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Alliance publishes free guides to help nurseries contribute to the funding review

Thursday, July 16, 2015

| Nursery World

New guidance to help early years settings calculate the real cost of providing funded childcare places is now available.

Government brings forward 30-hour childcare and funding review

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Monday, June 1, 2015

| Nursery World

David Cameron will today unveil plans for a funding review to start ‘before the summer’ in advance of a pilot of 30 hours of free childcare from September 2016.

Nursery chain offers 'babble to chatter' scheme

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Thursday, April 16, 2015

| Nursery World

The UK’s largest nursery group Busy Bees has launched a new training programme to help practitioners to develop children’s early language skills.

Conservatives pledge to double free childcare hours

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Tuesday, April 14, 2015

| Nursery World

A Conservative Government would increase free early education for three- and four-year-olds to 30 hours a week and boost hourly rates paid to providers.

Applications open for childcare social investment fund

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Friday, March 27, 2015

| Nursery World

More details of how early years providers can apply for grants of up to £50,000 in social investment funding have been released.

Performance tables to include school childcare provision

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Monday, March 23, 2015

| Nursery World

Schools are to list their childcare provision in performance tables from next year to help parents access free hours 'with one simple click'.

Campaign to save nursery schools intensifies

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Wednesday, March 11, 2015

| Nursery World

A major new report released today (11 March) calls for urgent action to protect and expand maintained nursery schools, as many are being closed or amalgamated.

Childcare minister hosts reception for the sector

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Tuesday, March 3, 2015

| Nursery World

Education and childcare minister Sam Gyimah invited guests from across the early years sector to a formal reception in London's Lancaster House yesterday.

Sam Gyimah launches £500,000 childcare social investment fund

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Thursday, February 26, 2015

| Nursery World

Early years providers will be able to apply for a share of a new fund designed to encourage the corporate sector to invest in the childcare market.

Early Years Pupil Premium: Can nurseries make the EYPP work?

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Monday, February 9, 2015

| Nursery World

The early years pupil premium comes into effect this April. But while the extra funding is welcome, the initiative looks likely to present some challenges for settings, as Charlotte Goddard explains.

Teaching schools awarded £5m to boost early years provision

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Thursday, January 29, 2015

| Nursery World

Sixty teaching schools will share £5m of Government funding in partnerships with local nurseries.

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.

Government launches parent campaign showing the cost benefit of free childcare

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Wednesday, November 26, 2014

| Nursery World

The Government has launched a new parent campaign to highlight the cash value of early education places.

Hard facts of funding gap revealed

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Monday, November 17, 2014

| Nursery World

The true scale of the funding shortfall for childcare places in the early years sector is revealed in new research from the Pre-School Learning Alliance. Ruth Thomson takes a look at the numbers.

Rising demand drives nursery sector to £4.9 bn

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Wednesday, November 12, 2014

| Nursery World

The expansion of Government-funded places for two-year-olds and better economic conditions has driven demand for children’s nurseries, according to a new report.

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.

Ofsted figures show notable rise in good and outstanding grades

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Thursday, September 25, 2014

| Nursery World

The number of nurseries and childminders awarded good or outstanding grades has risen markedly over the last quarter, the latest Ofsted figures show.

DfE publishes childminder agency pilot evaluation

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Friday, September 5, 2014

| Nursery World

Research into the pilot of childminder agencies has been published by the Department for Education.

Ofsted unveils childminder agency handbook

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Wednesday, August 27, 2014

| Nursery World

Ofsted has published its new Childminder agency handbook, along with the application forms that people will need if they wish to apply to become an agency.

Funded places for two-year-olds: Flaws, risks - and solutions

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Monday, June 30, 2014

| Nursery World

With the twos programme set to expand its offering this September, Dr Julian Grenier looks at some of the problems with the scheme and suggests how the Government might tackle them.

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.

Childminders - Opposition to agencies persists

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Monday, June 16, 2014

| Nursery World

The Government's approach is only fuelling concerns in the sector, says Pat Gordon-Smith.

Quality and Inequality: It's time to level the playing field

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Monday, June 2, 2014

| Nursery World

Settings catering to disadvantaged threes and fours offer lower quality, according to new research from the University of Oxford and published by the Nuffield Foundation. Lead author Sandra Mathers explains the findings and implications.

Graduates close nursery quality gap in disadvantaged areas

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Wednesday, May 28, 2014

| Nursery World

Employing graduates in PVI nurseries significantly raises quality in disadvantaged areas, according to a new study by Oxford University academics.

Owners fight council over living wage proposal

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Monday, May 19, 2014

| Nursery World

Nursery owners in Birmingham are launching a campaign against council plans to make private, voluntary and independent (PVI) providers pay the living wage to retain early education funding.

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Alliance publishes free guides to help nurseries contribute to the funding review

Government brings forward 30-hour childcare and funding review

Nursery chain offers 'babble to chatter' scheme

Conservatives pledge to double free childcare hours

Applications open for childcare social investment fund

Performance tables to include school childcare provision

Campaign to save nursery schools intensifies

Childcare minister hosts reception for the sector

Sam Gyimah launches £500,000 childcare social investment fund

Early Years Pupil Premium: Can nurseries make the EYPP work?

Teaching schools awarded £5m to boost early years provision

Childcare minister calls for business rate relief for nurseries

Government launches parent campaign showing the cost benefit of free childcare

Hard facts of funding gap revealed

Rising demand drives nursery sector to £4.9 bn

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

Ofsted figures show notable rise in good and outstanding grades

DfE publishes childminder agency pilot evaluation

Ofsted unveils childminder agency handbook

Funded places for two-year-olds: Flaws, risks - and solutions

Ofsted pilot leads to dramatic drop in complaint-driven inspections

Childminders - Opposition to agencies persists

Quality and Inequality: It's time to level the playing field

Graduates close nursery quality gap in disadvantaged areas

Owners fight council over living wage proposal

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