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Public service providers urged to plan for copper wire switch off

Wednesday, December 13, 2023

| CYP Now

Childcare providers, schools and local authorities have been urged to plan for the switch off of BT’s copper wiring system.

More than three children are competing for every early years place, study warns

News

Friday, December 1, 2023

| CYP Now

Almost half of under-fives in England live in areas where there are more than three children for every registered early years place, new research finds.

Early years funding rates uplift ‘not enough’ to prevent closures, providers warn

News

Wednesday, November 29, 2023

| CYP Now

A Department for Education uplift of early years funding rates worth £400m will “fall short” of what providers need to deliver the government’s planned expansion of the funded childcare offer, sector leaders have said.

Inspections clinic: Early years inspection updates

Features

Tuesday, November 28, 2023

| CYP Now

Early years providers have seen significant regulatory and inspection changes this year, including EYFS revisions and updates to the inspection handbook around safeguarding, reports Jo Stephenson.

Leadership: Communicating with families

Features

Tuesday, November 28, 2023

| CYP Now

Effective communication with families is essential for every good nursery. Settings should establish a strategy for meaningful, ongoing dialogue with parents that will build on in-person conversations.

Early years leaders praise Ofsted plans for complaints procedure reform

News

Tuesday, November 28, 2023

| CYP Now

Early years leaders have praised Ofsted plans to push forward with reforms to its complaints process, allowing providers to contact the inspectorate to raise concerns following inspections.

Probe reveals how funding rate cut will hit council childcare role

Analysis

Tuesday, November 28, 2023

| CYP Now

FOI findings show 43 per cent of councils retain the maximum amount of cash from government for funded childcare scheme and highlight fears that proposed cut will have far-reaching consequences for provision.

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.

How councils use the retained childcare funding

Analysis

Tuesday, November 28, 2023

| CYP Now

Four authorities that responded to CYP Now’s FOI enquiry explain how they spend allocations.

DfE proposes cut to councils’ retained early years funding allowance

News

Monday, November 27, 2023

| CYP Now

The Department for Education has proposed to reduce the proportion of early years funding allowed to be retained by local authorities to deliver functions like staffing, family support and the administration of the funded childcare offer.

Integrated children's nursery opens at adult care village

News

Monday, November 27, 2023

| CYP Now

The first intergenerational care village in the North West has opened in Chester, promoting older people and younger children learning and living together through a day nursery.

Autumn statement 2023: Sector leaders criticise lack of measures for struggling families

News

Wednesday, November 22, 2023

| CYP Now

Sector leaders have criticised the Chancellor of the Exchequer’s decision to reduce National Insurance payments and increase the National Living Wage over measures to support families “at the sharp end of the cost-of-living crisis”.