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Free early years schemes 'disproportionately benefit the better-off'

Tuesday, June 12, 2018

| CYP Now

Government initiatives to offer free early education are disproportionately benefitting children from affluent families, analysis of pupil data has concluded.

30-hour offer 'taking places away' from poorer children, claim providers

News

Friday, April 27, 2018

| CYP Now

The government's 30-hour free childcare offer for working families is driving out disadvantaged children from nurseries, a survey of early years providers suggests.

Single parents and poor families 'benefit least' from 30 hours childcare

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Friday, April 20, 2018

| CYP Now

Single parents and families on low incomes gain the least under the government's 30 hours and tax-free childcare initiatives, a charity has claimed.

MPs call for extension of 30 hours childcare to all children

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Wednesday, March 28, 2018

| CYP Now

The government's 30 hours free childcare initiative should be extended to all children as part of efforts to tackle social and economic inequalities, a cross-party group of MPs and peers has said.

MPs call on government to increase 30 hours childcare funding

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Monday, March 26, 2018

| CYP Now

The amount the government gives providers to fund the 30 hours free childcare entitlement is based on "outdated" information and needs to be increased, the treasury select committee has concluded.

Charity calls for action to boost male childcare numbers

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Thursday, March 15, 2018

| CYP Now

A national advisory group to monitor progress in recruiting men to work in childcare is needed to address the sector's gender imbalance, the London Early Years Foundation has said.

Early years sector 'increasingly relying on volunteers'

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Wednesday, March 14, 2018

| CYP Now

Early years providers are increasingly relying on unpaid volunteers, an analysis of the childcare workforce by the Education Policy Institute has concluded.

'Staff exodus' threatens high-quality childcare

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Thursday, March 1, 2018

| CYP Now

Qualified staff are quitting nurseries in large numbers due to low pay, endangering the government's push to increase the provision of high-quality childcare, it has been claimed.

Families face lack of affordable childcare places

News

Tuesday, February 27, 2018

| CYP Now

Families face a struggle to find affordable childcare provision due to a hike in prices and lack of 30 hours free entitlement places, an annual survey of councils has revealed.

Nadhim Zahawi 'aware of 30 hours challenges'

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Tuesday, February 20, 2018

| CYP Now

Children's minister Nadhim Zahawi has conceded that there are "challenges" around the delivery of the government's extended 30 hours free childcare offer but has praised local authorities and providers for rising to meet them.

More than 25,000 parents yet to receive confirmation of 30 hours childcare place

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Friday, February 9, 2018

| CYP Now

More than 25,000 parents are yet to receive confirmation they are eligible for 30 hours free childcare, government figures have revealed.

Government mental health plans 'lack early years focus'

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Tuesday, January 30, 2018

| CYP Now

Government plans to improve mental health help for children and young people are missing an opportunity by failing to look at early years support, experts have warned.

Glitch left thousands of families 'at risk of missing out' on free childcare

News

Wednesday, January 17, 2018

| CYP Now

The government has said it will take action to address a technical issue that campaigners have claimed left thousands of low-income families at risk of missing out on free childcare entitlements.

Thousands of parents yet to receive 30 hours childcare confirmation

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Monday, January 15, 2018

| CYP Now

Nearly 60,000 eligibility codes for the second term of the government's 30 hours free childcare initiative have yet to be validated, government figures show.

MPs to probe impact of 30 hours free childcare extension

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Friday, January 5, 2018

| CYP Now

Former Education Secretary Nicky Morgan is to head an inquiry into the effectiveness of the government's childcare policies.

Free childcare take-up tops 200,000

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Tuesday, December 19, 2017

| CYP Now

More than 200,000 children have benefitted from the government's extended free childcare initiative during the first term, figures have shown.

Early years settings to receive £50m to improve social mobility

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Thursday, December 14, 2017

| CYP Now

The government has pledged to plough £50m into bolstering early years provision in disadvantaged areas, as part of an action plan to improve social mobility.

Childcare eligibility changes to extend provision to 8,000 more two-year-olds

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Tuesday, December 5, 2017

| CYP Now

An additional 8,000 two-year-olds will be entitled to 15 hours of free childcare under proposals to overhaul the eligibility arrangements, the government has said.

Reception classes fail one in three children, Ofsted finds

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Wednesday, November 29, 2017

| CYP Now

A third of primary school reception class children are failing to meet their expected levels of development, a report by Ofsted has found.

Government launches early years healthy eating drive

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Monday, November 13, 2017

| CYP Now

Example menus and recipes have been published by government as part of efforts to encourage early years settings to provide healthy meals for young children.

Call for government to commit to early years strategy

News

Tuesday, October 31, 2017

| CYP Now

The government should publish a strategy for early years family support services amid spending cutbacks and claims that parents are struggling to access decent provision.

Study finds 30-hour childcare initiative 'harmful for social mobility'

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Wednesday, September 27, 2017

| CYP Now

The government's 30-hour free childcare initiative will widen the social mobility gap between disadvantaged children and their peers, a think-tank has claimed.

Can EYTs fix the attainment gap?

Analysis

Tuesday, September 26, 2017

| CYP Now

A Fair Education Alliance report calls for nurseries in deprived areas to employ an early years teacher (EYT), but opinion is split on whether this is the best way to tackle the attainment gap for poorer children.

Greening announces plans for reception-age baseline checks

News

Friday, September 15, 2017

| CYP Now

Four- and five-year-olds will be expected to sit baseline tests when they start reception school as part of a raft of changes to the way children are assessed, the government has announced.

Labour accuses government of failing parents on 30 hours free childcare offer

News

Wednesday, August 23, 2017

| CYP Now

The government is failing parents over the implementation of 30 hours free childcare due to problems they are facing in registering for the scheme, Labour has said.

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Free early years schemes 'disproportionately benefit the better-off'

30-hour offer 'taking places away' from poorer children, claim providers

Single parents and poor families 'benefit least' from 30 hours childcare

MPs call for extension of 30 hours childcare to all children

MPs call on government to increase 30 hours childcare funding

Charity calls for action to boost male childcare numbers

Early years sector 'increasingly relying on volunteers'

'Staff exodus' threatens high-quality childcare

Families face lack of affordable childcare places

Nadhim Zahawi 'aware of 30 hours challenges'

More than 25,000 parents yet to receive confirmation of 30 hours childcare place

Government mental health plans 'lack early years focus'

Glitch left thousands of families 'at risk of missing out' on free childcare

Thousands of parents yet to receive 30 hours childcare confirmation

MPs to probe impact of 30 hours free childcare extension

Free childcare take-up tops 200,000

Early years settings to receive £50m to improve social mobility

Childcare eligibility changes to extend provision to 8,000 more two-year-olds

Reception classes fail one in three children, Ofsted finds

Government launches early years healthy eating drive

Call for government to commit to early years strategy

Study finds 30-hour childcare initiative 'harmful for social mobility'

Can EYTs fix the attainment gap?

Greening announces plans for reception-age baseline checks

Labour accuses government of failing parents on 30 hours free childcare offer

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