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Parents spending a ‘huge chunk’ of their pay on childcare - survey

Thursday, March 17, 2022

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Around one in three working parents with pre-school children spend more than a third of their wages on childcare, reveals a new poll.

Queen's speech criticised for failing to provide immediate help for 'struggling families'

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Wednesday, May 11, 2022

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Organisations and charities have expressed their disappointment over the lack of support for children and families in the Queen’s speech.

Funded places available for early years music-making course

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Monday, June 27, 2022

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Early years settings can apply for a chance to access fully-funded music therapy training with charity Music as Therapy International.

Bright Stars nursery group has its funding withdrawn by Scottish council

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Wednesday, September 21, 2022

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Bright Stars nursery group, formerly ICP Education, has had its childcare funding withdrawn for four of its sites in East Lothian.

Labour plan for breakfast clubs 'first step on the road to a modern childcare system’

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Wednesday, September 28, 2022

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Shadow education secretary Bridget Phillipson will pledge to roll out free breakfast clubs to all primary school children, invest in the childcare workforce, and oppose the Government's plan to change staff to child ratios in early years settings.

DfE reveals early years funding breakdown

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Wednesday, March 26, 2014

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Early years providers can compare the funding they receive with their neighbours in other local authorities in an updated version of the early years online funding tool.

Local authorities warn of a shortage of 'high quality' funded places

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Friday, October 11, 2013

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Local authorities have raised concerns that many of the childminders coming forward to offer funded places for two, three and four year olds are not sufficiently well-qualified to provide high quality early years education.

Nurseries forced to pay employees the 'Living Wage' to retain funding

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Wednesday, May 7, 2014

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Early years settings in Birmingham that deliver the free early education places will have to pay staff the Living Wage, under new council rules.

Labour's childcare plans could help thousands of mothers back to work

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Thursday, May 8, 2014

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New analysis shows that Labour's plans to extend free childcare to 25 hours a week could help 135,000 more mothers return to work.

Peers to look at the affordability of childcare

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Friday, July 4, 2014

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The House of Lords has set up an inquiry to examine how pre-school childcare in England is funded.

Childminding agency rated 'ineffective' putting members' funding at risk

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Tuesday, February 7, 2023

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A childminding agency has been rated ‘ineffective’ leaving local authorities considering withdrawing funding from hundreds of childminder members.

Labour considers making the funded childcare hours means-tested, not universal

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Wednesday, June 14, 2023

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Labour has ruled out offering universal free childcare in favour of a means-tested offer to reduce spending commitments, reveal reports.

More disadvantaged children to receive free nursery hours thanks to LEYF and food charity partnership

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Friday, July 21, 2023

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A partnership between LEYF and food charity, City Harvest, which provides surplus food to the social enterprises’ settings to fund additional hours for disadvantaged children, is being expanded.

Deprived areas hit the hardest as nursery closures increase by 50 per cent

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Wednesday, June 28, 2023

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Nursery closures in England rose by 50 per cent in 2022-23 compared with the previous year, with many settings in the most deprived parts of the country forced to shut.

Local authority timescales to inform providers of funding rates shortened

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Friday, February 2, 2024

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Local authorities will have to confirm funding rates to early years providers eight weeks after the DfE announces local authority rates, under new rules being brought in.

September early years funding will be based on pre-Covid occupancy to protect the sector

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Tuesday, July 21, 2020

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Local authorities will receive early years funding for the autumn term on the basis of how many children were attending settings before the coronavirus pandemic hit.

Scotland’s childcare expansion programme: new data published

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Tuesday, December 8, 2020

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Initial findings on the impact of 600 hours of funded provision for three-year-olds in Scotland show that an increase in hours ‘may help close the gap’ in outcomes.

School nurseries to receive top-up for census funding shortfalls

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Thursday, January 21, 2021

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A last-minute change of policy from the Department for Education could prevent school nursery classes from losing thousands of pounds in funding or even closing for good.

Children's commissioner Anne Longfield takes ministers to task in final speech

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Wednesday, February 17, 2021

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‘The Prime Minister’s promise to “level up” is just a slogan unless it focuses on children,’ challenged Children’s Commissioner for England Anne Longfield in her outgoing speech today [Wednesday].

Nursery schools forced to cut staff and services – survey shows

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Tuesday, May 4, 2021

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More than a third of maintained nursery schools have been forced to cut staff and services as a result of lost income due to Covid and uncertainty over next year’s funding, a survey has found.

Early years a ‘top priority’ in union’s education recovery report

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Wednesday, May 26, 2021

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Investment in the early years should be ‘at the heart’ of the Government’s educational recovery plan, according to a report published by the National Union of Headteachers (NAHT) today (Wednesday).

Funding for early intervention 'cut by half' over ten years – analysis

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Thursday, July 15, 2021

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A joint report by leading children’s charities has found that councils have been forced to halve early intervention spending on vulnerable children over the last decade.

Make 30 hours funded childcare universal to close the attainment gap

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Thursday, August 19, 2021

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A new report renews the call for all children to be made eligible for the extended entitlement amid concerns the Coronavirus pandemic has exacerbated the attainment gap between disadvantaged children and their peers.

Early years funding is ‘treading water’, finds report

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Tuesday, November 30, 2021

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According to new research on education spending, high levels of inflation, a rising minimum wage and new taxes, will mean the 17p uplift in early years funding will ‘almost certainly’ not be enough to compensate for rising costs.

Scotland's 1,140 hours has exacerbated the decline in childminders

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Thursday, November 25, 2021

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According to the Scottish Childminding Association (SCMA), the 1,140 hours policy has ‘failed’ the country's childminding workforce, which has declined by over 26 per cent,

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Parents spending a ‘huge chunk’ of their pay on childcare - survey

Queen's speech criticised for failing to provide immediate help for 'struggling families'

Funded places available for early years music-making course

Bright Stars nursery group has its funding withdrawn by Scottish council

Labour plan for breakfast clubs 'first step on the road to a modern childcare system’

DfE reveals early years funding breakdown

Local authorities warn of a shortage of 'high quality' funded places

Nurseries forced to pay employees the 'Living Wage' to retain funding

Labour's childcare plans could help thousands of mothers back to work

Peers to look at the affordability of childcare

Childminding agency rated 'ineffective' putting members' funding at risk

Labour considers making the funded childcare hours means-tested, not universal

More disadvantaged children to receive free nursery hours thanks to LEYF and food charity partnership

Deprived areas hit the hardest as nursery closures increase by 50 per cent

Local authority timescales to inform providers of funding rates shortened

September early years funding will be based on pre-Covid occupancy to protect the sector

Scotland’s childcare expansion programme: new data published

School nurseries to receive top-up for census funding shortfalls

Children's commissioner Anne Longfield takes ministers to task in final speech

Nursery schools forced to cut staff and services – survey shows

Early years a ‘top priority’ in union’s education recovery report

Funding for early intervention 'cut by half' over ten years – analysis

Make 30 hours funded childcare universal to close the attainment gap

Early years funding is ‘treading water’, finds report

Scotland's 1,140 hours has exacerbated the decline in childminders

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