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Budget 2024: Chancellor commits £165 million to boost children's homes capacity

Wednesday, March 6, 2024

| CYP Now

A £165 million boost to increase children’s homes capacity in England is among measures to support children and families included in the government’s latest budget.

Budget fails to address local authority funding crisis, sector leaders warn

News

Wednesday, March 6, 2024

| CYP Now

Jeremy Hunt’s latest budget does nothing to address a funding crisis facing local authorities, sector leaders have said.

Childcare staff bonus concerns

Analysis

Tuesday, February 27, 2024

| CYP Now

Although £1,000 incentive payment is welcomed some say it won’t tackle sector’s retention problems.

Nurseries question ability to deliver on funded childcare expansion

News

Tuesday, February 27, 2024

| CYP Now

More than half of nurseries across the country are unsure of their ability to offer additional places to two-year-olds in line with the government's planned expansion of funded childcare hours, new research has shown.

Expanded childcare offer underfunded by £5bn, researchers warn

News

Monday, February 26, 2024

| CYP Now

The gap between the government’s £4.3 billion investment in the expansion of funded childcare and the cost of delivering the hours for providers could lead to a £5 billion shortfall, a think tank has warned.

Sharp rise in early years job vacancies revealed ahead of planned childcare expansion

News

Tuesday, February 20, 2024

| CYP Now

The number of job adverts for early years education and childcare practitioners listed in January this year was 146 per cent higher than pre-pandemic levels, new research has shown.

Professionals would back return to Sure Start, survey suggests

News

Wednesday, February 7, 2024

| CYP Now

Most professionals working with children and young people would back a return to the Sure Start scheme to support children and families, research by CYP Now finds.

Cautious welcome for £1,000 childcare recruitment incentive

News

Monday, February 5, 2024

| CYP Now

A £1,000 incentive payment for new early years workers is set to be piloted across 20 local authorities in a bid to boost workforce numbers ahead of the government’s planned expansion of funded childcare.

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.

Barriers to accessing funded early education

Analysis

Tuesday, January 30, 2024

| CYP Now

Understanding why some parents do not make full use of funded childcare is crucial for the scheme’s expansion, analysis suggests

Disadvantaged children worst hit as early years forced to 'move towards childcare’

News

Wednesday, January 24, 2024

| CYP Now

The early years sector is increasingly moving towards offering childcare “at the expense of providing high quality education” due to “mounting pressures” on providers, according to latest research.

DfE vows to cover £120m 'miscalculation' in funding for under-twos childcare expansion

News

Tuesday, January 23, 2024

| CYP Now

The Department for Education has admitted that a miscalculation in funding for the expansion of childcare places for under-twos from autumn this year has led to a £120m shortfall in investment.

Health visitor shortage leaves services unable to support vulnerable babies, report warns

News

Thursday, January 18, 2024

| CYP Now

Health visiting services lack the capacity to support increasing numbers of vulnerable children due to a shortage of thousands of workers, a survey warns.

Capital lacks infrastructure to support government childcare expansion, says London Assembly

News

Tuesday, January 16, 2024

| CYP Now

A new report has called on the Mayor of London to lobby the government to review funding rates for early education entitlements in London to ensure higher-quality provision amid low staffing rates and a lack of infrastructure.

Recruit ‘parent champions’ to design child poverty busting measures, report urges

News

Wednesday, January 10, 2024

| CYP Now

Parents should be more involved in the design and delivery of services aimed at tackling ‘systemic’ child poverty in communities across the UK, a report is urging.

The Big Debate: How could government-funded childcare be more sustainable?

Features

Wednesday, January 3, 2024

| CYP Now

The number of children eligible for government-funded childcare places has risen in the past decade and will expand further in 2024, yet early years experts say funding rates fail to meet the cost of placements

Sustainable Childcare Special Report

Features

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.

Nursery opens onsite swimming academy

Best Practice

Wednesday, January 3, 2024

| CYP Now

Chorley provider raises revenue through linked swimming facility but warns workforce crisis is preventing ability to meet growing demand for childcare places.

Lancashire trusts providers’ decision

Best Practice

Wednesday, January 3, 2024

| CYP Now

Lancashire County Council says its decision to pass all early years funding to providers is helping stabilise the sector and boosting uptake of funded placements.