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Five key points Gavin Williamson told the education select committee

Wednesday, April 29, 2020

| CYP Now

Education Secretary Gavin Williamson has faced questions from the education select committee on the impact of Covid-19 on the education sector and disadvantaged children.

Spending Review: Concerns National Living Wage increase 'will not support young people'

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Tuesday, October 26, 2021

| CYP Now

Sector leaders have hit out at a planned rise in the National Living Wage (NLW) amid concerns it does not support young people.

Covid-19 pandemic ‘not yet over’ for early years settings, providers warn

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Tuesday, February 22, 2022

| CYP Now

The pandemic is “not yet over” for early years settings, leaders have warned, following the removal of Covid-19 restrictions in England.

National Children’s Bureau to run Covid recovery early years practice hubs

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Monday, August 15, 2022

| CYP Now

The National Children’s Bureau (NCB) has been appointed by the government to run its Early Years Stronger Practice Hubs programme.

Childcare experts urge MPs to address recruitment crisis

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Tuesday, October 25, 2022

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Early years experts and researchers have asked a group of cross-party MPs to address a recruitment and retention crisis facing the sector, reporting high staff turnover due to low morale, high workloads and low wages.

Story time engagement ‘boosts early language development by seven months’

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Wednesday, February 8, 2023

| CYP Now

Engaging young children with pictures, texts and questions during story time boosts their early language development by up to seven months, research has found.

Sadiq Khan warns thousands of London's early years providers fear closure within a year

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Tuesday, February 16, 2021

| CYP Now

Thousands of early years providers in the capital fear they will be forced to close within the next year, new research commissioned by the Mayor of London Sadiq Khan shows.

Early years leaders slam omission of staff from latest vaccination plans

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Monday, March 1, 2021

| CYP Now

The government’s decision not to offer Covid-19 vaccinations to frontline early years workers as part of the second phase of the UK’s jab rollout has been criticised by the Early Years Alliance.

Government funding to boost education for children in disadvantaged areas

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Wednesday, May 19, 2021

| CYP Now

The government has revealed further details of funding aimed at “levelling-up” opportunities for families in the most disadvantaged areas.

Government ‘knowingly underfunded free childcare’, EYA investigation reveals

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Wednesday, June 16, 2021

| CYP Now

Funding rates paid to local authorities for so-called “free” childcare placements amount to two-thirds of what civil servants estimated would be needed to fully fund the scheme, new data has revealed.

Reform funding for struggling early years sector, MPs urge

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Wednesday, June 23, 2021

| CYP Now

The government is being urged to overhaul funding for early years to ensure providers are paid fairly and can effectively help children recover from the Covid-19 pandemic.

Test and Trace app causing 'havoc' for nurseries, early years leader claims

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Thursday, July 22, 2021

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The chief executive of a London early years provider is calling for fully vaccinated nursery staff to be exempt from NHS Test and Trace self-isolation rules to avoid the temporary closures of settings.

MPs call for childcare funding after summer statement disappointment

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Friday, July 10, 2020

| CYP Now

MPs have issued fresh calls to the Chancellor to invest in the early years sector after providers missed out on funding in the summer statement.

Early years providers need funding to cope with second coronavirus lockdown, sector leaders say

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Monday, November 2, 2020

| CYP Now

The government must properly fund early years settings to stay open during a planned second Covid-19 lockdown amid fears over a “fall in demand for childcare provision”, sector leaders have said.

Key workers advised to keep children at home ‘if they can’ in latest DfE U-turn

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Monday, January 11, 2021

| CYP Now

Key workers should “keep children at home if they can”, the Department for Education has said, in a change to guidance detailing those eligible to attend school.

Out of school clubs 'on brink of collapse'

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Friday, May 29, 2020

| CYP Now

More than eight in 10 out of school clubs are currently closed due to the coronavirus pandemic, raising concerns that wraparound care is “on the brink of collapse”, a new survey shows.

Education committee urged to launch outdoor learning inquiry

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Thursday, October 8, 2020

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More than 30 youth and environmental groups are calling on MPs to investigate the "vital" health and education benefits of outdoor learning for children in disadvantaged areas.

DfE ‘denying Covid support to early years providers’, sector warns

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Monday, November 30, 2020

| CYP Now

Early years providers hit hard by the impact of the coronavirus pandemic are being denied the same support from government being given to schools, sector leaders have warned.

Omicron surge sparks concerns over children’s workforce shortage

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Wednesday, January 5, 2022

| CYP Now

Rising cases of the omicron variant of Covid-19 across the UK has increased fears of staffing shortages in education, early years and children’s social care.

Councils report sharp fall in childcare availability

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Tuesday, March 22, 2022

| CYP Now

“Ongoing uncertainty and disruption” in the aftermath of the Covid-19 pandemic means childcare availability “has fallen sharply” over the last 12 months, new research shows.

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Five key points Gavin Williamson told the education select committee

Spending Review: Concerns National Living Wage increase 'will not support young people'

Covid-19 pandemic ‘not yet over’ for early years settings, providers warn

National Children’s Bureau to run Covid recovery early years practice hubs

Childcare experts urge MPs to address recruitment crisis

Story time engagement ‘boosts early language development by seven months’

Sadiq Khan warns thousands of London's early years providers fear closure within a year

Early years leaders slam omission of staff from latest vaccination plans

Government funding to boost education for children in disadvantaged areas

Government ‘knowingly underfunded free childcare’, EYA investigation reveals

Reform funding for struggling early years sector, MPs urge

Test and Trace app causing 'havoc' for nurseries, early years leader claims

MPs call for childcare funding after summer statement disappointment

Early years providers need funding to cope with second coronavirus lockdown, sector leaders say

Key workers advised to keep children at home ‘if they can’ in latest DfE U-turn

Out of school clubs 'on brink of collapse'

Education committee urged to launch outdoor learning inquiry

DfE ‘denying Covid support to early years providers’, sector warns

Omicron surge sparks concerns over children’s workforce shortage

Councils report sharp fall in childcare availability

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