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One of the first free schools to open is to have its funding withdrawn by the Department for Education and will close next year.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

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.

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.

Early years settings, schools and colleges will share common inspection framework

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Thursday, October 9, 2014

| Nursery World

Early years settings will be inspected under a new common inspection framework alongside schools and further education colleges, in plans put out for consultation by Ofsted today.

DfE updates guidance on shielding for early years settings

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Tuesday, October 20, 2020

| Nursery World

Guidance for staff and children who are defined as ‘clinically extremely vulnerable’ has been updated by the Department for Education in response to the new Covid alert levels.

Coronavirus: DfE publishes guidance for education and childcare settings ahead of second lockdown

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Wednesday, November 4, 2020

| Nursery World

The Department for Education has published guidance for education and childcare settings ahead of the new national lockdown in England, which comes into force tomorrow.

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.

Experts highlight parenting class mistakes

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Monday, January 25, 2016

| Nursery World

A government-funded study published days after the Prime Minister pledged to roll out parenting classes to all, has reported the scheme will fail without proper financial backing.

Town hall leaders flag academies' capacity concerns

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Monday, April 18, 2016

| Nursery World

Schools may become disconnected from local need once they all become academies, local authority chiefs have warned, as more than half a million children receive their primary offers today (Monday).

Ofsted 'willing' to meet with nurseries and childminders

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Thursday, September 26, 2013

| Nursery World

Following last weekend's Big Conversation, Ofsted has confirmed that it would like to meet with representatives from the early years sector.

Exclusive - Minister says rates and VAT changes may be considered

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Friday, October 18, 2013

| Nursery World

Education secretary Michael Gove has mooted the possibility that changes to business rate relief and VAT for nurseries could be considered at the same time as plans being looked into for academies and free schools.

Coronavirus: Option to delay school being explored by UK's largest nursery group

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Tuesday, June 23, 2020

| Nursery World

The UK's largest nursery group Busy Bees is working with local authorities to explore a funded ‘stay-in-nursery’ scheme, which would give parents the option to delay the start of their child’s primary school for up to two terms.

Coronavirus: Most out-of-school clubs can stay open in lockdown

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Friday, November 6, 2020

| Nursery World

The Out of School Alliance has published a summary of new guidelines for breakfast and after-school clubs, most of which will be able to continue to operate during England's four-week lockdown.

Nurseries turn to legal help for complaints about inspections

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Friday, July 26, 2013

| Nursery World

Nurseries are increasingly seeking legal advice to support them in their challenge against Ofsted inspections.

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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

Childcare minister calls for business rate relief for nurseries

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

Early years settings, schools and colleges will share common inspection framework

DfE updates guidance on shielding for early years settings

Coronavirus: DfE publishes guidance for education and childcare settings ahead of second lockdown

Ofsted pilot leads to dramatic drop in complaint-driven inspections

Ofsted clamps down on 'satisfactory' nurseries

Experts highlight parenting class mistakes

Town hall leaders flag academies' capacity concerns

Ofsted 'willing' to meet with nurseries and childminders

Exclusive - Minister says rates and VAT changes may be considered

Coronavirus: Option to delay school being explored by UK's largest nursery group

Coronavirus: Most out-of-school clubs can stay open in lockdown

Nurseries turn to legal help for complaints about inspections

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