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UK's cyber security experts give tips on how early years settings can protect themselves from hackers

Monday, March 15, 2021

| Nursery World

The Government has published the first cyber security guidance specifically aimed at nurseries, pre-schools and childminders.

Ofsted U-turn on controversial early years employee health guidance

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Thursday, January 13, 2022

| Nursery World

In a swift turnaround, Ofsted has withdrawn its document requiring early years providers to report 'significant events and changes to health’ in employees and volunteers, less than 24 hours after publishing it, and says it will ‘review’ the guidance.

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.

DfE study finds quality ‘does not cost substantially more’

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Monday, February 6, 2017

| Nursery World

Higher-quality early years education does not involve ‘substantially higher cost’, according to new research commissioned by the DfE, which also found that maintained provision has higher delivery costs than the PVI sector.

DfE keen to hear from nurseries on business costs

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Thursday, June 20, 2013

| Nursery World

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

| Nursery World

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

Ofsted privatises childcare inspections

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Tuesday, February 23, 2010

| Nursery World

The inspection of childcare providers in England is to be outsourced to private companies, Ofsted has confirmed.

Providers facing real-term funding cut while costs rise

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Monday, March 23, 2015

| Nursery World

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 authorities 'failed to consult' childcare providers on EYSFF

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Tuesday, May 11, 2010

| Nursery World

Childcare providers are being surveyed on how local authorities have been consulting with them on the Early Years Single Funding Formula.

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

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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.

Holiday childcare shortages worsen

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Tuesday, July 13, 2010

| Nursery World

Only a fifth of local authorities are confident that there is enough holiday childcare in their area, compared with one-third of those questioned last year, research by the Daycare Trust has revealed.

Analysis: Split decisions over Ofsted's future

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Tuesday, May 10, 2011

| Nursery World

As an MPs' committee calls for Ofsted to be split into separate inspectorates for education and care, Catherine Gaunt hears what the early years thinks.

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.

Analysis - International Perspectives: Canada - A brave campaign for state provision

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Tuesday, May 11, 2010

| Nursery World

Childcare provision is expected to be a hot issue in the coming elections in Canada, a country that currently has a hung parliament, says Helen Penn.

Local authority tells settings not to charge for funded twos

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Monday, April 15, 2019

| Nursery World

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.

30 hours policy 'entrenches inequality' says social mobility watchdog

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Tuesday, April 30, 2019

| Nursery World

The Government should extend its 30 hours offer to those working eight hours per week and eventually to all unemployed parents, the Social Mobility Commission said today.

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.

Gove signals further moves towards deregulation

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Friday, August 3, 2012

| Nursery World

Education secretary Michael Gove has made the clearest indication yet that he sees 'deregulation' as the way forward for the early years sector.

Funding injection for two-year-olds may make or break nurseries

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Friday, August 17, 2012

| Nursery World

Free entitlement funding for two-year-olds could signal make-or-break time for many early years settings, according to a leading sector report.

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

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Wednesday, June 14, 2017

| Nursery World

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.

Nurseries challenge childcare minister on 30-hours policy

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Friday, October 13, 2017

| Nursery World

Nursery owners have criticised children and families minister Robert Goodwill, claiming that comments he made to providers after a meeting in Westminster show a ‘lack of knowledge and understanding’ of 30-hours funding.

Nutbrown Review gives qualifications stay of execution

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Wednesday, November 9, 2011

| Nursery World

Plans to rationalise the sector's 361 early years qualifications have been put on hold by the Children's Workforce Development Council in the light of the Nutbrown Review .

EYFS REVIEW: Sector backs plans to cut red tape in welfare requirements

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Tuesday, January 10, 2012

| Nursery World

The new safeguarding and welfare requirements under the revised EYFS have been broadly welcomed by the sector, particularly with their aim to reduce bureaucracy in risk assessments.

Budget failings to cost nursery sector nearly half a billion pounds

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Wednesday, November 14, 2018

| Nursery World

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

Tories would allow nurseries to charge top-up fees as free entitlement row grows

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Tuesday, April 27, 2010

| Nursery World

Nurseries and early years organisations have been reacting to the row over 'top up' fees after reports that a Conservative Government would allow nurseries to charge parents 'supplementary fees' for funded places for three-and four-year-olds.

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UK's cyber security experts give tips on how early years settings can protect themselves from hackers

Ofsted U-turn on controversial early years employee health guidance

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

DfE study finds quality ‘does not cost substantially more’

DfE keen to hear from nurseries on business costs

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

Ofsted privatises childcare inspections

Providers facing real-term funding cut while costs rise

Local authorities 'failed to consult' childcare providers on EYSFF

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

Holiday childcare shortages worsen

Analysis: Split decisions over Ofsted's future

Conservatives pledge to double free childcare hours

Analysis - International Perspectives: Canada - A brave campaign for state provision

Local authority tells settings not to charge for funded twos

30 hours policy 'entrenches inequality' says social mobility watchdog

Poor areas hit hardest by rising nursery closures

Gove signals further moves towards deregulation

Funding injection for two-year-olds may make or break nurseries

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

Nurseries challenge childcare minister on 30-hours policy

Nutbrown Review gives qualifications stay of execution

EYFS REVIEW: Sector backs plans to cut red tape in welfare requirements

Budget failings to cost nursery sector nearly half a billion pounds

Tories would allow nurseries to charge top-up fees as free entitlement row grows

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