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Monday, October 12, 2015

| CYP Now

A Department for Education review has been unable to quantify the costs of providing childcare, prompting concerns from the early years sector that the planned expansion of the free entitlement will be underfunded.

Ask the Experts: Post-retirement work options

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.

Government announces grant fund for innovative childcare provision

Tuesday, April 5, 2016

| CYP Now

Local authorities will be able to apply for government cash to expand childcare provision, it has been announced.

Woodland Nursery

Tuesday, May 10, 2016

| CYP Now

London-based nursery inspired by the Forest School approach, where most of the learning takes place outdoors

Ask the Experts: Recruiting trustees

Monday, June 11, 2012

| CYP Now

Ask the Experts: Worries about new employer

Tuesday, August 29, 2017

| CYP Now

Our expert panel offers advice on sharing expertise, an unhappy foster child, privacy for a gay colleague and illness at nursery.

Ask the Experts: Dealing with depressed children

Monday, April 27, 2015

| CYP Now

Our expert panel offers advice on tackling depression, monitoring performance, improving story time and protecting children from CSE.

Ask the Experts: Address parents' school concerns

Monday, September 14, 2015

| CYP Now

Our panel offers advice on improving a struggling academy, career crisis, advice on "legal highs" and ensuring a healthy diet in nursery

Ask The Experts: Ensure nursery outings are safe

Monday, October 12, 2015

| CYP Now

Our panel offers advice on planning a nursery trip; safely examining online grooming; boosting workers' skills and police complaints.

Campaigners criticise progress of free childcare drive

Thursday, August 21, 2014

| CYP Now

Early years campaigners have questioned the government's handling of its flagship childcare scheme after CYP Now revealed a widespread shortfall in the number of places available for disadvantaged two-year-olds.

Ask the Experts: Growing food, media stories of abuse, learning from mistakes and youth centre help for Eastern European children

Monday, March 30, 2015

| CYP Now

Our panel offers advice on growing vegetables, telling stories of abuse, learning from mistakes and help for Eastern European children.

Skills for the Job: Improving a struggling nursery

Tuesday, October 27, 2015

| CYP Now

Running a nursery is not easy, so when problems arise such as an unseasonal fall in occupancy, prompt action to tackle them is vital.

Childcare funding rate to be announced at Spending Review

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.

Birmingham providers forced to pay 'living wage' to retain childcare funding

Wednesday, May 7, 2014

| CYP Now

Nursery owners in Birmingham have been told they will be stripped of funding to deliver the government's free childcare schemes unless they pay staff enhanced wages.

Ask The Experts - Involve young people in interviews

Monday, July 6, 2015

| CYP Now

Our panel offers advice on engaging young people in recruitment, appealing Ofsted ratings, theme park visits and retaining nursery staff.

Ask the Experts: Retain a strong voice for children

Tuesday, April 26, 2016

| CYP Now

Our panel offers advice on the future of DCSs, helping children of substance misusers, improving speech skills and conflict resolution.

Ask the Experts: Address suspicions over legal highs

Tuesday, October 27, 2015

| CYP Now

Our panel offers advice on the dangers of legal highs, child protection changes, building a bug hotel and holding a winter bazaar.

Rethink childcare amid pandemic

Analysis

Tuesday, October 27, 2020

| CYP Now

Editor of a new book explains why now is the right time to develop a better early education system.

Ask the Experts: Run supportive training sessions

Tuesday, February 2, 2016

| CYP Now

Our panel offers advice on delivering sensitive training, school place planning, bilingual nursery support and a bereaved young carer.

Ageing society has implications for entire children's workforce

Monday, March 30, 2015

| CYP Now

We're all getting older. But what has an ageing society got to do with the children's and young people's sector?

Corbyn's policies for children and young people under the spotlight

Monday, September 28, 2015

| CYP Now

Children and young people's issues featured prominently during Jeremy Corbyn's successful campaign to become Labour leader. So what is he pledging to do, and what do sector leaders think of his emerging policies?

Ask the Experts: Making a move to management

Tuesday, May 24, 2016

| CYP Now

Our expert panel offers advice on staff supervision, team motivation, life skills for young people and engaging nursery children with the arts.

Behind the Inspection Rating: Outdoor play spurs imagination

Tuesday, September 17, 2013

| CYP Now

Strong belief in learning through outdoor play helps Oakwood House Nursery achieve outstanding rating.

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