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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.

Empathy scheme extends to early years

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Tuesday, June 18, 2013

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A scheme that brings babies into primary schools to improve pupils' behaviour is to be extended to early years settings.

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.

Daily roundup: Louise Casey, pupil premium and inspections

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Wednesday, July 3, 2013

| CYP Now

Troubled families tsar Louise Casey criticises "colluding" social workers, research backs pupil premium effectiveness, and LGA chief calls for changes to inspections for children's services, all in the news today.

Behind the Inspection Rating: ‘Smart table' supports learners

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Tuesday, July 23, 2013

| CYP Now

How creative thinking and parent engagement helped Busy Bees Evesham achieve an outstanding rating in its latest Ofsted inspection.

Childcare professionals reject DfE plans to simplify staff management

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Wednesday, July 31, 2013

| CYP Now

Plans to remove requirements on childcare settings to regularly appraise staff and improve qualification levels have been criticised by early years professionals.

Daily roundup: Child exploitation, Stoke cuts, and school regulation

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Thursday, November 21, 2013

| CYP Now

Child sexual exploitation review launched by Barnardo's and MP; Stoke council outlines plans for children's services changes; and Michael Gove wants regional regulators for free schools and academies, all in the news today.

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.

Daily roundup: Benefits cap, female genital mutilation, and smoking in cars

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Friday, February 7, 2014

| CYP Now

Latest figures on households affected by the benefits cap published; government makes FGM declaration, and health experts call on politicians to ban smoking in cars, all in the news today.

Daily roundup: Benefit sanctions, early years, and childcare support

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Monday, March 3, 2014

| CYP Now

Young people struggle for basics after benefits wrongly stopped; early years bodies create policy guidance for party leaders; and poor working families miss out on childcare support, all in the news today.

Trust calls for end to high childcare costs

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Tuesday, March 4, 2014

| CYP Now

A radical overhaul of the childcare system is needed if more parents are going to be able to afford to access early years support, a new report says.

Daily roundup: Disabled children, school dinners and free schools

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Tuesday, July 8, 2014

| CYP Now

Parliamentary inquiry finds failings in childcare system; primary schools struggle to prepare for free school meals plan; and study highlights geographical spread of free schools, all in the news today.

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Bradford two-year-olds face childcare shortfall

Childminders deemed key to two-year-old offer

Empathy scheme extends to early years

DfE to assess early years funding disparities

Daily roundup: Louise Casey, pupil premium and inspections

Behind the Inspection Rating: ‘Smart table' supports learners

Childcare professionals reject DfE plans to simplify staff management

Daily roundup: Child exploitation, Stoke cuts, and school regulation

Rating downgrades 'threaten free childcare scheme'

Daily roundup: Benefits cap, female genital mutilation, and smoking in cars

Daily roundup: Benefit sanctions, early years, and childcare support

Trust calls for end to high childcare costs

Daily roundup: Disabled children, school dinners and free schools

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