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Dinenage moves on from childcare role

Thursday, June 15, 2017

| CYP Now

Childcare minister Caroline Dinenage has been moved to a new role at the Department for Work and Pensions, it has emerged.

Early years providers 'underrepresented' on funding panels

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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.

Nursery providers criticise 'unacceptable' childcare website problems

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Wednesday, May 24, 2017

| CYP Now

Childcare providers have criticised technical problems that have prevented parents from registering for tax-free childcare and free hours entitlement.

Lib Dems and Labour promise to increase paternity leave

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Friday, May 12, 2017

| CYP Now

The Liberal Democrats have pledged to offer fathers an additional month's paid paternity leave as part of efforts to boost shared parental responsibility, exceeding proposals set out in Labour's draft manifesto.

Providers criticise 'vague' free childcare guidance

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Monday, April 24, 2017

| CYP Now

Guidance issued by the government on how local authorities and early years providers should manage the expanded 30 hours of free childcare being introduced in September has been criticised for being too vague.

Nearly one in five nurseries set to make a loss

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Tuesday, April 18, 2017

| CYP Now

The proportion of nurseries expecting to make a loss has almost doubled over the last year, a survey of providers has revealed.

Call for 30-hour childcare to be scrapped in favour of means-testing system

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Monday, April 17, 2017

| CYP Now

The government should halt its planned introduction of 30 hours of free childcare each week in favour of a more targeted approach that benefits low income families, a think-tank has said.

DfE data reveals 10,000 fewer childcare providers plan to offer 30-hour places

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Thursday, February 23, 2017

| CYP Now

More than 10,000 fewer childcare providers are planning to offer 30 hours of free childcare provision than offer the current 15 hours, it has emerged.

Shortage of early years teachers 'risks developmental delay' for 800,000 children

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Friday, February 17, 2017

| CYP Now

As many as 800,000 children are at risk of starting school behind their peers in literacy and numeracy because of a shortage of early years teachers, a charity has warned.

Councils fear 30 hours expansion will affect sustainability of settings

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Tuesday, February 7, 2017

| CYP Now

More than 40 per cent of councils believe childcare settings will take a financial hit from government plans to double free childcare entitlement to 30 hours a week from September, a study has found.

Four more councils to join free childcare pilot

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Friday, January 27, 2017

| CYP Now

The government has announced that four more local authority areas will offer 30 hours a week of free childcare, ahead of the national roll-out later this year.

DfE 'underestimating' demand for 30-hour places by 100,000

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Friday, January 20, 2017

| CYP Now

The government has underestimated likely take-up of the 30-hour childcare offer by more than 100,000 places, it has been claimed.

Council to close more than 20 children's centres

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Thursday, January 19, 2017

| CYP Now

A council where children's services staff are set to strike next week has rubberstamped plans to close more than 20 children's centres.

Greening unveils £50m grant scheme to create more childcare places

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Tuesday, January 10, 2017

| CYP Now

A grant scheme worth £50m has been set up by government to create 9,000 more childcare places ahead of the expansion of free provision later this year.

Use empty tube and rail buildings for childcare, Sadiq Khan urged

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Friday, January 6, 2017

| CYP Now

Empty buildings above underground and railway stations should be freed up by London Mayor Sadiq Khan for additional nursery provision, a campaign group has said.

£80m Life Chances Fund opens to early years bids

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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.

Battle to save nursery schools

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Tuesday, November 8, 2016

| CYP Now

Parliamentary group calls for government action to maintain nursery schools' funding and existence.

Nursery teacher shortage 'risks children's early education'

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Tuesday, November 1, 2016

| CYP Now

The education of younger children is being put at risk by a shortage in trained early years teachers across nurseries in England, a charity has warned.

Nursery schools 'at risk of extinction', MP warns

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Wednesday, October 12, 2016

| CYP Now

The long-term viability and sustainability of nursery schools is "hanging by a thread", Labour's former shadow education secretary, Lucy Powell, has said.

Nursery school funding set for review

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Tuesday, October 11, 2016

| CYP Now

The government is preparing to hold a consultation on how council-run nursery schools are funded, it has been claimed.

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Dinenage moves on from childcare role

Early years providers 'underrepresented' on funding panels

Nursery providers criticise 'unacceptable' childcare website problems

Lib Dems and Labour promise to increase paternity leave

Providers criticise 'vague' free childcare guidance

Nearly one in five nurseries set to make a loss

Call for 30-hour childcare to be scrapped in favour of means-testing system

DfE data reveals 10,000 fewer childcare providers plan to offer 30-hour places

Shortage of early years teachers 'risks developmental delay' for 800,000 children

Councils fear 30 hours expansion will affect sustainability of settings

Four more councils to join free childcare pilot

DfE 'underestimating' demand for 30-hour places by 100,000

Council to close more than 20 children's centres

Greening unveils £50m grant scheme to create more childcare places

Use empty tube and rail buildings for childcare, Sadiq Khan urged

£80m Life Chances Fund opens to early years bids

Battle to save nursery schools

Nursery teacher shortage 'risks children's early education'

Nursery schools 'at risk of extinction', MP warns

Nursery school funding set for review

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