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DfE parents' survey re-ignites fears over ratio changes

Monday, October 28, 2013

| Nursery World

A new Department for Education survey asking parents for their opinions on staff:child ratios has raised concern among the sector that there will be a renewed push for a relaxation.

Apprenticeships get year's reprieve on GCSE entry requirement

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Thursday, August 21, 2014

| Nursery World

A one-year stay of execution has been granted over maths and English GCSEs for apprentices.

Exclusive: Concern over lack of data on nursery deaths and injuries

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Friday, January 11, 2013

| Nursery World

No official records are kept on the number of deaths, serious injuries and accidents that occur while children are in nursery or other childcare settings, a Nursery World investigation reveals.

Ofsted Big Conversation: Sector makes list of actions for Ofsted

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Friday, September 20, 2013

| Nursery World

The weekend of action sparked a wealth of ideas from nursery owners, practitioners, and childminders, among others.

New framework for childminder agency inspection released

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Tuesday, January 12, 2016

| Nursery World

Childminding agencies will either be judged as ‘effective’ or ‘non-effective’ by Ofsted during their inspections, new guidance reveals.

Council scraps plans for free hours funding withdrawal

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Thursday, April 2, 2015

| Nursery World

Lancashire County Council confirmed today (2 April) that it will not be going ahead with plans that would have seen children with relatives working in the same setting losing their early education funding.

Children's centre groups make progress in latest inspections

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Thursday, June 25, 2015

| Nursery World

More children's centre groups are being judged good or outstanding according to new Ofsted statistics, but nearly half are still below this level.

Childcare minister calls for business rate relief for nurseries

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Wednesday, January 14, 2015

| Nursery World

Local authorities will be given a financial incentive to encourage them to offer business rate relief to nurseries.

Nursery Management: Workforce - Rage against the machine

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Monday, September 19, 2016

| Nursery World

The pipeline feeding Level 3 childcare staff into the sector is drying up, and we have the data to prove it. Hannah Crown speaks to a sector in crisis

Funding formula online calculator launched

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Friday, September 9, 2016

| Nursery World

A confusion-busting online calculator is helping settings work out what rates they may be getting when the new early years national funding formula is rolled out.

Owners reeling at huge increases to business rates

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Monday, October 17, 2016

| Nursery World

Nurseries across the country have reacted with shock and anger to huge rises in business rates due to come into effect next April.

Apprenticeship levy is a 'blunt instrument', MPs say

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Friday, March 31, 2017

| Nursery World

The Government’s apprenticeships policies lack focus and will not close the skills gap because they fail to concentrate on the sectors and regions where training is most needed, an MPs' report warns.

Ofsted's new inspection framework: Aiming for a two-way process

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Friday, July 6, 2012

| Nursery World

Susan Gregory, national director education, Ofsted, maps out the changes which will encourage providers to take stronger ownership of their inspections in the future.

Majority against higher qualified staff having to care for more children

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Friday, February 22, 2013

| Nursery World

Eight in ten nurseries are against Government proposals to allow highly qualified staff in nurseries to look after more children, a survey by the National Day Nurseries Association suggests.

Guidance on 'British values' could pave the way for complaints

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Tuesday, September 9, 2014

| Nursery World

Guidance about local authorities’ new role over the thorny issue of ‘British values’ in early education could leave the early years sector open to more complaints, a charity has warned.

Nursery to open in former police building

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Wednesday, August 28, 2013

| Nursery World

An office building previously owned by Greater Manchester Police will be refurbished and open as a nursery early next year.

Equal pay victory for nursery workers

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Tuesday, July 2, 2013

| Nursery World

More than 200 nursery workers and classroom assistants have demolished the long-running defence by Scottish councils of paying men discriminatory bonuses that are denied to women.

More Affordable Childcare: the key points

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Tuesday, July 16, 2013

| Nursery World

A handy guide to the main proposals out for consultation in the Government's 'More Affordable Childcare' report

Ofsted unveils tougher inspection regime for early years

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Friday, August 2, 2013

| Nursery World

Ofsted is toughening up its early years inspection system with a new framework operational from 4 November.

Ofsted pilot leads to dramatic drop in complaint-driven inspections

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Tuesday, June 24, 2014

| Nursery World

Ofsted’s one-month pilot to cut the number of complaint-driven inspections resulted in 13 fewer inspections every day last month.

Ofsted clamps down on 'satisfactory' nurseries

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Friday, April 19, 2013

| Nursery World

In future, early years settings will have four years to reach a good grade or face being closed down by Ofsted.

The early years sector's reaction to the U-turn on ratios

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Thursday, June 6, 2013

| Nursery World

The early years sector has expressed its joy and relief over the Government's decision to ditch the proposed changes to staff-to-child ratios for nurseries and childminders.

Minimum wage rates to increase from 1 April

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Friday, March 30, 2018

| Nursery World

The national minimum wage rates are set to increase again from 1 April, rising to £7.83 an hour for the highest paid.

DfE to consult on home schooling and out-of-school settings

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Tuesday, April 17, 2018

| Nursery World

A consultation on improving standards of home schooling has been launched by the Department for Education (DfE), while it also plans to consult on a voluntary code for out-of-school 'education' settings.

Revised EYFS updates Level 3 and first aid rules

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Friday, March 3, 2017

| Nursery World

The DfE has published the revised Early Years Foundation Stage framework to incorporate the new Level 3 qualification requirements and first aid regulations.

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DfE parents' survey re-ignites fears over ratio changes

Apprenticeships get year's reprieve on GCSE entry requirement

Exclusive: Concern over lack of data on nursery deaths and injuries

Ofsted Big Conversation: Sector makes list of actions for Ofsted

New framework for childminder agency inspection released

Council scraps plans for free hours funding withdrawal

Children's centre groups make progress in latest inspections

Childcare minister calls for business rate relief for nurseries

Nursery Management: Workforce - Rage against the machine

Funding formula online calculator launched

Owners reeling at huge increases to business rates

Apprenticeship levy is a 'blunt instrument', MPs say

Ofsted's new inspection framework: Aiming for a two-way process

Majority against higher qualified staff having to care for more children

Guidance on 'British values' could pave the way for complaints

Nursery to open in former police building

Equal pay victory for nursery workers

More Affordable Childcare: the key points

Ofsted unveils tougher inspection regime for early years

Ofsted pilot leads to dramatic drop in complaint-driven inspections

Ofsted clamps down on 'satisfactory' nurseries

The early years sector's reaction to the U-turn on ratios

Minimum wage rates to increase from 1 April

DfE to consult on home schooling and out-of-school settings

Revised EYFS updates Level 3 and first aid rules

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