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Too many nursery providers coasting, says Ofsted

Wednesday, July 3, 2013

| CYP Now

Two-fifths of early years settings are coasting and failing to improve quickly enough, according to the latest Ofsted report into the nursery sector.

Concern mounts over Ofsted early years downgradings

News

Wednesday, August 21, 2013

| CYP Now

Growing concerns about the number of nurseries being downgraded by Ofsted has provoked a fight back from early years organisations.

Ask The Expert: Playing with shapes

Other

Wednesday, November 13, 2013

| CYP Now

Q: One of the children at the nursery where I work has became fascinated by the shapes of things. How can we use shape as part of children's learning?

Collaborate with private and voluntary sector or risk loss of childcare, councils warned

News

Friday, July 27, 2012

| CYP Now

Local authorities have been impelled to consult with private and voluntary early years providers before setting conditions on the delivery of the free entitlement, or risk seriously jeopardising childcare provision.

Conflict between cost and quality puts strain on childcare providers, Montessori chair claims

News

Friday, August 10, 2012

| CYP Now

The conflict between delivering high quality services at an increasingly low cost is causing anxiety among childcare providers, according to the chair of the Montessori Schools Association.

Providers frustrated as councils impose free childcare restrictions

Other

Monday, August 20, 2012

| CYP Now

As local authorities prepare to extend free childcare, providers express concern about unreasonable conditions being placed on them

Ask the Experts: Is a parent really working with me?

Best Practice

Tuesday, October 31, 2017

| CYP Now

Our expert panel offers advice on working with a mother on child protection, data collection, treasure baskets and fundraising.

Free childcare to be extended to foster carers

News

Wednesday, December 20, 2017

| CYP Now

Foster carers are to become eligible for 30 hours free childcare, children's minister Robert Goodwill has confirmed.

Ask the Expert: Nursery advertising

Other

Tuesday, November 13, 2012

| CYP Now

Nutbrown scorns government childcare changes

News

Tuesday, March 19, 2013

| CYP Now

The author of the government's childcare review has issued a withering attack on the coalition's plans to reform early years.

Daily roundup: Heart surgery, Ofsted statistics, and measles outbreak

Other

Friday, April 5, 2013

| CYP Now

Children's heart surgery to resume in Leeds, concern over number of daycare settings rated as inadequate, and measles outbreak in Swansea continues, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Smoking rates, abuse investigation, and social workers

Other

Friday, July 25, 2014

| CYP Now

Number of children trying smoking falls; claims of child abuse 'cover-up' in Lambeth; and August is the best month to recruit social workers, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: GCSE results, fines and Neet figures

News

Thursday, August 21, 2014

| CYP Now

Figures show fall in English GCSE grades; number of fines issued to parents in Suffolk for allowing their children to miss school rises by 500 per cent; and Department for Education reveals drop in young people not in education, employment or training, all in the news today.

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.

More than 500,000 children to miss out on free 30 hours childcare

News

Monday, February 13, 2017

| CYP Now

More than half of children currently claiming 15 hours of government-funded childcare a week will not qualify for extended hours to be offered later this year, the government has revealed.

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.

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.

Recruitment concerns threaten 30-hour childcare pledge

News

Wednesday, June 10, 2015

| CYP Now

Fresh concerns have been raised about the viability of government plans to extend free childcare provision to 30 hours a week after it emerged that nurseries are struggling to recruit qualified staff.

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.

Ask the Experts: Address suspicions over legal highs

Best Practice

Tuesday, October 27, 2015

| CYP Now

Our panel offers advice on the dangers of legal highs, child protection changes, building a bug hotel and holding a winter bazaar.

North-south divide apparent by age five, report finds

News

Tuesday, October 27, 2015

| CYP Now

Poor children in the north of England are faring worse by the age of five than their counterparts in London, a study has found.

Rethink childcare amid pandemic

Analysis

Tuesday, October 27, 2020

| CYP Now

Editor of a new book explains why now is the right time to develop a better early education system.

Greater regulatory oversight of large children’s home and childcare providers needed, Ofsted warns

News

Thursday, October 28, 2021

| CYP Now

Stronger oversight of large providers of both children’s homes and childcare settings is needed to ensure “children are getting the best deal”, Ofsted has said.

Free childcare expansion 'more difficult' in London

News

Friday, January 22, 2016

| CYP Now

Nurseries in London face a major challenge to extend free childcare to 30 hours each week in line with government proposals, experts have warned.

Ask the Experts: Run supportive training sessions

Other

Tuesday, February 2, 2016

| CYP Now

Our panel offers advice on delivering sensitive training, school place planning, bilingual nursery support and a bereaved young carer.

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Too many nursery providers coasting, says Ofsted

Concern mounts over Ofsted early years downgradings

Ask The Expert: Playing with shapes

Collaborate with private and voluntary sector or risk loss of childcare, councils warned

Conflict between cost and quality puts strain on childcare providers, Montessori chair claims

Providers frustrated as councils impose free childcare restrictions

Ask the Experts: Is a parent really working with me?

Free childcare to be extended to foster carers

Ask the Expert: Nursery advertising

Nutbrown scorns government childcare changes

Daily roundup: Heart surgery, Ofsted statistics, and measles outbreak

Daily roundup: Smoking rates, abuse investigation, and social workers

Daily roundup: GCSE results, fines and Neet figures

Ofsted scraps '30-day' complaint-driven inspections

More than 500,000 children to miss out on free 30 hours childcare

Ofsted considers children's centre inspections revamp

Call for focus on quality as free childcare expansion looms

Recruitment concerns threaten 30-hour childcare pledge

Corbyn names Lucy Powell shadow education secretary

Ask the Experts: Address suspicions over legal highs

North-south divide apparent by age five, report finds

Rethink childcare amid pandemic

Greater regulatory oversight of large children’s home and childcare providers needed, Ofsted warns

Free childcare expansion 'more difficult' in London

Ask the Experts: Run supportive training sessions

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