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Coronavirus: MPs to debate petition calling for vaccinations for early years workers and teachers

Thursday, January 7, 2021

| Nursery World

Prioritising Covid-19 vaccinations for childcare staff and teachers will be debated in Parliament on Monday (11 January), following a petition which has so far received more than 342,000 signatures.

Coronavirus: DfE updates early years guidance in response to PM 'roadmap'

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Tuesday, February 23, 2021

| Nursery World

Wraparound childcare, including care provided by childminders, can restart from 8 March, as part of the gradual easing of lockdown restrictions announced yesterday.

Budget 2021: Business rates relief extension will include nurseries

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Wednesday, March 3, 2021

| Nursery World

Nurseries will continue to be exempt from business rates, but there was no new funding earmarked for the early years or schools in the Chancellor’s budget.

DfE to consult on information sharing between childcare providers and schools

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Thursday, March 24, 2016

| Nursery World

A new consultation on how information sharing can help drive the 30 hours entitlement will happen later this year, the childcare minister said this week.

Welsh nurseries to stay open for all children

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Wednesday, January 6, 2021

| Nursery World

Nurseries in Wales have stayed open for all children this week, while schools have closed.

Ofsted Annual report: Schools with poor behaviour to have 'no-notice' inspections

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Wednesday, December 11, 2013

| Nursery World

Too many schools in England have mediocre teaching and weak leadership, Ofsted’s chief inspector has said.

Concern over agency models as pilots start off

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Friday, October 18, 2013

| Nursery World

A few weeks into the childminder agency pilots, a number of organisations have begun to consult with the early years sector about their proposed models.

MPs to scrutinise effectiveness of childcare policy on parental employment

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Friday, January 5, 2018

| Nursery World

An inquiry into childcare policy and its influence on the economy has been launched by the Treasury Committee.

Ofsted comments outrage NCMA

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Friday, December 7, 2012

| Nursery World

A row has broken out between Ofsted and the National Childminding Association, after Ofsted used its first annual early years lecture to suggest that childminders were 'not up to the job' of delivering all aspects of the EYFS.

Sector criticises Ofsted move to potential 30-month wait for first inspection

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Monday, October 6, 2014

| Nursery World

The early years sector has given a mixed reaction to changes to inspections set out by Ofsted early years director Nick Hudson and revealed on Nursery World online.

Government reveals plans for new free places funding system

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Tuesday, March 26, 2013

| Nursery World

Ministers are planning to introduce a new national funding formula for all early education places.

NCMA takes Ofsted to task over claims childminders 'not up to the job'

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Tuesday, December 4, 2012

| Nursery World

The National Childminding Association has written to Ofsted hitting back at suggestions that childminders should primarily deliver 'care' not education in the EYFS.

Coronavirus: Government revises guidance for children of key workers

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Monday, January 11, 2021

| Nursery World

Children of keyworkers should stay at home ‘if they can’, the Government has said, in the latest change to school guidance.

Government review reveals red tape faced by sector

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Tuesday, May 20, 2014

| Nursery World

A Government review of the childcare sector highlights the bureaucracy providers face in meeting regulatory requirements.

Failing Montessori free school to close

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Friday, December 13, 2013

| Nursery World

One of the first free schools to open is to have its funding withdrawn by the Department for Education and will close next year.

Childminder Agencies - Government steps up agency push

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Monday, February 22, 2016

| Nursery World

Childminder agencies are a hot topic again now that the DfE has drafted in the charity 4Children to support interested organisations, but the model still divides opinion. Charlotte Goddard reports

Ofsted brings 'requires improvement' inspections in-house

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Friday, September 26, 2014

| Nursery World

Ofsted’s own in-house inspectors will take on responsibility for re-inspecting 'requires improvement 'nurseries in place of outside contractors Prospects and Tribal, Nursery World can exclusively reveal.

Government forges ahead with academy plans in Queen's Speech

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Wednesday, May 18, 2016

| Nursery World

The Government has included an Education for All Bill in the Queen's Speech, with proposals for under-performing schools to be forcibly converted to academies.

DfE parents' survey re-ignites fears over ratio changes

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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.

DfE gets tough on childminder funding

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Friday, October 4, 2013

| Nursery World

The Department for Education (DfE) is toughening its stance on local authority approaches to funding childminders for free early education places.

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Coronavirus: MPs to debate petition calling for vaccinations for early years workers and teachers

Coronavirus: DfE updates early years guidance in response to PM 'roadmap'

Budget 2021: Business rates relief extension will include nurseries

DfE to consult on information sharing between childcare providers and schools

Welsh nurseries to stay open for all children

Ofsted Annual report: Schools with poor behaviour to have 'no-notice' inspections

Concern over agency models as pilots start off

MPs to scrutinise effectiveness of childcare policy on parental employment

Ofsted comments outrage NCMA

Sector criticises Ofsted move to potential 30-month wait for first inspection

Government reveals plans for new free places funding system

NCMA takes Ofsted to task over claims childminders 'not up to the job'

Coronavirus: Government revises guidance for children of key workers

Government review reveals red tape faced by sector

Failing Montessori free school to close

Childminder Agencies - Government steps up agency push

Ofsted brings 'requires improvement' inspections in-house

Government forges ahead with academy plans in Queen's Speech

DfE parents' survey re-ignites fears over ratio changes

DfE gets tough on childminder funding

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