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Exclusive: NDNA urges 30 hours rethink in wake of survey

Monday, April 17, 2017

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The National Day Nurseries Association is calling on the Government to rethink its flagship 30-hours policy after a fifth of respondents to its annual survey said there is little or no chance they will be offering the extra free entitlement come September.

DfE finds £50m more for 30 hours expansion

Tuesday, April 11, 2017

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The early years sector is cautiously welcoming an extra £50 million cash injection for expanding nursery capacity and offering 30-hour places.

Nursery groups must report on gender pay gap

Friday, April 7, 2017

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All employers with 250 or more employees will now be required by law to publish figures on the gender pay gap.

Welsh childcare sector 'most fragile in Britain'

Tuesday, April 4, 2017

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Nurseries in Wales are struggling to stay afloat due to low funding rates and rising business costs, according to findings from the NDNA’s annual survey.

Nurseries unwilling to commit to Government's 30-hour childcare scheme

Monday, April 3, 2017

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Less than half of early years settings plan to offer the Government’s 30-hour offer, research from the Pre-school Learning Alliance suggests.

Hundreds of settings closing doors as 30 hours looms

Monday, April 3, 2017

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New figures suggest hundreds of childcare settings are closing across the country.

Apprenticeship levy is a 'blunt instrument', MPs say

Friday, March 31, 2017

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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.

Greening announces merger of education and skills funding

Tuesday, March 28, 2017

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The Education Funding Agency and the Skills Funding Agency are merging to create one body, the education secretary announced in Parliament today.

Blackpool Better Start introduce new early years Quality Mark

Tuesday, March 28, 2017

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Blackpool Better Start, a Big Lottery-funded initiative working to transform services in Blackpool for young children and their families, has introduced a new Quality Mark for providers of early years education and childcare.

New apprenticeships funding system 'will widen training and jobs gap'

Monday, March 27, 2017

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The apprenticeship levy will worsen the North-South divide in training opportunities and jobs, a leading think-tank has warned.

Scotland's Blueprint for 2020 sets out early years and childcare plans

Friday, March 24, 2017

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A model for free early education and childcare that involves funding following the child and the Living Wage for private nursery staff are included in the plans.

Level 2 and 3 job-starters must have first-aid training

Monday, March 20, 2017

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All newly qualified Level 2 and 3 entrants to the early years workforce must have a paediatric first-aid (PFA) certificate within three months of starting work in order to be included in ratios.

EXCLUSIVE: Apprenticeship trailblazers 'bullied' over GCSEs, claim former members

Monday, March 20, 2017

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The Government ‘bullied and threatened’ the sector's trailblazer group in a row over GCSEs, two ex-members have claimed.

GCSEs U-turn praised, but questions remain

Monday, March 20, 2017

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The sector has welcomed the early years minister Caroline Dinenage’s decision to reinstate functional skills as alternatives to GCSEs in English and maths for Level 3 qualifications.

Spring Budget 2017: Chancellor accused of 'ignoring' early years sector in favour of pubs

Wednesday, March 8, 2017

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Nursery owners have accused Chancellor Philip Hammond of prioritising support for pubs over nurseries, as he announced plans to offer some business rate relief in his Spring Budget speech.

Spring Budget 2017: Tax-Free Childcare to start from April

Wednesday, March 8, 2017

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Tax-Free Childcare will start next month and be rolled out to all eligible parents by the end of the year, Chancellor Philip Hammond announced in his first Budget today.

Mixed response to DfE's new model agreement

Monday, March 6, 2017

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Early years settings will not be able to force parents to pay for extras as a condition of taking up a free childcare place, the Department for Education has reiterated in a model agreement.

Early years research programme to plug 'analysis gap'

Monday, March 6, 2017

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Thousands of nurseries, pre-schools and childminders are being invited to take part in a new independent research programme, set up to address the perceived gap in robust analysis of the early years sector.

Exclusive: PACEY Workforce survey finds childminders more confident than nurseries about the future

Monday, March 6, 2017

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While many nurseries are losing confidence in their financial prospects, childminders appear to be feeling more optimistic.

GCSE Level 3 rules scrapped as Early Years Workforce Strategy is released

Friday, March 3, 2017

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Functional skills will be reinstated as alternatives to GCSEs in English and maths for Level 3 qualifications, the early years minister Caroline Dinenage confirmed today.

Revised EYFS updates Level 3 and first aid rules

Friday, March 3, 2017

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

DfE offers childminder start-up grants for 30 hours

Friday, February 24, 2017

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Newly registered childminders and childminder agencies can apply for grants of up to £1,000, if they are planning to offer the Government’s funded 30-hour childcare places.

Campaigners lodge complaint against Government on 30 hours 'price fixing'

Monday, February 20, 2017

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A campaign group of childcare providers have lodged a complaint with the competition watchdog about the Government’s underfunding of the free hours.

Government lobbied to keep vouchers to save on childcare costs

Monday, February 20, 2017

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Parents should continue to have the option of using childcare vouchers, say campaigners, who are calling on the Government to scrap plans to stop new users from being able to register for them.

Early years apprenticeship group dismissed in GCSE deadlock

Friday, February 17, 2017

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The Government has dispensed with the Early Years Apprenticeship Trailblazer Group following a long-running stand-off over the inclusion of ‘reasonable equivalents’ to GCSE English and Maths in the new Level 3 apprenticeship standard.

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