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Nurseries reveal impact of furlough changes

Wednesday, April 22, 2020

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Nurseries around the UK - both large chains and standalone providers - have voiced their concerns about staying open, following the change in official guidance as to how how much they can claim for staff on furlough.

Extra £44m funding will cover living wage rise, minister says in early years debate

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Monday, December 7, 2020

| Nursery World

Funding increases for nurseries will cover national living wage increases next year, children and families minister Vicky Ford told MPs in a debate on the future of nurseries and early years last week.

Report suggests relaxing ratios and giving childminder agencies greater powers will ease childcare costs

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Friday, August 12, 2022

| Nursery World

A new report looking at ways to reform childcare recommends staff: child ratios be relaxed further than the proposed 1:5 in 'good' and 'outstanding' nurseries and suggests childminder agencies take on a larger role within the sector.

Mini-Budget: the key points from the Chancellor

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Friday, September 23, 2022

| Nursery World

Unveiling his Mini-Budget this morning, the newly appointed chancellor Kwaski Kwarteng revealed plans to cut taxes and establish ‘low tax zones’ across the country, while confirming changes to the working hours threshold for universal credit claimants.

DfE keen to hear from nurseries on business costs

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Thursday, June 20, 2013

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Private and voluntary nurseries are being urged to share their running costs with the Department for Education.

Nurseries must 'innovate' to make funding work, childcare minister says

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Friday, November 28, 2014

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Nurseries should make more use of ‘economies of scale’ to offer parents more affordable childcare, Sam Gyimah has said.

Providers facing real-term funding cut while costs rise

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Monday, March 23, 2015

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Early years providers are facing a real-term cut in funding to deliver three and four-year-old places in 2015/16, amid increases to business and running costs.

Local authority tells settings not to charge for funded twos

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Monday, April 15, 2019

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As providers increasingly move to charging parents of disadvantaged two-year-olds for ‘extras’, one local authority body has recommended settings refrain from doing so.

Poor areas hit hardest by rising nursery closures

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Thursday, September 12, 2019

| Nursery World

More nurseries are closing in the most deprived areas of the country than elsewhere, according to analysis by the National Day Nurseries Association.

Flat rate and extras charges set for Welsh 30-hour pilots

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Wednesday, June 14, 2017

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Nurseries and childminders in Wales piloting the 30 hours will be able to charge parents up to £7.50 a day for meals and snacks and will receive a flat rate of £4.50 an hour.

NCMA funds IPPR research on impact of childminder agencies

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Monday, February 25, 2013

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An analysis of the impact that Government proposals from the 'More Great Childcare' report will have on the childminding sector is being carried out by the Institute of Public Policy Research.

Budget failings to cost nursery sector nearly half a billion pounds

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Wednesday, November 14, 2018

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The cost to private and voluntary nurseries of last month’s budget is £437m according to an analysis by the National Day Nurseries Association.

DfE publishes 30 hours guide for early years providers and councils

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Monday, April 24, 2017

| Nursery World

The Department for Education has published operational guidance for 30-hour childcare.

Final apprenticeships funding rates: Cuts of up to a third overall

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Tuesday, October 25, 2016

| Nursery World

Plans to slash funding for early years apprentices have been upheld by the Government, despite an outcry.

NLW a challenge for childcare employers

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Tuesday, November 29, 2016

| Nursery World

New analysis highlights the pressure put on nurseries by the introduction of the National Living Wage.

'Low-pay childcare sector can't afford National Living Wage'

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Friday, April 1, 2016

| Nursery World

The national living wage has come into force today - as childcare providers say they cannot afford to pay it without raising fees.

Budget: Small nurseries taken out of business rates

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Thursday, March 17, 2016

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Measure in yesterday's Budget set to affect the early years sector include a cut to business rates, a sugar levy and an extension to childcare vouchers.

DfE does not possess the data used in childcare costs report

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Monday, March 21, 2016

| Nursery World

Research commissioned by the Department for Education as part of its review into the cost of expanding free childcare to 30 hours is not held by the DfE, Nursery World can reveal, despite being quoted 50 times in a key report.

Out-of-school providers at risk as rent bills skyrocket

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Tuesday, January 31, 2023

| Nursery World

Many providers of before- and after-school clubs are facing closure as schools increase their rents, while a DfE report highlights safeguarding concerns for the sector. By Katy Morton

Parents warned they could struggle to find a funded place under new Govt offer

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Monday, July 31, 2023

| Nursery World

Early years providers are unsure whether they will offer the funded places for one and two-year-olds, while many that plan to will limit the number that are available, reveal new survey findings.

Ofsted annual report highlights changing childcare market

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Wednesday, January 22, 2020

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The early years sector is experiencing an ongoing fall in the number of childminders, while an increasing number of nurseries are becoming part of large national and international groups, Ofsted’s annual report has said.

Chancellor pledges 'unprecedented' economy support plan

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Friday, March 20, 2020

| Nursery World

The Chancellor Rishi Sunak has announced a range of measures to protect businesses and workers from economic effects of Coronavirus (COVID-19).

NDNA and EPI launch joint research project on early years workforce

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Friday, August 7, 2020

| Nursery World

The National Day Nurseries Association (NDNA) has launched a year-long research project with the Education Policy Institute (EPI) to look at the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the early years workforce.

Largest ever increase to National Minimum Wage from October

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Tuesday, March 17, 2015

| Nursery World

The Prime Minister and Deputy Prime Minister have today announced increases to the national minimum wage, including a 20 per cent rise to the amount apprentices are paid an hour.

Nurseries plan to restrict 30 hour places and charge parents

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Thursday, August 10, 2017

| Nursery World

Many nurseries that plan to offer 30 hour childcare from next month can only do so by limiting places, raising concerns that thousands of working parents could miss out.

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Nurseries reveal impact of furlough changes

Extra £44m funding will cover living wage rise, minister says in early years debate

Report suggests relaxing ratios and giving childminder agencies greater powers will ease childcare costs

Mini-Budget: the key points from the Chancellor

DfE keen to hear from nurseries on business costs

Nurseries must 'innovate' to make funding work, childcare minister says

Providers facing real-term funding cut while costs rise

Local authority tells settings not to charge for funded twos

Poor areas hit hardest by rising nursery closures

Flat rate and extras charges set for Welsh 30-hour pilots

NCMA funds IPPR research on impact of childminder agencies

Budget failings to cost nursery sector nearly half a billion pounds

DfE publishes 30 hours guide for early years providers and councils

Final apprenticeships funding rates: Cuts of up to a third overall

NLW a challenge for childcare employers

'Low-pay childcare sector can't afford National Living Wage'

Budget: Small nurseries taken out of business rates

DfE does not possess the data used in childcare costs report

Out-of-school providers at risk as rent bills skyrocket

Parents warned they could struggle to find a funded place under new Govt offer

Ofsted annual report highlights changing childcare market

Chancellor pledges 'unprecedented' economy support plan

NDNA and EPI launch joint research project on early years workforce

Largest ever increase to National Minimum Wage from October

Nurseries plan to restrict 30 hour places and charge parents

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