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Childcare staff bonus concerns

Analysis

Tuesday, February 27, 2024

| CYP Now

Although £1,000 incentive payment is welcomed some say it won’t tackle sector’s retention problems.

Survey highlights need to tackle mental health toll of inspections

Analysis

Tuesday, January 30, 2024

| CYP Now

When Ofsted announced that it would be pausing routine inspections to allow inspectors to complete mental health training, large parts of the education sector breathed a sigh of relief. Finally, it seemed that action was being taken, both to recognise and begin to address the impact of inspections on educators’ mental wellbeing.

Barriers to accessing funded early education

Analysis

Tuesday, January 30, 2024

| CYP Now

Understanding why some parents do not make full use of funded childcare is crucial for the scheme’s expansion, analysis suggests

Risks of returning to Sure Start

Analysis

Wednesday, January 3, 2024

| CYP Now

Social mobility expert says review shows flagship New Labour childcare scheme had little impact.

Three views on EYFS reforms

Analysis

Wednesday, January 3, 2024

| CYP Now

Experts assess the impact of latest changes to the early years foundation stage framework.

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.

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.

Family hubs: early adopter sites share knowledge of what works

Analysis

Tuesday, October 24, 2023

| CYP Now

With half of English local authorities developing a network of family hubs, a report collates the lessons from six areas about how they have implemented provision that meets the needs of their communities.

Funded childcare expansion plans in doubt amid nursery closures

Analysis

Tuesday, July 25, 2023

| CYP Now

Councils are increasingly worried about a shortage of early education places, particularly in disadvantaged areas, and echo warnings from sector leaders that it could hit government plans for funded childcare.

Use EYFS review to rethink staffing

Analysis

Tuesday, June 27, 2023

| CYP Now

Providers can benefit from proposed Early Years Foundation Stage Framework changes, says expert.

Childminder payment plans

Analysis

Tuesday, April 25, 2023

| CYP Now

Cash inducements for new childminders are insufficient to tackle the sector's decline, say experts.

Implications of ratios change

Analysis

Tuesday, March 28, 2023

| CYP Now

The government has announced plans to relax rules on how many children childcare staff can look after.

Schools to extend reach through more places for two-year-olds

Analysis

Tuesday, February 28, 2023

| CYP Now

Faced with a shortage of childcare provision in some areas, councils are submitting proposals to allow schools to admit two-year-olds, but some experts raise questions over the quality of early education being provided

Benefits of expanding childcare provision

Analysis

Tuesday, January 31, 2023

| CYP Now

Research reveals offering disadvantaged pre-schoolers more funded hours can boost child development and ensure they are school ready.

Childcare training programme to help identify SEND needs sooner

Analysis

Thursday, December 1, 2022

| CYP Now

Everyone in the early years sector is acutely aware of increasing demands for specialist support.

Funded childcare: debate over charging

Analysis

Thursday, December 1, 2022

| CYP Now

Case of nursery imposing extra charges highlights challenges for councils and early years providers in meeting free entitlement rules.

Case for expanding school-led childcare

Analysis

Tuesday, October 25, 2022

| CYP Now

Panel of experts assess the children’s commissioner for England’s proposals for early education to be run by schools and childminders.

‘Without more help, childcare’s infrastructure may be destroyed’

Analysis

Tuesday, September 27, 2022

| CYP Now

In the first of a series on the impact of the cost-of-living crisis on services for children and families, childcare leaders and practitioners warn of an ‘existential threat’ to early education for disadvantaged communities.

Plans to reduce cost of childcare: pros and cons of five proposals

Analysis

Tuesday, July 26, 2022

| CYP Now

The government has put forward five proposals for reducing the cost of early years provision including changing child-to-staff ratios and flexibilities for childminders, but expert says just two of the measures have any real merit.

Protecting childcare staff ratios

Analysis

Wednesday, April 27, 2022

| CYP Now

Three experts put the case for why the government should not try to water down children-to-staff ratios.

Families face childcare barriers as councils report lack of sufficiency

Analysis

Tuesday, March 29, 2022

| CYP Now

Report from Coram Family and Childcare reveals a fall in the availability of funded childcare places, with the problem particularly acute in disadvantaged areas and for children with special educational needs.

Understanding the impact of early years funding shortage

Analysis

Tuesday, March 1, 2022

| CYP Now

The early years sector has acted as a lifeline for families over the last two years. Yet while it has played such an essential role during the pandemic, it has often been taken for granted.

Tackling free childcare decline

Analysis

Tuesday, February 1, 2022

| CYP Now

Councils are honing ways to reverse fall in the number of two-year-olds using the funded entitlement.

Provider survey reveals scale of childcare workforce crisis

Analysis

Wednesday, December 22, 2021

| CYP Now

Few parts of the children and families sector have been hit as hard by the pandemic as early years services. Shortages of staff and government funding have only been exacerbated by Covid-19 as demand for places has failed to return to pre-pandemic levels resulting in settings closing.

Family hubs expansion: sector split on their role and potential

Analysis

Tuesday, November 30, 2021

| CYP Now

Advocates of family hubs say new government funding will help establish a network of family support facilities that complements the early years focus of children’s centres, but some fear it signals the "death knell" for them.

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Childcare staff bonus concerns

Survey highlights need to tackle mental health toll of inspections

Barriers to accessing funded early education

Risks of returning to Sure Start

Three views on EYFS reforms

Probe reveals how funding rate cut will hit council childcare role

How councils use the retained childcare funding

Family hubs: early adopter sites share knowledge of what works

Funded childcare expansion plans in doubt amid nursery closures

Use EYFS review to rethink staffing

Childminder payment plans

Implications of ratios change

Schools to extend reach through more places for two-year-olds

Benefits of expanding childcare provision

Childcare training programme to help identify SEND needs sooner

Funded childcare: debate over charging

Case for expanding school-led childcare

‘Without more help, childcare’s infrastructure may be destroyed’

Plans to reduce cost of childcare: pros and cons of five proposals

Protecting childcare staff ratios

Families face childcare barriers as councils report lack of sufficiency

Understanding the impact of early years funding shortage

Tackling free childcare decline

Provider survey reveals scale of childcare workforce crisis

Family hubs expansion: sector split on their role and potential

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