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Concerns raised over dramatic fall in nursery providers and places

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Thursday, April 28, 2011

| CYP Now

An "alarming" cut in the number of nursery providers and places has been revealed in latest Ofsted figures.

Bradford two-year-olds face childcare shortfall

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Friday, May 3, 2013

| CYP Now

A shortage of capacity may leave thousands of disadvantaged two-year-olds in Bradford unable to receive free childcare next year.

Childminders deemed key to two-year-old offer

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Thursday, June 13, 2013

| CYP Now

Councils should do more to recruit and support childminders in order to boost places for the free childcare entitlement for two-year-olds, a government report recommends.

DfE to assess early years funding disparities

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Monday, July 1, 2013

| CYP Now

The Department for Education is planning to review early years funding to ensure money is fairly distributed between local areas.

Government unveils childminder agency pilot areas

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Monday, September 30, 2013

| CYP Now

The Department for Education has revealed the names of the 20 organisations taking part in a pilot of its childminder agencies scheme.

Childminders should be wary of pilot agencies, warns early years expert

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Friday, October 4, 2013

| CYP Now

An early years expert has warned childminders to be wary of signing up to agencies being piloted by the Department for Education.

Rating downgrades 'threaten free childcare scheme'

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Monday, December 9, 2013

| CYP Now

Early years providers say tougher inspections will make it harder for the sector to provide all the nursery places needed to deliver the government's free childcare scheme.