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Government brings forward 30-hour childcare and funding review

Monday, June 1, 2015

| Nursery World

David Cameron will today unveil plans for a funding review to start ‘before the summer’ in advance of a pilot of 30 hours of free childcare from September 2016.

Budget plan to scrap NI payments given lukewarm welcome

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Thursday, December 4, 2014

| Nursery World

The abolition of national insurance payments for employers of apprentices will not save much money, say nursery chains.

PVI nurseries required to tender for places

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Tuesday, February 2, 2010

| Nursery World

Private and voluntary nurseries in Renfrewshire are the first nurseries in Scotland to be asked to set the figure for the grant they receive from the local authority for nursery education places for three- and four-year-olds.

Ofsted set for radical overhaul to unite education inspections

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Tuesday, February 3, 2015

| Nursery World

Early years settings, schools and colleges will be inspected under a new common inspection framework from September, with shorter and more frequent inspections.

30 hours: one year on

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Monday, August 6, 2018

| Nursery World

PACEY survey reveals LAs making requirements of settings contrary to Government guidance

More councils bow to pressure on ‘free’ 30-hour childcare

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Monday, September 3, 2018

| Nursery World

Councils around the country are ditching the word ‘free’ to describe the 30 hours childcare offer in favour of ‘funded’ following sustained lobbying from early years providers.

Childcare providers will struggle with rise to national wage rates

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Tuesday, November 27, 2018

| Nursery World

Early years experts have warned that national wage increases could have a ‘devastating’ impact on the sector.

Tax-Free Childcare glitch leaves providers with an 'admin impossibility'

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Wednesday, August 21, 2019

| Nursery World

An upgrade to the Tax-Free Childcare system has left providers unable to identify parents’ transactions.

Nutbrown slams 'More Great Childcare' plans

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Tuesday, March 19, 2013

| Nursery World

Professor Cathy Nutbrown has launched a highly critical response to the government's proposals in 'More Great Childcare', saying that they 'will shake the foundations of quality provision for young children'.

Early years sector and parents divided on reopening settings

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Monday, June 1, 2020

| Nursery World

Nurseries and childminders in England are fighting to survive, as new research suggests that just over four in 10 parents of under-fives are planning to return today, with many providers also uncertain about when to reopen.

Coronavirus: DfE updates early years guidance in response to PM 'roadmap'

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Tuesday, February 23, 2021

| Nursery World

Wraparound childcare, including care provided by childminders, can restart from 8 March, as part of the gradual easing of lockdown restrictions announced yesterday.

Parents 'will be turned away' due to Level 3 staffing crisis

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Tuesday, May 4, 2021

| Nursery World

While recruiting Level 3-qualified staff has been an issue for several years, settings have told Nursery World that the situation is now so dire they fear they will be forced to turn families away because of staff shortages.

Change to test and trace and self-isolation rules causes 'utter confusion' in nurseries

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Wednesday, July 21, 2021

| Nursery World

Early years settings and schools have been thrown into confusion following the Government's change to the rules on tracking coronavirus cases and self-isolation, as the number of Covid-related absences among children and staff continues to rise.

Scotland: Sector criticises omission of data on PVI workforce in childcare expansion report

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Friday, June 18, 2021

| Nursery World

The Scottish Government has been criticised for its low take-up of the 1,140 hour offer among two-year-olds, and for failing to give workforce data on private and voluntary providers.

Nurseries and pre-schools will receive air quality monitors next term

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Friday, August 27, 2021

| Nursery World

Nurseries and pre-school settings will receive CO2 monitors next term, to improve ventilation and help prevent the spread of Covid, but Ofsted registered childminders are not included in the scheme.

Wales extends business rates relief for nurseries until 2025

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Monday, September 6, 2021

| Nursery World

The Welsh government has extended business rates relief to nurseries and pre-schools to help them recover from the pandemic.

New early years leadership qualification available from Autumn 2022

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Friday, October 15, 2021

| Nursery World

The Department for Education has launched a new early years leadership qualification for Level 3 qualified and above practitioners working in private, voluntary and independent settings.

Change to Covid rules on testing and isolation provokes mixed response among nurseries and childminders

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Tuesday, February 22, 2022

| Nursery World

Early years settings have questioned the Government’s decision to scrap twice-weekly testing in early years settings and have raised concerns about plans to end self-isolation for positive Covid cases.

Nursery group's 'open letter' calls for Government action to save sector

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Friday, March 25, 2022

| Nursery World

More than 100 nursery groups and early years providers have signed an open letter to the Government highlighting the dire situation the sector faces with recruitment at ‘an all-time low’ and settings struggling to survive after years of underfunding.

First national guidelines for early years nutrition in England launched

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Monday, January 16, 2012

| Nursery World

The first ever nutritional guidelines to support early years settings in providing healthy meals for children under five have been launched today by the School Food Trust.

Campaign to stop childminder deregulation

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Thursday, May 3, 2012

| Nursery World

In just under a week, 2,000 childminders have signed up to the National Childminding Association's campaign to keep childminders regulated and inspected as individuals under the EYFS.

Mothers and employers slam plans to reduce maternity leave

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Friday, May 4, 2012

| Nursery World

A survey by Working Families and Netmums has found overwhelming opposition to Government plans to reduce maternity leave to 18 weeks.

Denmark invests to improve staff:child ratios

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Friday, June 29, 2012

| Nursery World

As the British Government considers controversial proposals to relax staff:child ratios to reduce the cost of childcare, Denmark is investing substantial sums in improving ratios as part of its Daycare Development Programme.

Opposition parties win childcare voucher extension

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Wednesday, March 14, 2018

| Nursery World

The scrapping of childcare vouchers has been delayed, after Labour forced a vote on the issue in the House of Commons yesterday.

Parents win union backing in protest against HMRC nurseries' closure

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Monday, September 17, 2012

| Nursery World

Campaigns by parents to save the HMRC nurseries, operated by Bright Horizons, from closure have quickly gathered pace with the support of the Public and Commercial Services union and local MPS.

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Government brings forward 30-hour childcare and funding review

Budget plan to scrap NI payments given lukewarm welcome

PVI nurseries required to tender for places

Ofsted set for radical overhaul to unite education inspections

30 hours: one year on

More councils bow to pressure on ‘free’ 30-hour childcare

Childcare providers will struggle with rise to national wage rates

Tax-Free Childcare glitch leaves providers with an 'admin impossibility'

Nutbrown slams 'More Great Childcare' plans

Early years sector and parents divided on reopening settings

Coronavirus: DfE updates early years guidance in response to PM 'roadmap'

Parents 'will be turned away' due to Level 3 staffing crisis

Change to test and trace and self-isolation rules causes 'utter confusion' in nurseries

Scotland: Sector criticises omission of data on PVI workforce in childcare expansion report

Nurseries and pre-schools will receive air quality monitors next term

Wales extends business rates relief for nurseries until 2025

New early years leadership qualification available from Autumn 2022

Change to Covid rules on testing and isolation provokes mixed response among nurseries and childminders

Nursery group's 'open letter' calls for Government action to save sector

First national guidelines for early years nutrition in England launched

Campaign to stop childminder deregulation

Mothers and employers slam plans to reduce maternity leave

Denmark invests to improve staff:child ratios

Opposition parties win childcare voucher extension

Parents win union backing in protest against HMRC nurseries' closure

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