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Osborne goes ahead with doubling of Childcare Business Grant funds

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Wednesday, December 3, 2014

| Nursery World

The Government has confirmed that it will fund a £2m extension of the Childcare Business Grant scheme.

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.

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.

Institutional failures over child sex abuse revealed

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Thursday, November 20, 2014

| Nursery World

Children are at risk of sex abuse because of failures by councils and other agencies to get a grip on the problem, a damning new report has found.

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.

Early years trainer takes Government to court on re-sits

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Monday, November 3, 2014

| Nursery World

An early years trainer is taking the Government to court over rules which he says mean apprentices will be forced to take ‘completely unnecessary re-sits’ of their GCSEs.

Osborne looks to extend Childcare Business Grant

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Friday, October 24, 2014

| Nursery World

Chancellor George Osborne is considering boosting the Childcare Business Grant scheme by £2m as part of a drive to increase female employment.

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.

Childminder agencies do not need to share reports on standard of care

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Monday, September 8, 2014

| Nursery World

Childminder agencies will not be required to share reports on the standard of care provided by the childminders on their books to prospective parents.

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.

London's children 'penalised' under early years pupil premium

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Friday, August 29, 2014

| Nursery World

The capital's most disadvantaged children will lose out under plans for the new early years pupil premium, new analysis has warned.

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.

Apprenticeship trailblazer members walk out

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Monday, August 25, 2014

| Nursery World

Three members of the Government's 'trailblazer' group for early years apprenticeships have left and been replaced, amid complaints the employers' group 'lacked democracy'.

Call for rethink to education systems which marginalise children

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Thursday, July 17, 2014

| Nursery World

Expert-led education can ‘marginalise children’ and sometimes lead to ‘oppression and racism’ an academic has warned.

£2.3m early years bursary scheme attracts handful of applicants

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Monday, June 30, 2014

| Nursery World

Labour has branded the Early Years Apprenticeship Scheme a failure, after just 23 apprentices were successful in applying for the funding.

EYPP could help create 'teacher-led' settings

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Monday, June 30, 2014

| Nursery World

The Government's consultation on the introduction of the Early Years Pupil Premium (EYPP) encourages early years providers to use the funding to make their settings 'teacher-led'.

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.

DfE backs down over refusal to publish ratio findings

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Monday, June 2, 2014

| Nursery World

The Department for Education has made a U-turn over its decision not to publish the results of a key early years consultation, which included plans to raise child: adult ratios in early years settings, following an appeal by the union Unison, Nursery World can exclusively reveal.

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.

Ofsted takes school and FE inspections in house, but not early years

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Thursday, May 29, 2014

| Nursery World

Ofsted is to bring school inspections and further education inspections in-house.

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.

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Osborne goes ahead with doubling of Childcare Business Grant funds

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

Government launches parent campaign showing the cost benefit of free childcare

Institutional failures over child sex abuse revealed

Hard facts of funding gap revealed

Rising demand drives nursery sector to £4.9 bn

Early years trainer takes Government to court on re-sits

Osborne looks to extend Childcare Business Grant

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

Ofsted figures show notable rise in good and outstanding grades

Childminder agencies do not need to share reports on standard of care

DfE publishes childminder agency pilot evaluation

London's children 'penalised' under early years pupil premium

Ofsted unveils childminder agency handbook

Apprenticeship trailblazer members walk out

Call for rethink to education systems which marginalise children

£2.3m early years bursary scheme attracts handful of applicants

EYPP could help create 'teacher-led' settings

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

DfE backs down over refusal to publish ratio findings

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

Ofsted takes school and FE inspections in house, but not early years

Graduates close nursery quality gap in disadvantaged areas

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