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Nearly one in five nurseries set to make a loss

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.

More than 500,000 children to miss out on free 30 hours childcare

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Monday, February 13, 2017

| CYP Now

More than half of children currently claiming 15 hours of government-funded childcare a week will not qualify for extended hours to be offered later this year, the government has revealed.

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.

Unions urge Greening to rethink nursery school funding changes

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Thursday, November 10, 2016

| CYP Now

The government should reconsider the planned cuts to maintained nursery school funding if it is to prevent dozens of settings closing, education experts have said.

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.

Childcare leaders reject 30-hour funding plans

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Thursday, September 22, 2016

| CYP Now

Early years groups have warned that government plans to offer 30 hours a week of free childcare from next year will only work if nurseries are allowed to levy charges on parents for using the entitlement.

Childcare funding reform allocations fail to plug provision gaps

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Thursday, September 15, 2016

| CYP Now

Funding allocated to individual councils under the government's proposed early years national funding formula does not prioritise areas that most need to boost childcare places, the Family and Childcare Trust (Fact) has warned.

Union's petition demands children's centres consultation

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Wednesday, July 6, 2016

| CYP Now

A union has started a petition calling on government to launch a consultation into the future of children's centres that was supposed to get under way in autumn 2015.

Fall in number of registered childminders

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Wednesday, June 29, 2016

| CYP Now

The number of childminders has continued to fall, according to latest Ofsted figures.

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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

More than 500,000 children to miss out on free 30 hours childcare

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

Unions urge Greening to rethink nursery school funding changes

Nursery teacher shortage 'risks children's early education'

Nursery schools 'at risk of extinction', MP warns

Nursery school funding set for review

Childcare leaders reject 30-hour funding plans

Childcare funding reform allocations fail to plug provision gaps

Union's petition demands children's centres consultation

Fall in number of registered childminders

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