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Leadership trumps qualifications in ensuring quality childcare, says expert

Friday, June 20, 2014

| CYP Now

The quality of care provided to disadvantaged two-year-olds is determined by the effectiveness of a setting's leadership not the qualifications of staff, a government adviser on childcare has said.

Campaigners criticise progress of free childcare drive

News

Thursday, August 21, 2014

| CYP Now

Early years campaigners have questioned the government's handling of its flagship childcare scheme after CYP Now revealed a widespread shortfall in the number of places available for disadvantaged two-year-olds.

Ask the Expert: Nursery transitions

Other

Monday, June 25, 2012

| CYP Now

Nurseries demand ringfence for free childcare funds

News

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.

Daily roundup 5 June: Depression, Facebook video, and nursery care

Other

Friday, June 5, 2015

| CYP Now

Researchers find children of mothers experiencing depression during pregnancy more likely to develop condition themselves; NSPCC criticises Facebook over controversial baby video; and children "missing out" on free nursery provision in Scotland, all in the news today.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Ask the Experts: Helping parents to love the rain

Other

Tuesday, July 10, 2012

| CYP Now

Early years providers 'underrepresented' on funding panels

News

Monday, June 12, 2017

| CYP Now

Local authorities are making "unfair and unbalanced" early years funding decisions because the sector is underrepresented on official decision-making forums, a childcare organisation has claimed.

Early years accounts for two-thirds of Ofsted complaints

News

Friday, June 13, 2014

| CYP Now

Two-thirds of all formal complaints made against Ofsted over the past year were from early years providers.

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

Other

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.

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

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Leadership trumps qualifications in ensuring quality childcare, says expert

Campaigners criticise progress of free childcare drive

Ask the Expert: Nursery transitions

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

Daily roundup 5 June: Depression, Facebook video, and nursery care

Ofsted warns of low uptake of free early years places

DfE 'unable to understand' cost of childcare following review

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

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

Anti-ratios campaigning pays off

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

Ask the Experts: Helping parents to love the rain

Early years providers 'underrepresented' on funding panels

Early years accounts for two-thirds of Ofsted complaints

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

Ask the Expert: Snow safety

Professionals fear reforms will jeopardise quality of childcare

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