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School funding allocations 'don't go far enough', warn unions

Friday, October 11, 2019

| Nursery World

More details of the money schools and local authorities will receive in the next year are set to be confirmed by the Department for Education.

Families lose landmark SEND case against Government

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Monday, October 7, 2019

| Nursery World

The families of children with SEND who brought a legal challenge against the Government over funding have lost their case in the High Court.

A third of Scottish nursery children already using extra funded hours

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Wednesday, October 2, 2019

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Thousands of children in Scotland are already using additional childcare hours, just under a year away from full roll out, according to the Scottish Government.

Nursery businesses join forces against closures

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Tuesday, October 1, 2019

| Nursery World

A new campaign has been launched by the Federation of Small Businesses to stem the closures of private nurseries

Additional school funding not enough to ‘repair the damage’, warn unions

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Tuesday, October 1, 2019

| Nursery World

Four in five schools will be worse off next year than they were in 2015, reveals new research.

EXCLUSIVE: Working Poverty, Childcare Practitioners - Childcare’s dirty secret

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Tuesday, September 17, 2019

| Nursery World

We know early years education suffers from a pay problem, but just how does this affect practitioners’ ability to afford to lead ‘normal’ lives? Hannah Crown has these shocking findings from our exclusive survey

Union calls for long-term funding for nursery schools

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Thursday, September 12, 2019

| Nursery World

Maintained nursery schools could lose nearly a third of their budgets by 2020, the National Education Union has warned.

Poor areas hit hardest by rising nursery closures

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Thursday, September 12, 2019

| Nursery World

More nurseries are closing in the most deprived areas of the country than elsewhere, according to analysis by the National Day Nurseries Association.

Childcare practitioners 'living in poverty' - exclusive survey

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Thursday, September 12, 2019

| Nursery World

One in ten childcare workers are officially in poverty, according to shocking new findings from Nursery World.

Needs of children with SEND not being met, warns National Audit Office

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Wednesday, September 11, 2019

| Nursery World

The report by the spending watchdog raises ‘significant’ concerns that many pupils with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) are not being supported effectively.

Spending review: Chancellor announces £66m for early years

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Wednesday, September 4, 2019

| Nursery World

Chancellor Sajid Javid has announced an increase of £66m in early years funding in his first spending review.

PM announces £14bn for schools over three years

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Friday, August 30, 2019

| Nursery World

The Prime Minister has announced £14 billion in funding for primary and secondary schools in England between now and 2022/23.

Unions slam leaked plans to cut teaching assistants

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Wednesday, August 28, 2019

| Nursery World

Unions have condemned plans revealed in a leaked Government paper that reportedly state that schools employ too many teaching assistants.

Parents financially worse off since childcare voucher scheme closed, finds survey

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Tuesday, August 27, 2019

| Nursery World

More than 80 per cent of parents say they are worse off since childcare vouchers were closed to new entrants, leaving some reconsidering their career plans.

Bucks children’s centre campaigners lose in High Court

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Monday, July 22, 2019

| Nursery World

Campaigners fighting to keep children’s centres open in Buckinghamshire have lost their case in the High Court.

Schools need multi-billion pound investment, say MPs

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Friday, July 19, 2019

| Nursery World

Schools and colleges are in need of a 10-year plan to fix the broken education funding system, the Education Committee said today (19 July).

Holiday childcare costs rise by 3 per cent

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Tuesday, July 16, 2019

| Nursery World

Working parents face a holiday childcare bill of more than £800 over the school summer holidays, according to new research.

Survey highlights 'emerging crisis' in childhood

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Tuesday, July 9, 2019

| Nursery World

Action for Children is calling on the Government to establish a National Childhood Strategy as findings from its survey suggest an ‘emerging crisis in modern childhoods'.

MPs' stark warning to Government over nurseries' sustainability

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Monday, July 8, 2019

| Nursery World

The situation for private and voluntary nurseries in England is so dire that early years education and childcare are at risk of becoming services that only wealthy families can access, MPs and peers have warned.

DfE awards funding for school nurseries and home-learning schemes

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Tuesday, July 2, 2019

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Sixty-six schools in disadvantaged areas will share £22m in funding to expand their nursery provision for two- to-four-year-olds.

Councils running out of funding to provide statutory children's services

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Tuesday, July 2, 2019

| Nursery World

One in three councils are concerned they will run out of funding to provide statutory services such as child protection by the end of this Parliament.

Millions of pounds 'missing' in school meals funding

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Thursday, June 27, 2019

| Nursery World

Millions of pounds allocated by the Government for free school meals for some of the poorest children in the country is unaccounted for, according to a new report.

The Big Picture - Outside chance

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Monday, June 24, 2019

| Nursery World

An anonymous donation of £500,000 will help set up outdoor nurseries in some of Scotland’s most deprived communities.

T-level funding 'better' than for EYE courses

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Friday, June 21, 2019

| Nursery World

The Government will spend more than £10,000 on each childcare T- level in a bid to boost the numbers taking this new Level 3 programme.

Nurseries in poor areas facing closure

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Tuesday, June 11, 2019

| Nursery World

Childcare providers in deprived areas are twice as likely to close as those in the most affluent areas, according to new research, which also finds that the early years funding shortfall has risen by £50m in a year.

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School funding allocations 'don't go far enough', warn unions

Families lose landmark SEND case against Government

A third of Scottish nursery children already using extra funded hours

Nursery businesses join forces against closures

Additional school funding not enough to ‘repair the damage’, warn unions

EXCLUSIVE: Working Poverty, Childcare Practitioners - Childcare’s dirty secret

Union calls for long-term funding for nursery schools

Poor areas hit hardest by rising nursery closures

Childcare practitioners 'living in poverty' - exclusive survey

Needs of children with SEND not being met, warns National Audit Office

Spending review: Chancellor announces £66m for early years

PM announces £14bn for schools over three years

Unions slam leaked plans to cut teaching assistants

Parents financially worse off since childcare voucher scheme closed, finds survey

Bucks children’s centre campaigners lose in High Court

Schools need multi-billion pound investment, say MPs

Holiday childcare costs rise by 3 per cent

Survey highlights 'emerging crisis' in childhood

MPs' stark warning to Government over nurseries' sustainability

DfE awards funding for school nurseries and home-learning schemes

Councils running out of funding to provide statutory children's services

Millions of pounds 'missing' in school meals funding

The Big Picture - Outside chance

T-level funding 'better' than for EYE courses

Nurseries in poor areas facing closure

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