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CWDC gets ready to close its doors

Wednesday, March 21, 2012

| Nursery World

On 31 March the Children's Workforce Development Council will close and the DfE's Teaching Agency will continue its work with early years.

Nurseries should be able to call on Ofsted for re-inspections, sector says

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Friday, April 13, 2012

| Nursery World

Nurseries are calling for Ofsted to allow them to pay to have their setting re-inspected if they fail to meet the grade they expected to achieve.

Busy Bees campaign to raise childcare vouchers to 75 a week

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Friday, May 11, 2012

| Nursery World

The employee benefits arm of the largest nursery group Busy Bees has launched a national campaign to increase childcare voucher allowances to support working parents.

Why regulatory reform will boost numbers and perception of childminders

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Friday, May 11, 2012

| Nursery World

Despite the Government spending 7bn on childcare per year, British parents currently pay 27% of their income on childcare.

Nutbrown Review: Final report maps way ahead for quality early years workforce

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Monday, June 18, 2012

| Nursery World

A new early years teaching qualification, minimum standards for maths and English, and clear job titles and roles, are among some of the 19 recommendations made by Professor Cathy Nutbrown.

Qualification levels among early years staff are falling

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Wednesday, March 14, 2018

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New analysis of the early years workforce reveals a worrying time for the sector, with a downward trend in the proportion of qualified staff and the prospect that in the future the workforce may be less qualified than it is now.

Children in 'Opportunity Area' have improved outcomes

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Friday, February 15, 2019

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Children in the most deprived area of the country have seen a huge improvement in their outcomes at the end of the EYFS following a major programme of targeted Government investment.

SEND nursery may close after LA cutbacks

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Monday, March 18, 2019

| Nursery World

A charity that provides care and support for children with SEND and their families in Essex is at risk of closure due to withdrawal of local authority funding.

Exclusive: Rising to the challenge for two-year-olds

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Tuesday, November 27, 2012

| Nursery World

Education and Childcare Minister Elizabeth Truss calls on providers to help deliver a high quality early education programme for two-year-olds

Two-year-old funding rate could leave providers out of pocket

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Tuesday, November 27, 2012

| Nursery World

Early years organisations have welcomed the call from the education and childcare minister Elizabeth Truss that local authorities must ensure Government money for free early education places for two-year-olds reaches the frontline.

Nursery owner takes on global early years role

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Tuesday, June 26, 2018

| Nursery World

David Wright, co-owner of Paint Pots Nurseries in Southampton, has been appointed England’s national representative for the World Forum Foundation on Early Care and Education.

Zahawi dismisses funding concerns about 'successful' 30 hours

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Wednesday, June 27, 2018

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Children’s minister Nadhim Zahawi restates 30 hours' 'success story' to MPs in Parliament.

Nutbrown Review - last chance to sign up for free consultation event

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Monday, November 28, 2011

| Nursery World

Professor Cathy Nutbrown is holding one-day events across the country to give the early years and childcare workforce the chance to contribute to the qualifications review.

Sign up for the best advice and information on caring for two-year-olds

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Friday, March 8, 2013

| Nursery World

Tickets are selling fast for Nursery World's Two-year-Olds: Policy and Practice conference on 19 April, which features a fantastic line-up of early years experts all ready to share their knowledge and experience.

Scottish nurseries win end to business rates

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Wednesday, September 13, 2017

| Nursery World

Day nurseries in Scotland will be exempt from paying business rates, in reforms to the country’s business rates system.

DfE questions future of eCAF assessment

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Thursday, August 18, 2011

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The National eCAF system which allows practitioners to electronically create, store and share a child's details under the Common Assessment Framework, could be scrapped if local councils do not respond positively to a letter from the DfE questioning its effectiveness.

Tax millionaires to solve care and unemployment crisis

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Monday, September 5, 2011

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A new higher tax rate for millionaires and clamping down on tax avoidance would lead to a more equal society for all generations, a new paper argues.

Early years funding for three-and four-years-olds to rise by 17p an hour

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Thursday, November 25, 2021

| Nursery World

The hourly funding rate paid by the Government to local authorities for the three-and four-year-old entitlements will rise by 17p an hour in most local authority areas in England from April, the Department for Education has confirmed.

Exclusive - Incidents of Covid in nurseries far higher than originally published

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Friday, May 6, 2022

| Nursery World

Reported notifications of Covid in early years settings during the recent Omicron wave were far higher than originally published – and in some weeks double the number - analysis of Ofsted data shows.

Large nursery groups join forces to meet coronavirus challenges

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Friday, March 20, 2020

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More than 20 of the UK's leading nursery operators and early years organisations have formed a working group to co-ordinate responses and lobbying on the coronavirus crisis.

Childcare sector slams Government for 'ignoring' them in coronavirus crisis

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Wednesday, March 18, 2020

| Nursery World

Nurseries have called on the Government to set out dedicated measures to help them survive, saying they provide vital support to frontline workers and families.

Coronavirus: experts advise on practicalities, protection and pedagogy for wider opening of nurseries

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Tuesday, May 19, 2020

| Nursery World

As nursery owners in England gear up to reopen from 1 June, an online conference run by Famly, with Nursery World as media partner, has pulled together expert advice on key questions.

Survey to look at impact of furlough on childcare providers

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Wednesday, November 4, 2020

| Nursery World

The National Day Nurseries Association (NDNA) and the Education Policy Institute (EPI) are launching the second survey in their year-long research project, looking at the effect of the Covid-19 pandemic on the early years workforce.

Councils reclaim free nursery places funding for missed hours

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Friday, January 20, 2012

| Nursery World

Local authorities around the country are clawing back money for unused free entitlement hours for three and four-year-olds, and telling nurseries to bill parents for the lost funding.

Council rows back on top-slicing early years funding

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Friday, January 6, 2017

| Nursery World

Nursery owners in Surrey are challenging the local authority on how much early years funding should be held back for council costs.

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CWDC gets ready to close its doors

Nurseries should be able to call on Ofsted for re-inspections, sector says

Busy Bees campaign to raise childcare vouchers to 75 a week

Why regulatory reform will boost numbers and perception of childminders

Nutbrown Review: Final report maps way ahead for quality early years workforce

Qualification levels among early years staff are falling

Children in 'Opportunity Area' have improved outcomes

SEND nursery may close after LA cutbacks

Exclusive: Rising to the challenge for two-year-olds

Two-year-old funding rate could leave providers out of pocket

Nursery owner takes on global early years role

Zahawi dismisses funding concerns about 'successful' 30 hours

Nutbrown Review - last chance to sign up for free consultation event

Sign up for the best advice and information on caring for two-year-olds

Scottish nurseries win end to business rates

DfE questions future of eCAF assessment

Tax millionaires to solve care and unemployment crisis

Early years funding for three-and four-years-olds to rise by 17p an hour

Exclusive - Incidents of Covid in nurseries far higher than originally published

Large nursery groups join forces to meet coronavirus challenges

Childcare sector slams Government for 'ignoring' them in coronavirus crisis

Coronavirus: experts advise on practicalities, protection and pedagogy for wider opening of nurseries

Survey to look at impact of furlough on childcare providers

Councils reclaim free nursery places funding for missed hours

Council rows back on top-slicing early years funding

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