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Think tank backs relaxing childcare ratios to address the cost-of-living crisis

Wednesday, July 27, 2022

| Nursery World

New research appears to support Government proposals to reduce staff to child ratios, as well as relaxing childcare regulations.

How one LA is delivering funded places for twos

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Monday, October 6, 2014

| Nursery World

Now that 40 per cent of two-year-olds are eligible for funded places, we look at how one local authority is delivering and supporting the programme.

Children’s centres facing cull nationwide

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Monday, October 15, 2018

| Nursery World

Fears are mounting that children’s centres are on the brink of extinction as the number under threat continues to rise.

Childcare challenge for shift workers

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Tuesday, September 5, 2017

| Nursery World

Low-paid young parents, especially those working shifts and zero-hours contracts, struggle to manage childcare, according to research by the TUC.

Nurseries and childminders invited to picnic on day of action against Truss reforms

News

Wednesday, May 29, 2013

| Nursery World

Early years providers across the UK are being encouraged to hold picnics on International Children's Day on 1 June, to join together to protest against the proposals.

Portsmouth council plans to merge children's centres

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Wednesday, March 27, 2013

| Nursery World

The number of Sure Start Centres in Portsmouth will be cut to save up to 1 million in 2013/14.

Coronavirus: Childminders will be covered under the scheme to support self-employed

News

Friday, March 27, 2020

| Nursery World

Childminders are among the workers that could be eligible for the Government scheme to extend financial support to the self-employed affected by Covid-19.

Coronavirus: Government extends Tax-Free Childcare and 30-hour childcare eligibility

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Wednesday, August 5, 2020

| Nursery World

More than 55,000 parents have applied for 30 hour childcare places since the start of lockdown, according to the Department for Education, which is extending the eligibility criteria for families whose incomes may have dropped during the coronavirus pandemic.

Coronavirus: Option to delay school being explored by UK's largest nursery group

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Tuesday, June 23, 2020

| Nursery World

The UK's largest nursery group Busy Bees is working with local authorities to explore a funded ‘stay-in-nursery’ scheme, which would give parents the option to delay the start of their child’s primary school for up to two terms.

Ofsted: Children's learning and development regressed in lockdown

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Tuesday, November 10, 2020

| Nursery World

Some early years children were back in nappies and using dummies following their return to settings after lockdown, according to a survey by Ofsted of the impact of Covid-19 on nurseries and childminders

Coronavirus: Most out-of-school clubs can stay open in lockdown

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Friday, November 6, 2020

| Nursery World

The Out of School Alliance has published a summary of new guidelines for breakfast and after-school clubs, most of which will be able to continue to operate during England's four-week lockdown.

Play spaces must be kept open, or children will suffer, sector warns

News

Friday, February 5, 2021

| Nursery World

Many children will remain in perpetual ‘lockdown’ unless playground closures are tackled, the Association of Play Industries (API), has warned.

New tool to boost early years language

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Thursday, September 24, 2015

| Nursery World

A new improvement tool to help staff in early years settings foster children’s language, literacy and communication is being developed.

Families face out-of-school childcare shortage

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Friday, August 29, 2014

| Nursery World

More than six in ten parents have had to change their working arrangements once their children start school, according to a new survey.

Rishi Sunak believed to have scrapped childcare ratio changes

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Tuesday, January 3, 2023

| Nursery World

The Government has declined to confirm or deny reports that Rishi Sunak has ditched plans to relax staff-to-child ratios in nurseries, alongside scrapping other childcare reforms.

The expanded 30 hours risks widening gaps in child development and worsening quality, warns report

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Thursday, July 13, 2023

| Nursery World

New research, published by the Sutton Trust, suggests that the planned expansion of the funded hours to younger children, will 'lock' out disadvantaged children from extra early years education.

Call for next Government to prioritise 1.9m children struggling with speech and language

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Friday, March 22, 2024

| Nursery World

Speech and Language UK has launched its manifesto to draw the attention of all political parties to help the one in five children in the UK who struggle with talking and understanding words.

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Think tank backs relaxing childcare ratios to address the cost-of-living crisis

How one LA is delivering funded places for twos

Children’s centres facing cull nationwide

Childcare challenge for shift workers

Nurseries and childminders invited to picnic on day of action against Truss reforms

Portsmouth council plans to merge children's centres

Coronavirus: Childminders will be covered under the scheme to support self-employed

Coronavirus: Government extends Tax-Free Childcare and 30-hour childcare eligibility

Coronavirus: Option to delay school being explored by UK's largest nursery group

Ofsted: Children's learning and development regressed in lockdown

Coronavirus: Most out-of-school clubs can stay open in lockdown

Play spaces must be kept open, or children will suffer, sector warns

New tool to boost early years language

Families face out-of-school childcare shortage

Rishi Sunak believed to have scrapped childcare ratio changes

The expanded 30 hours risks widening gaps in child development and worsening quality, warns report

Call for next Government to prioritise 1.9m children struggling with speech and language

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