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Nursery from 6am 'could damage children's wellbeing'

Tuesday, April 12, 2016

| CYP Now

Children's wellbeing could be damaged if government proposals to deliver the 30-hour free childcare offer result in parents using nurseries for up to 14 hours a day, early years leaders have warned.

Government considers allowing co-habiters of sex offenders to work in nurseries

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Friday, May 6, 2016

| CYP Now

The government is considering changing regulations so that people who live with a sex offender can get a childcare job in nurseries and schools.

Fresh funding fears over 30-hour free childcare plans

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Tuesday, May 17, 2016

| CYP Now

Fresh concerns have been raised about the value of a high-profile government trial of extended 30-hour free childcare provision after it emerged that nurseries taking part will only receive higher funding rates for the additional 15 hours.

Nurseries may 'opt out' of offering 30 hours free childcare, warn MPs

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Wednesday, June 15, 2016

| CYP Now

There is a "real risk" there will be insufficient nurseries willing or able to offer the 30 hours free childcare entitlement when it is introduced next year, a group of MPs has warned.

Charity urges rethink on childcare database closure

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Monday, March 28, 2011

| CYP Now

Families will be left without vital information about childcare provision following the imminent closure of a national online database of childcare and family services, a charity has warned.

Informal childcare is 'biggest competition to professional providers'

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Friday, June 10, 2011

| CYP Now

Growing use of informal childcare poses the biggest threat to daycare settings, latest research is expected to show.

Nurseries challenge unhealthy food claims

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Tuesday, October 21, 2008

| CYP Now

Nurseries have fought back after a report accused them of serving "unhealthy, highly processed and potentially dangerous" food.

Early years sector 'systemically underfunded', study finds

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Monday, October 29, 2018

| CYP Now

Almost half of childcare providers are receiving less funding then they were five years ago, with the sector "systemically underfunded', a study has found.

Clegg intervenes to sound death knell for ratios policy

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Thursday, June 6, 2013

| CYP Now

Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has said the government's proposed changes to childcare ratios were so fundamentally flawed that he felt compelled to intervene to stop them.

Childcare funding must reflect true costs, says Busy Bees Benefits

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Thursday, June 13, 2013

| CYP Now

The government needs to increase the amount it will offer to parents towards childcare costs because its calculations are out of date, childcare voucher provider Busy Bees Benefits has warned.

Hundreds back Barnardo's campaign against government childcare plans

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Tuesday, August 20, 2013

| CYP Now

More than 800 people have signed a Barnardo's petition calling on the government to redirect funding for its new childcare subsidy scheme towards disadvantaged children.

Ofsted chief blames early years providers for school readiness failings

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Thursday, April 3, 2014

| CYP Now

Ofsted chief inspector Sir Michael Wilshaw has blamed early years providers for failing to adequately prepare disadvantaged children for school.

Early years providers hit back at Ofsted chief's 'misguided' attack on sector

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Friday, April 4, 2014

| CYP Now

The early years sector has hit out at Ofsted chief inspector Sir Michael Wilshaw for blaming providers for failing to adequately prepare disadvantaged children for school, calling the criticism unjust.

Quality of Ofsted early years inspectors under fire

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Tuesday, April 15, 2014

| CYP Now

Senior figures in the early years sector have told Ofsted that many of its inspectors lack the training and skills necessary to make fair judgments on settings.

Old Station Nursery boss sells four settings

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Thursday, May 22, 2014

| CYP Now

The first nursery chain owner to successfully overturn a complaint-driven Ofsted inspection judgment has reduced the number of settings she runs.

Lib Dems would triple early years premium, says Laws

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Tuesday, August 26, 2014

| CYP Now

The Liberal Democrats are calling for the new early years pupil premium to be more than tripled in the next parliament.

30-hour offer 'taking places away' from poorer children, claim providers

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Friday, April 27, 2018

| CYP Now

The government's 30-hour free childcare offer for working families is driving out disadvantaged children from nurseries, a survey of early years providers suggests.

Daily roundup: School sports, tooth decay and academies

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Monday, March 18, 2013

| CYP Now

£150m for primary school sport, 41 per cent of children in Wales suffer tooth decay by five, and concerns over cost of academies in Birmingham, all in the news today.

Nursery providers criticise 'unacceptable' childcare website problems

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Wednesday, May 24, 2017

| CYP Now

Childcare providers have criticised technical problems that have prevented parents from registering for tax-free childcare and free hours entitlement.

Labour appoints shadow childcare minister

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Monday, July 3, 2017

| CYP Now

Labour has announced that a former Coronation Street actor will be the party's new shadow childcare minister.

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Nursery from 6am 'could damage children's wellbeing'

Government considers allowing co-habiters of sex offenders to work in nurseries

Fresh funding fears over 30-hour free childcare plans

Nurseries may 'opt out' of offering 30 hours free childcare, warn MPs

Charity urges rethink on childcare database closure

Informal childcare is 'biggest competition to professional providers'

Nurseries challenge unhealthy food claims

Early years sector 'systemically underfunded', study finds

Clegg intervenes to sound death knell for ratios policy

Childcare funding must reflect true costs, says Busy Bees Benefits

Hundreds back Barnardo's campaign against government childcare plans

Ofsted chief blames early years providers for school readiness failings

Early years providers hit back at Ofsted chief's 'misguided' attack on sector

Quality of Ofsted early years inspectors under fire

Old Station Nursery boss sells four settings

Lib Dems would triple early years premium, says Laws

30-hour offer 'taking places away' from poorer children, claim providers

Daily roundup: School sports, tooth decay and academies

Nursery providers criticise 'unacceptable' childcare website problems

Labour appoints shadow childcare minister

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