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Prime Minister creates taskforces to drive childcare and troubled families reforms

Wednesday, June 3, 2015

| CYP Now

Efforts to increase provision of free childcare and expand the troubled families initiative will be monitored by new taskforces, the government has announced.

Ofsted warns of low uptake of free early years places

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Monday, July 13, 2015

| CYP Now

Ofsted chief Sir Michael Wilshaw has called on councils to do more to promote free early years provision after it emerged that more than 40 per cent of eligible two-year-olds have not taken up their place.

Early years sector welcomes U-turn on childcare qualifications

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Monday, August 3, 2015

| CYP Now

Early years organisations have welcomed a late U-turn by the government to water down entry qualifications for childcare training courses.

DfE 'unable to understand' cost of childcare following review

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Friday, October 2, 2015

| CYP Now

The Department for Education (DfE) has said it is "unable to understand" the true cost of delivering the free entitlement despite more than 2,000 responses from the sector to its review of the cost of childcare.

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.

Number of childminders continues to rise

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Thursday, October 27, 2011

| CYP Now

Childminder numbers have continued to increase with nearly 1,500 more registered than in September last year, according to the latest Ofsted statistics.

Parents need comparison website for childcare providers, says think-tank

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Wednesday, April 6, 2011

| CYP Now

The government should set up a comparison website for childcare providers to drive-up quality and engage parents, a think-tank has said.

Joint working will be crucial for childminders, says NCMA chair designate

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Monday, April 18, 2011

| CYP Now

Childminders must be helped to engage with other professionals to tackle changes in policy and funding challenges, according to the next chair of the National Childminding Association (NCMA).

Guide aims to help childcare settings be more inclusive to disabled children

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Thursday, May 5, 2011

| CYP Now

The Daycare Trust has produced a guide for nurseries and schools to help them be more inclusive to families with disabled children.

Childminders fear agencies will drive up care costs

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Monday, July 8, 2013

| CYP Now

Almost nine out of ten childminders believe government plans to introduce agencies will make childcare less affordable for parents.

Council offers training grants to increase childcare capacity

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Thursday, August 8, 2013

| CYP Now

Bradford Council is offering training grants to local people interested in childcare to help meet a shortage of early years places for two-year-olds.

Childcare providers face sharp rise in costs

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Monday, March 4, 2019

| CYP Now

Costs to childcare providers have risen sharply over the last three years, a government-funded study suggests.

Childminder numbers continue to fall

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Monday, October 28, 2013

| CYP Now

The number of registered childminders in England is continuing to decline, according to figures published by Ofsted.

Labour childcare plans 'to benefit 1.3m additional children'

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Tuesday, May 30, 2017

| CYP Now

An additional 1.3m children will benefit from plans to extend free childcare entitlement, Labour has revealed.

MP calls for urgent overhaul of childcare regulation

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Monday, May 21, 2012

| CYP Now

The system for regulating childcare is in need of urgent reform to ease the financial burden on parents, a report by a Conservative MP has concluded.

Early years providers 'underrepresented' on funding panels

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Monday, June 12, 2017

| CYP Now

Local authorities are making "unfair and unbalanced" early years funding decisions because the sector is underrepresented on official decision-making forums, a childcare organisation has claimed.

Early years accounts for two-thirds of Ofsted complaints

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Friday, June 13, 2014

| CYP Now

Two-thirds of all formal complaints made against Ofsted over the past year were from early years providers.

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.

London childcare providers feel the strain of parents not paying fees

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Monday, June 27, 2011

| CYP Now

Parents' inability to pay childcare fees has topped the list of concerns for providers in London, the Daycare Trust has found.

Three-quarters of EYFS settings score good or outstanding

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Friday, September 9, 2011

| CYP Now

More than three-quarters of childcare settings delivering the Early Years Foundation Stage were judged as good or outstanding by Ofsted.

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Prime Minister creates taskforces to drive childcare and troubled families reforms

Ofsted warns of low uptake of free early years places

Early years sector welcomes U-turn on childcare qualifications

DfE 'unable to understand' cost of childcare following review

Childcare funding rate to be announced at Spending Review

Number of childminders continues to rise

Parents need comparison website for childcare providers, says think-tank

Joint working will be crucial for childminders, says NCMA chair designate

Guide aims to help childcare settings be more inclusive to disabled children

Childminders fear agencies will drive up care costs

Council offers training grants to increase childcare capacity

Childcare providers face sharp rise in costs

Childminder numbers continue to fall

Labour childcare plans 'to benefit 1.3m additional children'

MP calls for urgent overhaul of childcare regulation

Early years providers 'underrepresented' on funding panels

Early years accounts for two-thirds of Ofsted complaints

DfE data reveals 10,000 fewer childcare providers plan to offer 30-hour places

London childcare providers feel the strain of parents not paying fees

Three-quarters of EYFS settings score good or outstanding

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