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Study highlights shortage of childcare places

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Wednesday, February 24, 2016

| CYP Now

Almost half of local authorities in England do not have enough childcare places for working parents, it has emerged.

Less than half of nurseries to offer 30-hour free childcare

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Wednesday, February 17, 2016

| CYP Now

Less than half of nurseries say they plan to offer 30 hours of free childcare each week for three- and four-year-olds under government plans to expand provision, a study has found.

Major charity set to cease children's centres provision

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Monday, February 15, 2016

| CYP Now

The Children's Society is set to stop running children's centres by the end of the year, it has emerged.

Nurseries paying higher wages perform better, study finds

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Wednesday, February 10, 2016

| CYP Now

Early years settings that pay staff more money generally offer better-quality provision, a study has concluded.

Free childcare expansion pilot councils announced

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Tuesday, February 2, 2016

| CYP Now

A group of eight councils have been handed £13m to pilot the government's flagship 30-hour free childcare initiative.

Government urged to restrict expanded free childcare to poorest children

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Thursday, January 28, 2016

| CYP Now

The government has been urged to ditch plans to expand free childcare provision to 30 hours a week for all working parents and replace it with a means-tested system.

Free childcare expansion 'more difficult' in London

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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.

MPs to examine importance of early years education

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Thursday, January 14, 2016

| CYP Now

An All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) has been launched to look at how early years education can improve outcomes for disadvantaged children.

Government refuses to publish evidence submitted to cost of childcare review

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Tuesday, January 12, 2016

| CYP Now

The government has said it will not publish responses submitted as part of the consultation into the cost of childcare.

Labour appoints new shadow childcare minister

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Thursday, January 7, 2016

| CYP Now

Labour has appointed a new shadow childcare minister following a reshuffle by party leader Jeremy Corbyn.

Early years providers raise concerns over free childcare trial

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Tuesday, December 8, 2015

| CYP Now

Early years bodies have warned the trial of the government's expanded free childcare offer is too small to tackle key concerns that need resolving before its full introduction.

Childcare providers set to get right to apply for school-based services

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Monday, December 7, 2015

| CYP Now

Childcare providers could be given the right to apply to deliver wraparound care using school facilities, Prime Minister David Cameron has announced.

Council announces £1.5m emergency funding to save childcare places

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Tuesday, December 1, 2015

| CYP Now

A local authority has announced plans to stump up £1.5m in emergency funding to prevent nurseries providing free childcare places going out of business.

'Stick to ratios to save money' DfE tells childcare providers

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Thursday, November 26, 2015

| CYP Now

Early years providers' funding problems could be eased by becoming more efficient in the number of staff they use, the Department for Education has said.

Fall in nursery places raises concerns over free childcare expansion

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Wednesday, November 25, 2015

| CYP Now

The number of childcare places provided by nurseries has fallen by 11,000 this year, latest figures from Ofsted reveal.

Childcare problems to leave families with disabled children worse off, charities warn

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Monday, November 23, 2015

| CYP Now

Government plans to offset benefit cuts with the expansion of free early education could leave many disabled families worse off because of the problems they face accessing childcare, a group of charities has warned.

Childcare funding rate to be announced at Spending Review

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Wednesday, November 11, 2015

| CYP Now

Childcare minister Sam Gyimah has confirmed that details of the funding rate for extended free childcare will be announced this month.

'Meagre' council funding behind low childcare pay

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Tuesday, November 3, 2015

| CYP Now

Rates of pay for nursery staff are being held down by "meagre" local authority funding for early years providers to deliver the free childcare scheme, the National Day Nurseries Association (NDNA) has warned.

North-south divide apparent by age five, report finds

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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.

More five-year-olds achieve good level of development

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Tuesday, October 13, 2015

| CYP Now

More five-year-olds are reaching expected levels of development than ever before, the Department for Education (DfE) has said.

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Study highlights shortage of childcare places

Less than half of nurseries to offer 30-hour free childcare

Major charity set to cease children's centres provision

Nurseries paying higher wages perform better, study finds

Free childcare expansion pilot councils announced

Government urged to restrict expanded free childcare to poorest children

Free childcare expansion 'more difficult' in London

MPs to examine importance of early years education

Government refuses to publish evidence submitted to cost of childcare review

Labour appoints new shadow childcare minister

Early years providers raise concerns over free childcare trial

Childcare providers set to get right to apply for school-based services

Council announces £1.5m emergency funding to save childcare places

'Stick to ratios to save money' DfE tells childcare providers

Fall in nursery places raises concerns over free childcare expansion

Childcare problems to leave families with disabled children worse off, charities warn

Childcare funding rate to be announced at Spending Review

'Meagre' council funding behind low childcare pay

North-south divide apparent by age five, report finds

More five-year-olds achieve good level of development

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