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Worst employer excuses for not paying the minimum wage revealed

Wednesday, January 11, 2017

| Nursery World

Only making the tea, not being British, and it doesn’t apply to me, are all reasons that employers have given for not paying the statutory minimum wage, the Government has revealed.

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.

Settings close as financial pressure takes its toll

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Monday, December 12, 2016

| Nursery World

Nurseries across the country are being hit by cuts to funding and increased costs, leading many to close ahead of the introduction of the 30 free hours.

Early years funding: DfE unveils new minimum rate

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Thursday, December 1, 2016

| Nursery World

Councils will receive a new minimum rate of £4.30 an hour in the new early years funding formula, the early years minister has confirmed.

Early years minister visits Swindon nursery trialling the 30 hours

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Thursday, December 1, 2016

| Nursery World

Caroline Dinenage visited the Co-operative nursery in Swindon, the first in a series of visits to the area trialling the 30-hour childcare offer.

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.

Scotland releases details of 30-hour pilots

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Thursday, November 17, 2016

| Nursery World

The Scottish Government has named the three local authorities that will trial delivery of its expanded early learning and childcare scheme next year.

Government reduces restrictions on 30-hour provision

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Sunday, November 13, 2016

| Nursery World

Fewer restrictions are to be placed on the delivery of the 30 free hours of childcare to better meet the needs of children, parents and providers.

DfE consults sector on GCSE rules in wake of protest

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Sunday, November 13, 2016

| Nursery World

The Department for Education has finally responded to vocal concerns from the sector about the need to revise the GCSE rules for Level 3 early years workers, amid the recruitment crisis.

Early years minister tells sector 'exam grades not only proof of quality'

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Tuesday, November 8, 2016

| Nursery World

More than 1,500 people have responded to the Department for Education’s consultation on level 3 literacy and numeracy requirements since it launched on Saturday, early years minister Caroline Dinenage told delegates at Nursery World’s Business Summit today.

Nursery World Business Summit 2016 - 30-hour pilots

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Tuesday, October 11, 2016

| Nursery World

Hear from the early implementer councils about the progress of the 30-hour pilots at the Business Summit on 8 November.

Nursery Management: Workforce - Rage against the machine

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Monday, September 19, 2016

| Nursery World

The pipeline feeding Level 3 childcare staff into the sector is drying up, and we have the data to prove it. Hannah Crown speaks to a sector in crisis

Funding formula online calculator launched

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Friday, September 9, 2016

| Nursery World

A confusion-busting online calculator is helping settings work out what rates they may be getting when the new early years national funding formula is rolled out.

Pilot settings put conditions on 30 free hours offer

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Monday, September 5, 2016

| Nursery World

As the eight chosen areas begin to pilot the 30-hour free entitlement from this month, some settings are introducing new policies such as charges and limiting flexibility.

Apprenticeship levy warning to early years sector

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Thursday, August 25, 2016

| Nursery World

Settings are urged to air their views in the Government’s apprenticeship levy consultation after a leading training provider warned that ‘catastrophic’ funding cuts are in store.

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Worst employer excuses for not paying the minimum wage revealed

Council rows back on top-slicing early years funding

Settings close as financial pressure takes its toll

Early years funding: DfE unveils new minimum rate

Early years minister visits Swindon nursery trialling the 30 hours

NLW a challenge for childcare employers

Scotland releases details of 30-hour pilots

Government reduces restrictions on 30-hour provision

DfE consults sector on GCSE rules in wake of protest

Early years minister tells sector 'exam grades not only proof of quality'

Nursery World Business Summit 2016 - 30-hour pilots

Nursery Management: Workforce - Rage against the machine

Funding formula online calculator launched

Pilot settings put conditions on 30 free hours offer

Apprenticeship levy warning to early years sector

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