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Nurseries' inability to pay Scottish Living Wage could impact 30 hours

Tuesday, March 20, 2018

| Nursery World

Delivery of the 1,140 hour childcare offer in Scotland could be at risk after a new survey shows the majority of nurseries have not adopted the voluntary Scottish Living Wage, which nurseries will need to sign up to.

Devastated owner to close setting due to 30 hours

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Tuesday, March 5, 2019

| Nursery World

A nursery provider has been forced to close one of her settings because a shortfall in funding for the free entitlement has made the business unsustainable.

'Substantial’ drop in take-up of funded places fuels concern for early years sector

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Friday, July 2, 2021

| Nursery World

Newly released Government figures reveal the number of eligible two-year-olds registered for a funded place with nurseries or childminders has fallen by 13 per cent.

30 hours policy 'entrenches inequality' says social mobility watchdog

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Tuesday, April 30, 2019

| Nursery World

The Government should extend its 30 hours offer to those working eight hours per week and eventually to all unemployed parents, the Social Mobility Commission said today.

Poor areas hit hardest by rising nursery closures

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Thursday, September 12, 2019

| Nursery World

More nurseries are closing in the most deprived areas of the country than elsewhere, according to analysis by the National Day Nurseries Association.

How will Tory win affect early years?

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Monday, January 6, 2020

| Nursery World

In the wake of the Conservatives’ landslide election victory, we look at what the future holds for the early years sector.

Foster carers eligible for 30 hours from next term

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Thursday, June 21, 2018

| Nursery World

Foster carers will be able to access the 30 hours for the children in their care from September, the DfE has announced.

Ofsted statistics show an increase in providers exiting the sector since introduction of the 30 hours

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Tuesday, March 27, 2018

| Nursery World

The first Ofsted figures on childcare providers and inspections since the introduction of the 30 hours, reveal there are 468 fewer nurseries and childminders than at the end of August 2017.

Scrap business rates for nurseries, says small business organisation

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Thursday, April 19, 2018

| Nursery World

The Government should urgently review 30 hours funding and introduce a new 100 per cent business rate relief scheme to reflect the increasing cost pressures nurseries face, says the Federation of Small Businesses.

‘Poor children excluded’ from nursery places

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Monday, April 30, 2018

| Nursery World

A new report suggests vulnerable children are being pushed out of settings because of the 30 hours.

Coronavirus: Eligibility extended for 30 hours and Tax-Free Childcare for the second time

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Tuesday, October 27, 2020

| Nursery World

The Government has extended the eligibility for 30-hour childcare and Tax-Free Childcare to enable working parents to continue to use the schemes, even if the number of hours they work drops during the pandemic.

PM's plans to reduce staff to child ratios in nurseries to cut childcare costs slammed as 'ludicrous'

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Wednesday, April 27, 2022

| Nursery World

Sector organisations and nurseries have roundly criticised Boris Johnson’s plans to change the rules to cut the number of staff caring for children in early years settings.

Chancellor urged to boost childcare funding by estimated shortfall

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Friday, March 3, 2023

| Nursery World

A gender equality think tank is calling on the Chancellor to boost childcare funding by £1.7bn – the estimated shortfall – in the Spring Budget.

Early years settings condemn Government for 'miniscule' funding rise

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Friday, December 18, 2020

| Nursery World

Early years settings will receive just a 6p an hour increase per child for three-and four-year-olds next term, as the Department for Education reverts to pre-Covid funding rates.

Council IT systems can’t cope with stretched hours

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Monday, May 14, 2018

| Nursery World

Providers are having to manipulate claims for the funded hours because local authorities’ systems won’t allow for the 30- or 15-hour entitlements to be taken as stretched offers.

Childcare providers in London less likely to offer the 30 hours

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Thursday, March 28, 2019

| Nursery World

The majority of childcare providers are offering the 30 hours, but there are regional differences, finds a new DfE report.

Warning signs over 30-hour impact on poorer twos

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Friday, January 25, 2019

| Nursery World

The introduction of 30-hour childcare has led to ‘a possible trade-off’ between provision for disadvantaged two-year-olds and that for three- and four-year-olds, research suggests.

Nursery owners’ desperate measures to survive

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Monday, April 30, 2018

| Nursery World

Childcare providers are relying on financial support from family and friends or additional income revenues to keep their businesses afloat.

Councils underspent £55m in early years funding which failed to reach providers

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Thursday, March 24, 2022

| Nursery World

The majority of local authorities are not passing on money left over from Government funding to deliver childcare places to providers, according to an analysis of responses to Freedom of Information requests.

Lack of affordable childcare costing mothers £1.2bn a year in lost earnings

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Tuesday, January 23, 2018

| Nursery World

Mothers are losing more than a billion pounds in earnings every year because a lack of high-quality, affordable childcare prevents them from working or increasing their hours, finds a charity.

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Nurseries' inability to pay Scottish Living Wage could impact 30 hours

Devastated owner to close setting due to 30 hours

'Substantial’ drop in take-up of funded places fuels concern for early years sector

30 hours policy 'entrenches inequality' says social mobility watchdog

Poor areas hit hardest by rising nursery closures

How will Tory win affect early years?

Foster carers eligible for 30 hours from next term

Ofsted statistics show an increase in providers exiting the sector since introduction of the 30 hours

Scrap business rates for nurseries, says small business organisation

‘Poor children excluded’ from nursery places

Coronavirus: Eligibility extended for 30 hours and Tax-Free Childcare for the second time

PM's plans to reduce staff to child ratios in nurseries to cut childcare costs slammed as 'ludicrous'

Chancellor urged to boost childcare funding by estimated shortfall

Early years settings condemn Government for 'miniscule' funding rise

Council IT systems can’t cope with stretched hours

Childcare providers in London less likely to offer the 30 hours

Warning signs over 30-hour impact on poorer twos

Nursery owners’ desperate measures to survive

Councils underspent £55m in early years funding which failed to reach providers

Lack of affordable childcare costing mothers £1.2bn a year in lost earnings

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