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Concern grows over fate of Salford council nurseries

Wednesday, January 16, 2019

| Nursery World

Campaigners in Salford have written to the mayor about ‘slow progress’ in deciding the future of the city’s five council-run nurseries.

Rise in children with SEN in PVI nurseries

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Friday, January 11, 2019

| Nursery World

The number of children in private and voluntary nurseries with special educational needs has risen dramatically, an analysis of Government figures shows.

Birmingham council nurseries to be handed over to PVI providers

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Wednesday, December 5, 2018

| Nursery World

All 14 of Birmingham’s council-run nurseries are to be privatised.

Providers in Wales find £4.50 rate for 30 hours commercially viable

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Monday, November 26, 2018

| Nursery World

Nearly nine in ten providers offering the 30 hours in Wales agree that the rate is viable, according to findings from research into the early implementer phase of the scheme.

Nadhim Zahawi sets out next steps for £20m early years fund

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Thursday, November 15, 2018

| Nursery World

The DfE is looking for a national training partner to take on the next stage of the Early Years Professional Development Fund, the children’s minister told delegates at the Nursery World Business Summit.

Budget failings to cost nursery sector nearly half a billion pounds

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Wednesday, November 14, 2018

| Nursery World

The cost to private and voluntary nurseries of last month’s budget is £437m according to an analysis by the National Day Nurseries Association.

Call for national early intervention strategy

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Wednesday, November 14, 2018

| Nursery World

MPs are calling for a new national early intervention strategy to tackle childhood adversity and trauma, and are calling on the Government to hold the long-delayed consultation on children's centres.

More than half of nurseries put up their fees last year

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Monday, November 12, 2018

| Nursery World

According to the Department for Education’s (DfE) Early Years and Childcare Providers’ survey, 53 per cent of nurseries increased their fees for at least one age group in the last 12 months.

Major inquiry into the sustainability of the childcare sector launches

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Friday, November 2, 2018

| Nursery World

A cross-party group of MPs and peers are to carry out a formal, select committee style investigation into the opportunities and challenges facing childcare providers.

Nearly 9,000 childcare providers have closed since 2016

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Friday, November 2, 2018

| Nursery World

New Government figures reveal 8,800 childcare providers left the sector between 2016 and 2018.

Campaigners unite to save day nurseries

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Monday, October 29, 2018

| Nursery World

Campaigners across the country are joining forces to fight the closure of council-run and community nurseries, with a rally in Salford on Saturday (27 October) uniting members of the Save Our Nurseries campaigns in Tower Hamlets, Salford and Nottingham.

Scotland's childcare expansion 'about to implode', nurseries warn

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Tuesday, October 16, 2018

| Nursery World

Freedom of Information responses obtained by the Scottish Conservatives reveal concerns from councils and providers about the government’s childcare expansion plans for 1,140 hours.

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.

Nursery schools twice as likely to be in deficit than schools

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Thursday, October 11, 2018

| Nursery World

New Government figures reveal in each of the last three years, the proportion of nursery schools in deficit has been double that of all schools.

Parents vow to fight on after council confirms nursery closures

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Tuesday, October 2, 2018

| Nursery World

Campaigners fighting to save Tower Hamlets' remaining council-run day nurseries are joining forces with other groups fighting nursery closures across the country.

Labour unveils 'radical' plans on childcare funding and workforce

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Tuesday, September 25, 2018

| Nursery World

A Labour Government would increase provider funding to £7.35 an hour for free hours, introduce a national pay scale, and move towards a graduate-led workforce.

NDNA seals deal for Scottish providers ahead of childcare expansion

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Monday, September 24, 2018

| Nursery World

The National Day Nurseries Association (NDNA) has partnered with Scotland’s association of councils to draw up principles of working together that local authorities and providers must adhere to.

Group opens new nursery but closes another as underfunding hits

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Friday, September 21, 2018

| Nursery World

Sunhill Daycare has opened one new setting, but has been forced to close another because of cost pressures, blaming 30-hours underfunding.

Alliance blames lack of Government funding for closing fifth of settings

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Tuesday, September 18, 2018

| Nursery World

The Pre-school Learning Alliance has closed 23 nurseries since January, as a direct result of the longstanding Government under-funding of 15- and 30-hour childcare entitlements, Nursery World can reveal.

Spending on Sure Start cut by two-thirds in nine years

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Monday, September 17, 2018

| Nursery World

Investment in Sure Start has further declined with the Government spending just over £576 million on children's centres in 2017-18, compared with £1.8 billion in 2009-10.

DfE 30 hours report lays bare the challenges for providers

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Wednesday, September 12, 2018

| Nursery World

The Government-commissioned evaluation of the first year of the 30 hours programme shows the impact the policy is having on childcare settings, local authorities and parents, revealing significant challenges for many.

Government urged to find funding solution to save nursery schools

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Wednesday, September 12, 2018

| Nursery World

A new report warns that if London's nursery schools, whose future is under threat, close then it will be detrimental to thousands of vulnerable children.

Funded two-year-old places starting to close the gap, but higher take-up vital

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Thursday, August 23, 2018

| Nursery World

Government-funded childcare for disadvantaged two-year-olds has had a modest impact on children’s attainment, a study shows.

30 hours: one year on

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Monday, August 6, 2018

| Nursery World

PACEY survey reveals LAs making requirements of settings contrary to Government guidance

Council warning over funding and recruitment for Scottish early years expansion

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Friday, August 3, 2018

| Nursery World

One of Scotland’s largest councils has admitted that fulfilling the Scottish Government’s 1,140 hour childcare offer for three- and four-year-olds will pose a ‘significant challenge’.

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Concern grows over fate of Salford council nurseries

Rise in children with SEN in PVI nurseries

Birmingham council nurseries to be handed over to PVI providers

Providers in Wales find £4.50 rate for 30 hours commercially viable

Nadhim Zahawi sets out next steps for £20m early years fund

Budget failings to cost nursery sector nearly half a billion pounds

Call for national early intervention strategy

More than half of nurseries put up their fees last year

Major inquiry into the sustainability of the childcare sector launches

Nearly 9,000 childcare providers have closed since 2016

Campaigners unite to save day nurseries

Scotland's childcare expansion 'about to implode', nurseries warn

Children’s centres facing cull nationwide

Nursery schools twice as likely to be in deficit than schools

Parents vow to fight on after council confirms nursery closures

Labour unveils 'radical' plans on childcare funding and workforce

NDNA seals deal for Scottish providers ahead of childcare expansion

Group opens new nursery but closes another as underfunding hits

Alliance blames lack of Government funding for closing fifth of settings

Spending on Sure Start cut by two-thirds in nine years

DfE 30 hours report lays bare the challenges for providers

Government urged to find funding solution to save nursery schools

Funded two-year-old places starting to close the gap, but higher take-up vital

30 hours: one year on

Council warning over funding and recruitment for Scottish early years expansion

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