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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.

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.

How to address the childminder decline

Analysis

Monday, July 29, 2019

| CYP Now

Inquiry aims to reinvent childminding as experts call for less council red tape and more support from government to stem falling numbers.

Deprived councils bear brunt of decline in children's centres use

Analysis

Monday, June 24, 2019

| CYP Now

Analysis reveals the largest falls in the use of children's centres is in the poorest council areas leading experts to question the government's commitment to social mobility and call for a new funding and policy direction.

Trailblazers deliver new childcare standard

Analysis

Monday, April 29, 2019

| CYP Now

The organisation that has led the development of an early years apprenticeship standard says the new qualification will help practitioners deliver improved outcomes for children and childcare settings.

Factors for childcare cost rise

Analysis

Tuesday, March 26, 2019

| CYP Now

A perfect storm of stagnant funding rates and rising overheads are threatening providers' future, warn experts.

Early years policy: key questions

Analysis

Tuesday, January 29, 2019

| CYP Now

Andrea Leadsom outlines work being undertaken by a ministerial group to assess gaps in family support.

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.

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.

Resolving childcare apprenticeship

Analysis

Tuesday, October 30, 2018

| CYP Now

Providers' groups say more must be done to ensure childcare apprenticeship works for employers.

Focus on 30 hours limits places for disadvantaged two-year-olds

Analysis

Tuesday, September 25, 2018

| CYP Now

Research shows take-up of funded childcare for disadvantaged two-year-olds lags far behind that of three- and four-year-olds. Providers say insufficient funding makes it uneconomical to create two-year-old places.

Early years groups call for action on protecting children's centres

Analysis

Tuesday, August 28, 2018

| CYP Now

After a consultation on the role of children's centres is scrapped, providers challenge ministers to present a bold vision for their future and incorporate this into a government-wide review of support for families.

Five ways councils can get more from 30 hours funded childcare

Analysis

Tuesday, July 31, 2018

| CYP Now

As the second year of 30 hours funded childcare approaches, James Hempsall outlines what council leaders need to do to ensure the policy reaches those eligible and delivers on early years and social mobility duties.

Mapping children's centre cuts

Analysis

Tuesday, May 29, 2018

| CYP Now

Experts challenge minister's assertion that poorest areas have not seen children's centres closed.

Will reception test be beneficial?

Analysis

Tuesday, April 24, 2018

| CYP Now

The government is to develop a rating of pupils' ability when they enter reception, but experts disagree on whether it will be a good measure of schools' work and improve the education that children receive.

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Recruiting men to childcare

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

How to address the childminder decline

Deprived councils bear brunt of decline in children's centres use

Trailblazers deliver new childcare standard

Factors for childcare cost rise

Early years policy: key questions

Scouts turn focus on pre-schoolers

Childcare funding in spotlight

Resolving childcare apprenticeship

Focus on 30 hours limits places for disadvantaged two-year-olds

Early years groups call for action on protecting children's centres

Five ways councils can get more from 30 hours funded childcare

Mapping children's centre cuts

Will reception test be beneficial?

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