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Early years action group setup to 'save the sector'

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Wednesday, November 30, 2022

| Nursery World

Four early years professionals have come together to launch an action group to ensure the sector’s survival.

Petition calling for childcare funding to increase attracts thousands of signatures

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Wednesday, November 23, 2022

| Nursery World

A petition calling for early years funding to increase has gained thousands of signatures within days of being created.

World leaders told to invest more in the early years

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Monday, November 21, 2022

| Nursery World

World leaders are being called on to invest more in the early years as new research shows less than 2 per cent of the global aid budget goes to pre-primary education.

Grave concerns raised for the sector after minimum wage increase announced

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Friday, November 18, 2022

| Nursery World

The sector is warning of mass closures of early years settings without more funding now that the national living wage is to rise to £10.42 an hour from next April.

Autumn Statement 2022: Government accused of 'ignoring the sector' as chancellor announces more money for schools

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Thursday, November 17, 2022

| Nursery World

The Government has been accused of ‘ignoring the early years crisis’ as the Chancellor failed to announce any measures or support for the sector within the Autumn Budget.

Hillingdon Council withdraws decision to close its nurseries

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Tuesday, November 15, 2022

| Nursery World

Following a legal challenge by parents, Hillingdon Council has committed to consulting with residents about the future of its three remaining nurseries, which were due to shut next month.

Early years coalition calls for 'radical rethink' of childcare funding

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Saturday, November 12, 2022

| Nursery World

A coalition of early years organisations and nurseries is calling on the Government to consider new childcare funding options, including making the 15 hours universal from the age of two and paying a 'premium rate' for disadvantaged children.

Early years providers will see funding fall by 8 per cent – IFS

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Friday, November 11, 2022

| Nursery World

Funding for the entitlement for two-, three- and four-year-olds is likely to fall by 8 per cent in real-terms, according to research by the Institute for Fiscal Studies, which reveals the impact of rising inflation on the early years sector.

LEYF achieves £1.5m target to grow the business

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Friday, November 11, 2022

| Nursery World

Social enterprise LEYF has successfully raised £1.5m through its charity bond to help fund the acquisition of more nurseries.

Teaching union highlights the 'desperate' cuts schools are making to stay afloat

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Tuesday, November 8, 2022

| Nursery World

The majority of schools are having to make redundancies due to the funding crisis, finds ‘largest ever’ school leaders survey.

Thousands turn out for 'March of the Mummies' childcare protest

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Monday, October 31, 2022

| Nursery World

The March of the Mummies attracted more than 15,000 people in 11 cities across the country to demand Government reform on childcare, parental leave and flexible working.

Scottish childminders call for major reform to inspections that are 'geared' towards nurseries

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Thursday, October 27, 2022

| Nursery World

New research suggests that the current quality assurance and inspection system in Scotland is not working for childminders and requires major reform.

Government keeps the early years sector guessing on childcare reforms

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Tuesday, October 25, 2022

| Nursery World

Early years organisations and campaigners have urged the new Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to scrap plans to change staff-to-child ratios, and axe the deregulation agenda pursued by the previous PM Liz Truss.

Sector sets out its priorities for new PM Rishi Sunak

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Monday, October 24, 2022

| Nursery World

Sector organisations and charities have urged the new PM Rishi Sunak to support families and education providers, amid the funding and cost-of-living crisis.

DfE reaffirms its commitment to helping young children impacted by the pandemic

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Thursday, October 20, 2022

| Nursery World

The minister for schools and childhood, Kelly Tolhurst, has today reiterated the £180m package of support available to the early years sector to help support children's development.

Government to invest over £24m in phonics and literacy

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Monday, October 10, 2022

| Nursery World

The Government has announced it is to invest more than £24m in ‘high-quality’ phonics and expert literacy teaching, as part of its work to help school pupils recover from the pandemic.

Call for settings to take part in early years nutrition survey

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Tuesday, October 4, 2022

| Nursery World

The Early Years Alliance and nursery group the London Early Years Foundation have joined forces to launch a survey about food provision and nutrition in early years settings.

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

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Wednesday, September 28, 2022

| Nursery World

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.

Kelly Tolhurst named the new minister for schools and childhood

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Tuesday, September 27, 2022

| Nursery World

The DfE’s new minister Kelly Tolhurst has been given the joint brief of schools and childcare, responsibilities that were previously split between two ministers.

Mini-Budget: Chancellor's comments highlight future childcare reforms

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Friday, September 23, 2022

| Nursery World

Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng has signalled the Government's intention to focus on bringing forward reforms to improve access to affordable, flexible childcare.

Mini-Budget: reaction to the chancellor's plans

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Friday, September 23, 2022

| Nursery World

Education unions, sector organisations, and children's charities have been reacting to the Chancellor’s mini-budget, which included the biggest tax cuts since 1972, and which will benefit wealthy taxpayers the most.

Call for universal pre-school funding at end of parental leave

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Thursday, September 22, 2022

| Nursery World

The high cost of childcare means that thousands of mothers are effectively paying to return to work after having children, according to the IPPR, which is calling for universal pre-school to start at the end of parental leave.

Bright Stars nursery group has its funding withdrawn by Scottish council

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Wednesday, September 21, 2022

| Nursery World

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

Business energy prices to be cut by half under new Government support

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Wednesday, September 21, 2022

| Nursery World

Energy bills for UK businesses will be cut by around half their expected level this winter under new emergency support from the Government to help those facing rising costs.

Early years settings will receive funding for bank holiday on day of Queen's funeral

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Tuesday, September 13, 2022

| Nursery World

Early years settings that close for the Queen’s funeral on Monday will not lose out on funding for the 15- and 30-hour entitlements, Nursery World has learned.

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Early years action group setup to 'save the sector'

Petition calling for childcare funding to increase attracts thousands of signatures

World leaders told to invest more in the early years

Grave concerns raised for the sector after minimum wage increase announced

Autumn Statement 2022: Government accused of 'ignoring the sector' as chancellor announces more money for schools

Hillingdon Council withdraws decision to close its nurseries

Early years coalition calls for 'radical rethink' of childcare funding

Early years providers will see funding fall by 8 per cent – IFS

LEYF achieves £1.5m target to grow the business

Teaching union highlights the 'desperate' cuts schools are making to stay afloat

Thousands turn out for 'March of the Mummies' childcare protest

Scottish childminders call for major reform to inspections that are 'geared' towards nurseries

Government keeps the early years sector guessing on childcare reforms

Sector sets out its priorities for new PM Rishi Sunak

DfE reaffirms its commitment to helping young children impacted by the pandemic

Government to invest over £24m in phonics and literacy

Call for settings to take part in early years nutrition survey

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

Kelly Tolhurst named the new minister for schools and childhood

Mini-Budget: Chancellor's comments highlight future childcare reforms

Mini-Budget: reaction to the chancellor's plans

Call for universal pre-school funding at end of parental leave

Bright Stars nursery group has its funding withdrawn by Scottish council

Business energy prices to be cut by half under new Government support

Early years settings will receive funding for bank holiday on day of Queen's funeral

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