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Ceeda debate: 'Until the sector collapses you won't get investment'

Monday, January 27, 2020

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A legal challenge, a PR campaign and a working group were mooted as solutions to raise the profile of unsustainable childcare funding with the public, in crunch talks last week.

Providers left in the dark over funding rates

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Monday, January 20, 2020

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Providers across the country say they are unable to budget for the year ahead as many local authorities have yet to consult on 2020/21 funding rates, which will be effective from April.

Millions of pounds of unspent early years funding used to plug council deficits

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Wednesday, January 15, 2020

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More than £63.5 million of Government money to deliver three- and four-year-old places was unspent by local authorities in 2018/19, with just 15 per cent of the funding returned to childcare providers, an FOI investigation has revealed.

Funded or free? Take our poll on the future of childcare

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Monday, January 13, 2020

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Have your say in our joint Nursery World and Ceeda survey

Scottish government to launch childcare ad campaign

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Friday, January 10, 2020

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The Scottish government is launching a nationwide public information campaign to encourage parents to enrol their children for the 1,140 hour childcare offer, ahead of the final rollout.

Parents in Wales benefiting from childcare offer but confusion over how scheme works

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Tuesday, January 7, 2020

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Families on low-incomes in Wales are using funded childcare more than their better-off peers, research has found, but some have been landed with unexpected bills.

What would make early years better in 2020?

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Monday, January 6, 2020

| Nursery World

Entering a new decade and with a new Government in place, early years campaigners, professionals and training organisations share their wishes for the year ahead.

General Election 2019: Conservatives win majority - early years and schools reaction

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Friday, December 13, 2019

| Nursery World

Boris Johnson led his party to a historic victory last night, with Labour suffering its greatest loss of MPs since 1935.

Nurseries pay for ad in national newspaper to highlight funding crisis

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Tuesday, December 10, 2019

| Nursery World

More than 300 childcare providers have collectively raised thousands of pounds to pay for an advert in a national newspaper to highlight to families the impact of underfunding on the sector.

Parents charged to see Nativity plays

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Monday, December 9, 2019

| Nursery World

Schools and nurseries are charging parents to watch their children perform at Christmas productions.

Who gets the early years vote

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Monday, December 9, 2019

| Nursery World

Ahead of Thursday’s crucial general election, we asked Nursery World readers who they would be voting for and why.

Labour pledges free school breakfasts in primary schools to tackle poverty

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Thursday, December 5, 2019

| Nursery World

Labour is pledging to invest hundreds of millions of pounds in ‘poverty proofing’ schools by expanding free, healthy breakfasts to all primary schools.

General Election 2019: 'The Conservatives would cost the sector the most if in power'

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Wednesday, December 4, 2019

| Nursery World

New analysis by early years research company Ceeda has found that the party which promises the least in terms of early years entitlements in its general election manifesto, would cost the sector the most.

Campaign calling on political parties to increase childcare funding launches

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Wednesday, November 27, 2019

| Nursery World

The Early Years Alliance has launched a campaign calling on the political parties to pledge to increase childcare funding ahead of the general election next month (12 December).

Early years organisation publishes wishlist ahead of general election

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Wednesday, November 20, 2019

| Nursery World

The NDNA has called on the next Government to ‘get it right’ for childcare in its new manifesto.

Westminster schools awarded £2.1m to increase SEND provision

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Sunday, November 17, 2019

| Nursery World

Westminster schools are set to receive £2.1m funding to help children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND).

DfE refuses to explain how funding rates were calculated

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Thursday, November 14, 2019

| Nursery World

The Department for Education (DfE) has refused to disclose information on how current early years funding levels were determined, despite the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) ruling it do so.

Rise to Living Wage will be felt by Scottish nurseries, warns NDNA

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Wednesday, November 13, 2019

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The NDNA says that Scottish nurseries, which must pay the Living Wage to deliver the country's funded hours, will be put under strain with the increase to the rate.

DfE confirms new early years funding rates for 2020-21

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Thursday, October 31, 2019

| Nursery World

The Department for Education has announced an extension of supplementary funding for nursery schools, along with a boost to childcare funding rates of up to 8p per hour, per child.

DfE ordered to explain how funding rates were calculated

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Friday, October 25, 2019

| Nursery World

The Department for Education (DfE) has been ordered by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) to disclose withheld information on how current early years funding levels were determined.

Council joins teaching union call for urgent review of nursery school funding

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Friday, October 25, 2019

| Nursery World

Council members in Lambeth have called on the Government to increase funding for the borough’s nursery schools.

MPs call for 'radical' change' in failing SEND system

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Wednesday, October 23, 2019

| Nursery World

MPs have published a damning report into the special educational needs system, accusing the Government of failing a generation of children and young people.

Government to extend funding for adoption support

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Wednesday, October 16, 2019

| Nursery World

Funding to support adopted children to overcome past trauma will continue into 2021, the education secretary announced in a speech to mark National Adoption Week last night.

Irish childcare crisis laid bare in report

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Monday, October 14, 2019

| Nursery World

‘Early childhood education and care in Ireland is facing a black abyss,’ an early years expert has warned, as 90 per cent of staff look to leave the sector and childcare fees continue to be among the highest in the EU.

Tens of thousands of schools hit by 'deep unfair' cuts to funding

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Monday, October 14, 2019

| Nursery World

More than 16,500 schools will be worse off next year than they were in 2015, according to new research.

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Ceeda debate: 'Until the sector collapses you won't get investment'

Providers left in the dark over funding rates

Millions of pounds of unspent early years funding used to plug council deficits

Funded or free? Take our poll on the future of childcare

Scottish government to launch childcare ad campaign

Parents in Wales benefiting from childcare offer but confusion over how scheme works

What would make early years better in 2020?

General Election 2019: Conservatives win majority - early years and schools reaction

Nurseries pay for ad in national newspaper to highlight funding crisis

Parents charged to see Nativity plays

Who gets the early years vote

Labour pledges free school breakfasts in primary schools to tackle poverty

General Election 2019: 'The Conservatives would cost the sector the most if in power'

Campaign calling on political parties to increase childcare funding launches

Early years organisation publishes wishlist ahead of general election

Westminster schools awarded £2.1m to increase SEND provision

DfE refuses to explain how funding rates were calculated

Rise to Living Wage will be felt by Scottish nurseries, warns NDNA

DfE confirms new early years funding rates for 2020-21

DfE ordered to explain how funding rates were calculated

Council joins teaching union call for urgent review of nursery school funding

MPs call for 'radical' change' in failing SEND system

Government to extend funding for adoption support

Irish childcare crisis laid bare in report

Tens of thousands of schools hit by 'deep unfair' cuts to funding

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