily roundup: Care leavers, free school meals, and Rotherham

Daily roundup: Runaways, court petition and free school meals

Lib Dems pledge free childcare for all two-year-olds

Early years premium needs London weighting, councils warn

Lib Dems would triple early years premium, says Laws

Ofsted scraps '30-day' complaint-driven inspections

Former government adviser issues early years pupil premium warning

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