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Reform funding for struggling early years sector, MPs urge

Wednesday, June 23, 2021

| CYP Now

The government is being urged to overhaul funding for early years to ensure providers are paid fairly and can effectively help children recover from the Covid-19 pandemic.

Test and Trace app causing 'havoc' for nurseries, early years leader claims

News

Thursday, July 22, 2021

| CYP Now

The chief executive of a London early years provider is calling for fully vaccinated nursery staff to be exempt from NHS Test and Trace self-isolation rules to avoid the temporary closures of settings.

Covid pressures force childcare closures

Analysis

Tuesday, July 27, 2021

| CYP Now

Falling attendance hits childcare providers’ income forcing settings to close and cut staff – prompting calls for urgent government support.

MPs call for childcare funding after summer statement disappointment

News

Friday, July 10, 2020

| CYP Now

MPs have issued fresh calls to the Chancellor to invest in the early years sector after providers missed out on funding in the summer statement.

Early years providers need funding to cope with second coronavirus lockdown, sector leaders say

News

Monday, November 2, 2020

| CYP Now

The government must properly fund early years settings to stay open during a planned second Covid-19 lockdown amid fears over a “fall in demand for childcare provision”, sector leaders have said.

Key workers advised to keep children at home ‘if they can’ in latest DfE U-turn

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Monday, January 11, 2021

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Key workers should “keep children at home if they can”, the Department for Education has said, in a change to guidance detailing those eligible to attend school.

Out of school clubs 'on brink of collapse'

News

Friday, May 29, 2020

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More than eight in 10 out of school clubs are currently closed due to the coronavirus pandemic, raising concerns that wraparound care is “on the brink of collapse”, a new survey shows.

Childcare providers and councils must continue to work together to solve pandemic problems

Blogs

Tuesday, July 21, 2020

| CYP Now

I’ve noticed better relationships between local authority early years teams and childcare providers as a result of the impact of Covid-19.

Education committee urged to launch outdoor learning inquiry

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Thursday, October 8, 2020

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More than 30 youth and environmental groups are calling on MPs to investigate the "vital" health and education benefits of outdoor learning for children in disadvantaged areas.

DfE ‘denying Covid support to early years providers’, sector warns

News

Monday, November 30, 2020

| CYP Now

Early years providers hit hard by the impact of the coronavirus pandemic are being denied the same support from government being given to schools, sector leaders have warned.

Omicron surge sparks concerns over children’s workforce shortage

News

Wednesday, January 5, 2022

| CYP Now

Rising cases of the omicron variant of Covid-19 across the UK has increased fears of staffing shortages in education, early years and children’s social care.

Councils report sharp fall in childcare availability

News

Tuesday, March 22, 2022

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“Ongoing uncertainty and disruption” in the aftermath of the Covid-19 pandemic means childcare availability “has fallen sharply” over the last 12 months, new research shows.

Maternal mental health services ‘struggling with increased demand’ amid pandemic

News

Tuesday, March 16, 2021

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Mental health services supporting pregnant women and new mothers are struggling under the strain of increased demand for services due to the pandemic, a new report finds.

Calls for ‘urgent reform’ of services to protect young children and babies

News

Tuesday, March 23, 2021

| CYP Now

The Covid-19 pandemic has highlighted the need for “urgent reform” of child protection and early help services for young children and babies, researchers have said.

Thousands back call for independent review of childcare funding

News

Monday, June 7, 2021

| CYP Now

Tens of thousands of people have backed calls for an independent review of childcare funding in England.

Covid-19 recovery plan: What does it mean for schools and childcare settings?

News

Tuesday, May 12, 2020

| CYP Now

Early years settings, schools, including special schools, and alternative education provisions in England will be able to open to more children from 1 June, new government guidelines state.

Health visitor shortage 'poses risk' to children with SEND, Ofsted director says

News

Friday, December 16, 2022

| CYP Now

A shortage of health visitors poses a risk to vulnerable children, including those with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) and victims of domestic violence, who would benefit from early intervention or support, warned Ofsted's director for social care.

'Severe’ early years workforce shortage sparks childcare crisis, EYA data shows

News

Friday, December 3, 2021

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A "severe and growing” staffing shortage in the early years sector is leaving families facing repeated disruptions to childcare services, new research shows.

Sector cautiously welcomes relaxation of early years staffing ratios due to Covid-19

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Wednesday, January 12, 2022

| CYP Now

Early years leaders have cautiously welcomed the government’s decision to relax staff to child ratios to help cope with workforce shortages amid a surge of the Omicron variant of Covid-19.

Pandemic hit early education of disadvantaged children hardest, research finds

News

Tuesday, June 21, 2022

| CYP Now

“Considerably more” children from ethnic minority and disadvantaged backgrounds have missed out on formal early learning during the Covid-19 pandemic compared with their peers, new research has found.

Disadvantaged pupils targeted in government’s £700m school catch up plans

News

Wednesday, February 24, 2021

| CYP Now

The government has pledged to focus £700m in catch up funding for education in England on disadvantaged children, as schools and early years settings recover from the Covid-19 pandemic.

Early years funding levels not sustainable, MPs warn

News

Tuesday, April 27, 2021

| CYP Now

Just one in 10 parents believe that current levels of early years funding are enough to enable nurseries, pre-schools and childminders in England to remain financially sustainable, research by MPs has found.

Two-fifths of primary schools sign up for DfE-funded speech and language programme

News

Tuesday, April 27, 2021

| CYP Now

More than 6,000 primary schools in England have signed up to take part in a programme to support reception-aged children whose early language and literacy development has been most affected by the pandemic.

Queen’s Speech 2021: Government to ‘prioritise early years’ as Covid-19 restrictions lift

News

Tuesday, May 11, 2021

| CYP Now

The government has committed to “prioritising the early years” as the UK recovers from the Covid-19 pandemic, the Queen has announced.

Government’s £1.4bn education catch-up package branded 'inadequate'

News

Wednesday, June 2, 2021

| CYP Now

The government’s own education recovery tsar is among critics of the Department for Education’s new £1.4bn catch-up plan.

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Reform funding for struggling early years sector, MPs urge

Test and Trace app causing 'havoc' for nurseries, early years leader claims

Covid pressures force childcare closures

MPs call for childcare funding after summer statement disappointment

Early years providers need funding to cope with second coronavirus lockdown, sector leaders say

Key workers advised to keep children at home ‘if they can’ in latest DfE U-turn

Out of school clubs 'on brink of collapse'

Childcare providers and councils must continue to work together to solve pandemic problems

Education committee urged to launch outdoor learning inquiry

DfE ‘denying Covid support to early years providers’, sector warns

Omicron surge sparks concerns over children’s workforce shortage

Councils report sharp fall in childcare availability

Maternal mental health services ‘struggling with increased demand’ amid pandemic

Calls for ‘urgent reform’ of services to protect young children and babies

Thousands back call for independent review of childcare funding

Covid-19 recovery plan: What does it mean for schools and childcare settings?

Health visitor shortage 'poses risk' to children with SEND, Ofsted director says

'Severe’ early years workforce shortage sparks childcare crisis, EYA data shows

Sector cautiously welcomes relaxation of early years staffing ratios due to Covid-19

Pandemic hit early education of disadvantaged children hardest, research finds

Disadvantaged pupils targeted in government’s £700m school catch up plans

Early years funding levels not sustainable, MPs warn

Two-fifths of primary schools sign up for DfE-funded speech and language programme

Queen’s Speech 2021: Government to ‘prioritise early years’ as Covid-19 restrictions lift

Government’s £1.4bn education catch-up package branded 'inadequate'

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