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Sustainable Childcare Special Report

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  • Wednesday, January 3, 2024
  • | CYP Now
Amid rising costs, inadequate government funding and a shortage of qualified staff, early years providers face challenging times and have to be creative in how they operate to keep settings viable.

Sustainable Childcare - key policy developments

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  • Wednesday, January 3, 2024
  • | CYP Now
A myriad of factors contributes to the sustainability of a childcare setting, from the cost of utility bills to the number of fee-paying parents. All can be affected positively and negatively by a host of local, national and – as in the case of energy bills– international factors, many of which can be hard to predict and challenging to overcome.

Leadership: Communicating with families

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  • Tuesday, November 28, 2023
  • | CYP Now
Effective communication with families is essential for every good nursery. Settings should establish a strategy for meaningful, ongoing dialogue with parents that will build on in-person conversations.

Legal Update: Impact of EYFS reforms

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  • Tuesday, November 28, 2023
  • | CYP Now
Emma Goddard, membership and communications officer at Coram Family and Childcare, outlines the changes to early years standards and what the impact of these will be for providers and children.

The young and old learning together

Chester-based Nursery in Belong is one of a handful of UK early years settings pioneering an intergenerational approach to learning. Nicole Weinstein spoke to staff, children and older people.

Inspections Clinic: Early education and childcare

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  • Tuesday, January 31, 2023
  • | CYP Now
Ofsted's latest annual report sets out the major challenges facing the early years and childcare sector, with the recruitment and retention of quality staff among the chief concerns, reports Jo Stephenson.

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