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Childcare to be available from 6am

Monday, April 4, 2016

| CYP Now

Childcare providers will be required to offer places between 6am and 8pm when the government extends free provision to 30 hours each week, it has been announced.

Nine children's centres at risk as council proposes cuts to save £1.5m

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Friday, April 1, 2016

| CYP Now

A council is considering reducing the number of children's centres it runs as part of efforts to save £1.47m.

Call for qualified teacher in every nursery

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Wednesday, March 30, 2016

| CYP Now

All nurseries should have a qualified early years teacher to support children's learning by 2020, a charity has said.

Ask the Experts: Post-retirement work options

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Tuesday, March 29, 2016

| CYP Now

Our panel offers advice on working with children after retiring, joint commissioning, internet safety and the role of key workers.

Fresh decline in childminder numbers

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Thursday, March 24, 2016

| CYP Now

The government is being urged to take action to halt a decline in childminding, after latest figures showed their numbers have slumped by 10,000 over the past four years.

School readiness project rated a success

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Wednesday, March 23, 2016

| CYP Now

Early years providers and schools are being urged to develop closer links to improve school readiness in disadvantaged areas, after a government-funded pilot project was deemed to be a success by researchers.

Children's centres consultation to launch in summer

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Monday, March 14, 2016

| CYP Now

A consultation on the future of children's centres will now launch in the summer, at least six months behind schedule, it has been announced.

Councils face DfE 'clawback' of millions in Sure Start grants

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Friday, March 11, 2016

| CYP Now

Local authorities are trying to find ways to avoid paying back millions of pounds in children's centre grants handed out more than a decade ago, it has emerged.

Lack of childcare awareness affects life chances, commission warns

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Monday, March 7, 2016

| CYP Now

A lack of awareness among working-class parents about what early years and childcare support is available to them is affecting their children's life chances, the Social Mobility and Child Poverty Commission has warned.

Poorer children less likely to receive formal childcare

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Friday, March 4, 2016

| CYP Now

Children from deprived backgrounds are less likely to receive formal childcare, a government study has found.

Safeguarding fears raised over suspension of Ofsted inspections

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Thursday, March 3, 2016

| CYP Now

Concerns have been raised over the potential safety implications of an ongoing suspension of Ofsted inspections of children's centres.

Free childcare expansion could see deprived two-year-olds 'lose out'

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Wednesday, March 2, 2016

| CYP Now

Disadvantaged two-year-olds could lose out if government plans to expand free childcare entitlement to 30 hours are not properly funded, it has been claimed.

Ofsted to take back responsibility for early years inspections

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Tuesday, March 1, 2016

| CYP Now

Inspections of early years settings will be conducted directly by Ofsted from next year, it has been announced.

DfE rejects call to change free childcare eligibility

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Friday, February 26, 2016

| CYP Now

The government has revealed it has no plans to change childcare rules so that three-year-olds become eligible for free provision on their birthday.

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.