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Use EYFS review to rethink staffing

Tuesday, June 27, 2023

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Providers can benefit from proposed Early Years Foundation Stage Framework changes, says expert.

The young and old learning together

Tuesday, June 27, 2023

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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.

Implications of ratios change

Tuesday, March 28, 2023

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The government has announced plans to relax rules on how many children childcare staff can look after.

University nursery uses latest tech to hit net zero by 2030

Wednesday, December 22, 2021

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An ambitious project combining sustainable energy, digital technology and nature will create the first nursery and forest school targeting net zero at Staffordshire University.

Inspectors uphold Scottish Health Secretary’s complaint over ‘discriminatory’ nursery

Thursday, November 4, 2021

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Scottish Health Secretary Humza Yousaf’s claim that a nursery discriminated against his young daughter has been upheld by the Care Inspectorate.

Greater regulatory oversight of large children’s home and childcare providers needed, Ofsted warns

Thursday, October 28, 2021

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Stronger oversight of large providers of both children’s homes and childcare settings is needed to ensure “children are getting the best deal”, Ofsted has said.

Spending Review: Family hubs ‘no replacement’ for Sure Start, critics say

Wednesday, October 27, 2021

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An £82m investment to create 75 family hubs in England is “no replacement” for Sure Start and the closure of thousands of children’s centres, critics have said.

Spotlight on childcare funding policies

Tuesday, February 23, 2021

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Councils urged to check on nursery providers’ "free" childcare charging practices after ombudsman ruling in Leicestershire case.

Rethink childcare amid pandemic

Tuesday, October 27, 2020

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Editor of a new book explains why now is the right time to develop a better early education system.

Action on childcare workforce

Tuesday, January 28, 2020

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Lack of support has created a "hotchpotch" of skills among staff, which needs targeted measures to address.

Seven key reasons why proposed EYFS revisions must be changed

Tuesday, January 28, 2020

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As a consultation on changes to the early years foundation stage framework closes, childcare organisations express concerns over how the proposed reforms prioritise formal learning subjects over holistic approaches to education.

General election 2019: Early years

Tuesday, November 26, 2019

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General election 2019: Key policy guide

Tuesday, November 26, 2019

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Derren Hayes analyses what the main parliamentary parties are pledging on the key policy battlegrounds for the children, young people and families sector at the coming general election.

Government fails to meet ICO deadline on childcare funding calculations

Thursday, November 14, 2019

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The Department for Education has refused to publish how it calculated its funding rates for the 30 hours childcare offer despite an order by the information commissioner, according to campaigners.

Childcare providers face sharp rise in costs

Monday, March 4, 2019

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Costs to childcare providers have risen sharply over the last three years, a government-funded study suggests.

Initiative aims to tackle stress in early years workforce

Wednesday, February 13, 2019

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Early years providers are urged to take part in a government-backed initiative which aims to cut stressors that are "taking their toll" on the workforce.

Government early years policies are 'entrenching disadvantage'

Thursday, February 7, 2019

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Reform of the "perverse" 30 hours funded childcare offer is vital, MPs have claimed - after finding the government's early years policies are worsening disadvantage.

Early years sector 'systemically underfunded', study finds

Monday, October 29, 2018

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Almost half of childcare providers are receiving less funding then they were five years ago, with the sector "systemically underfunded', a study has found.

Government rejects call to increase childcare support for out-of-work parents

Wednesday, June 20, 2018

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A call by MPs to give out-of-work parents more help with childcare costs while undertaking training has been rejected by the government.

Nurseries face escalating funding gap for free childcare offer

Tuesday, June 19, 2018

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The funding gap for nurseries to deliver the government free childcare initiatives has more than doubled over the past year, according to a survey of providers.

Majority of nurseries in Scotland 'set to shun free childcare expansion'

Sunday, June 10, 2018

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Fewer than a third of private nurseries intend to take part in the Scottish government's flagship early years policy of offering 1,140 hours of free childcare per year by 2020, a survey suggests.

30-hour offer 'taking places away' from poorer children, claim providers

Friday, April 27, 2018

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The government's 30-hour free childcare offer for working families is driving out disadvantaged children from nurseries, a survey of early years providers suggests.

MPs call on government to increase 30 hours childcare funding

Monday, March 26, 2018

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The amount the government gives providers to fund the 30 hours free childcare entitlement is based on "outdated" information and needs to be increased, the treasury select committee has concluded.

Families face lack of affordable childcare places

Tuesday, February 27, 2018

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Families face a struggle to find affordable childcare provision due to a hike in prices and lack of 30 hours free entitlement places, an annual survey of councils has revealed.

Nadhim Zahawi 'aware of 30 hours challenges'

Tuesday, February 20, 2018

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Children's minister Nadhim Zahawi has conceded that there are "challenges" around the delivery of the government's extended 30 hours free childcare offer but has praised local authorities and providers for rising to meet them.

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