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Coronavirus: Government revises guidance for children of key workers

Monday, January 11, 2021

| Nursery World

Children of keyworkers should stay at home ‘if they can’, the Government has said, in the latest change to school guidance.

Labour wants 'big conversation' on early years

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Friday, March 5, 2021

| Nursery World

Labour plans to hold ‘a big conversation’ with those in the early years to hear from providers about what needs to change to transform the sector, including ensuring providers receive the 'proper funding' they 'deserve'.

Tax-free childcare 'will not cut childcare costs'

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Wednesday, December 4, 2013

| Nursery World

Families will continue to spend more than a quarter of their household income on childcare, even after Tax-Free Childcare is introduced, a think-tank has warned.

Special report - Settings collect donations for families in war-torn Ukraine

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Tuesday, March 29, 2022

| Nursery World

Early years providers in the UK have received supplies from parents to be sent to children and their families affected by the conflict with Russia. Catherine Gaunt reports

Call for universal pre-school funding at end of parental leave

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Thursday, September 22, 2022

| Nursery World

The high cost of childcare means that thousands of mothers are effectively paying to return to work after having children, according to the IPPR, which is calling for universal pre-school to start at the end of parental leave.

Adviser calls on DfE to set up a single children and families strategy

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Friday, September 30, 2022

| Nursery World

With a new ministerial team at the Department for Education appointed, a former adviser to Michael Gove is calling for a joint parental engagement and family learning policy.

Conservatives pledge to double free childcare hours

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Tuesday, April 14, 2015

| Nursery World

A Conservative Government would increase free early education for three- and four-year-olds to 30 hours a week and boost hourly rates paid to providers.

SEED: Government-funded study highlights value of early years education for all

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Wednesday, July 12, 2017

| Nursery World

All children benefit from early education and care from the age of two, with those from poorer backgrounds likely to benefit even more, a major new report out today shows.

30-hour childcare to be extended to foster carers next year

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Wednesday, December 20, 2017

| Nursery World

Foster carers will be able to access 30 hours funded childcare for the children in their care, the Government has confirmed.

DfE asked to define ‘disadvantage’

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Monday, July 25, 2016

| Nursery World

What do we mean when we say children and families are ‘disadvantaged’?

Disadvantaged children will miss out on childcare expansion plans, unless support is targeted – report

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Thursday, May 25, 2023

| Nursery World

Government plans to increase childcare will mean that a low-income parent stands to take home just £4 an hour after childcare costs and changes to universal credit are taken into account, according to research by two major charities.

Labour accuses Government of 'failing families' over soaring childcare costs

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Tuesday, February 20, 2024

| Nursery World

Analysis of childcare costs by Labour shows that the average cost of a part-time childcare place has risen by 80 per cent since 2010 when the party was last in office.

Coronavirus: Ofsted suspends routine inspections and teaching union calls for school closures

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Tuesday, March 17, 2020

| Nursery World

Ofsted has suspended all routine inspections of early years providers, schools and further education colleges.

Teachers call on PM to create a recovery plan for education

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Thursday, June 11, 2020

| Nursery World

The National Education Union has written to the prime minister calling for a 10-point ‘national recovery plan’ for education, amid growing concerns that the majority of school children will face the rest of the summer term at home.

Coronavirus: After-school clubs on the brink of collapse

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Thursday, June 4, 2020

| Nursery World

Out-of-school clubs are facing closure and may never reopen, following new rules, confusing guidance and lack of support from Government.

One in six parents believe school summer holidays should be cancelled

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Friday, June 12, 2020

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One in six parents think schools should open over the summer holidays to compensate for time not spent in the classroom since March, a survey by childcare.co.uk has revealed.

Coronavirus: Parents of disabled children feel abandoned

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Tuesday, June 16, 2020

| Nursery World

Parents of disabled children have been left without vital care and support during lockdown, a survey by the Disabled Children’s Partnership (DCP) has found.

Further delays expected on reopening of holiday clubs

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Friday, June 19, 2020

| Nursery World

Guidance for holiday club providers is ‘unlikely’ to be released before the 4 July, just two weeks before many of them are expected to open for the summer, Nursery World understands.

Coronavirus: Mothers blame childcare shortage for redundancies

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Monday, July 27, 2020

| Nursery World

Almost a half of mothers (46 per cent) made redundant during the Covid-19 pandemic blame a lack of childcare provision, a survey has found.

Working mothers raise concern over lack of childcare

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Thursday, September 3, 2020

| Nursery World

Two in five working mothers are worried they won’t be able to find the childcare they need this September, according to a report from the TUC.

Protect early years funding to keep quality and access for disadvantaged children

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Wednesday, May 3, 2017

| Nursery World

Social mobility must be at the heart of the general election campaign, the Sutton Trust says today, starting with the early years.

30 hours: Government consults on how it will work in practice

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Monday, April 4, 2016

| Nursery World

Nurseries are being encouraged to stay open for longer hours to offer funded places for three- and four-year-olds between 6am and 8pm, to offer more flexible childcare for working parents.

Cameron says coalition will find 'a way forward' on childcare ratios

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Friday, May 17, 2013

| Nursery World

Early years organisations have welcomed David Cameron's intervention in the on-going row over plans to increase the number of children nurseries and childminders can care for, but urged the Government to take decisive action.

Parents in poor areas less likely to use childcare entitlements

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Thursday, December 20, 2018

| Nursery World

Parents in the most deprived parts of the country and on low incomes are much less likely to use or be aware of 30-hour childcare.

Montessori pulls out of offering Government-funded parenting classes

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Friday, March 22, 2013

| Nursery World

Montessori St Nicholas has withdrawn from running free parenting classes a year early, frustrated by bureaucracy and low take-up.

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Coronavirus: Government revises guidance for children of key workers

Labour wants 'big conversation' on early years

Tax-free childcare 'will not cut childcare costs'

Special report - Settings collect donations for families in war-torn Ukraine

Call for universal pre-school funding at end of parental leave

Adviser calls on DfE to set up a single children and families strategy

Conservatives pledge to double free childcare hours

SEED: Government-funded study highlights value of early years education for all

30-hour childcare to be extended to foster carers next year

DfE asked to define ‘disadvantage’

Disadvantaged children will miss out on childcare expansion plans, unless support is targeted – report

Labour accuses Government of 'failing families' over soaring childcare costs

Coronavirus: Ofsted suspends routine inspections and teaching union calls for school closures

Teachers call on PM to create a recovery plan for education

Coronavirus: After-school clubs on the brink of collapse

One in six parents believe school summer holidays should be cancelled

Coronavirus: Parents of disabled children feel abandoned

Further delays expected on reopening of holiday clubs

Coronavirus: Mothers blame childcare shortage for redundancies

Working mothers raise concern over lack of childcare

Protect early years funding to keep quality and access for disadvantaged children

30 hours: Government consults on how it will work in practice

Cameron says coalition will find 'a way forward' on childcare ratios

Parents in poor areas less likely to use childcare entitlements

Montessori pulls out of offering Government-funded parenting classes

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