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Childcare funding in spotlight

Analysis

Tuesday, November 27, 2018

| CYP Now

Early years experts outline changes needed to ease financial pressures as parliamentary inquiry launched.

Scouts turn focus on pre-schoolers

Analysis

Wednesday, January 2, 2019

| CYP Now

Youth organisation launches programme supporting four- and five-year-olds in disadvantaged areas.

Two-year-old offer: more funding and greater awareness is crucial

Analysis

Monday, August 26, 2019

| CYP Now

Five years after the introduction of 15 hours of government-funded childcare for the 40 per cent most deprived families, take-up has started to fall. Childcare experts explain what can be done to reinvigorate the market.

New minister on message

Analysis

Monday, September 15, 2014

| CYP Now

Laura McCardle meets Sam Gyimah, minister for childcare

Trailblazing training standards

Analysis

Monday, April 10, 2017

| CYP Now

Lead for new group developing early years standards shares plans as it bids to debunk "hair or care" ethos.

Five key pandemic lessons that can make childcare businesses stronger

Analysis

Tuesday, March 30, 2021

| CYP Now

The early years sector has a diverse range of service providers – from home-based childminders with an annual turnover of £25,000 through to private-sector run super-chains of nurseries employing thousands of staff in dozens of sites across the country – trying to navigate a complex regulatory and policy landscape, which changes regularly.

Case for expanding school-led childcare

Analysis

Tuesday, October 25, 2022

| CYP Now

Panel of experts assess the children’s commissioner for England’s proposals for early education to be run by schools and childminders.

Schools to extend reach through more places for two-year-olds

Analysis

Tuesday, February 28, 2023

| CYP Now

Faced with a shortage of childcare provision in some areas, councils are submitting proposals to allow schools to admit two-year-olds, but some experts raise questions over the quality of early education being provided

Improving readiness for school

Analysis

Tuesday, March 28, 2017

| CYP Now

London mayor plan boosts links between school and early years so children are prepared for learning.

'Buddies' boost for 30-hour places

Analysis

Tuesday, November 28, 2017

| CYP Now

Department for Education hopes "buddy" scheme will help councils to create enough childcare places.

Lockdown response: how services deliver vital support for children

Analysis

Tuesday, January 26, 2021

| CYP Now

Early years, education and youth work services are working hard to ensure children and young people can access learning and support amid the pandemic, but sector leaders worry financial pressures could lead to closures.

Support child self-regulation

Analysis

Tuesday, January 26, 2021

| CYP Now

The pandemic has affected children’s development; expert outlines how childcare settings can help.

Recruiting men to childcare

Analysis

Thursday, January 2, 2020

| CYP Now

Making nurseries more male-friendly places to work would help attract men to the sector, says expert.

Probe reveals how funding rate cut will hit council childcare role

Analysis

Tuesday, November 28, 2023

| CYP Now

FOI findings show 43 per cent of councils retain the maximum amount of cash from government for funded childcare scheme and highlight fears that proposed cut will have far-reaching consequences for provision.

Childcare progress recognised

Analysis

Tuesday, December 6, 2016

| CYP Now

Ofsted report highlights providers' strides in improving early education for disadvantaged children.

How early years can learn from the Little Stars child abuse case

Analysis

Saturday, March 9, 2013

| CYP Now

In the wake of the Little Stars Nursery child abuse case, early years professionals give their recommendations and views on what action settings should take to prevent such horrific incidents in the future.

Will 30-hour childcare succeed?

Analysis

Thursday, May 4, 2017

| CYP Now

Lack of funding for 30-hour free childcare is prompting leaders to question if scheme is deliverable.

Briefing: Childcare funding dispute

Analysis

Tuesday, August 31, 2021

| CYP Now

For the second time in recent years, the government is being challenged over early years funding policies.

Call for action to arrest decline in number of children’s centres

Analysis

Tuesday, February 25, 2020

| CYP Now

As evidence emerges of the true extent of children’s centres closures, early years experts say that a shift from open-access to targeted provision and skeleton sites are “hollowing out” services for children and families.

Survey highlights need to tackle mental health toll of inspections

Analysis

Tuesday, January 30, 2024

| CYP Now

When Ofsted announced that it would be pausing routine inspections to allow inspectors to complete mental health training, large parts of the education sector breathed a sigh of relief. Finally, it seemed that action was being taken, both to recognise and begin to address the impact of inspections on educators’ mental wellbeing.

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Childcare funding in spotlight

Scouts turn focus on pre-schoolers

Two-year-old offer: more funding and greater awareness is crucial

New minister on message

Trailblazing training standards

Five key pandemic lessons that can make childcare businesses stronger

Case for expanding school-led childcare

Schools to extend reach through more places for two-year-olds

Improving readiness for school

'Buddies' boost for 30-hour places

Lockdown response: how services deliver vital support for children

Support child self-regulation

Recruiting men to childcare

Probe reveals how funding rate cut will hit council childcare role

Childcare progress recognised

How early years can learn from the Little Stars child abuse case

Will 30-hour childcare succeed?

Briefing: Childcare funding dispute

Call for action to arrest decline in number of children’s centres

Survey highlights need to tackle mental health toll of inspections

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