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NDNA predicts impact of funding shake-up

Monday, August 22, 2016

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The potential winners and losers in the Government's national funding formula shake-up are detailed in new data analysis by the National Day Nurseries Association (NDNA), provided exclusively to Nursery World.

Council presses on with 6m children's centre cuts despite challenges

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Tuesday, May 3, 2011

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Campaigners fighting to save Hampshire children's centres from cuts of 6m were left disappointed after an emergency council meeting on Tuesday.

Cuts Watch: Children's centres put out to tender but 'will remain open'

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Tuesday, May 3, 2011

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Sandwell Council in the West Midlands is inviting tenders from third parties to take over the running of its 21 children's centres, but has pledged that no settings will close.

Parents freed from high childcare costs stay in work

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Tuesday, May 10, 2011

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Low-income parents taking part in a pilot scheme that paid for all their childcare costs say it enabled them to improve their finances, pay off debts and save money.

Childminders can train for care of two-year-olds

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Tuesday, May 10, 2011

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A training programme that stresses the importance of listening to two-year-olds has been delivered to registered childminders by the Northern Ireland Childminding Association (NICMA).

Government denies that Budget adjustments indicate 30-hour places shortfall

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Friday, March 17, 2017

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Labour has accused the Government of ‘more broken promises’ over the delivery of the 30 hours, after Budget documents said that supply of places would rise more slowly than assumed.

Childminder inspection campaign takes off

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Friday, May 11, 2012

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More than 2,600 childminders have so far taken the National Childminding Association's campaign survey to keep childminders regulated and inspected as individuals under the EYFS.

'Children crammed into classrooms like sardines,' says Labour

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Friday, April 21, 2017

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Labour has accused the Tories of breaking their promise on small class sizes, as new research suggests that more than half a million children are in 'super-size' primary classes.

Manchester to outsource children's centres

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Tuesday, February 22, 2011

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Manchester is set to axe universal children's centres services and commission the private and voluntary sector to take over its maintained daycare provision, according to the council's proposed budget for next year.

Welsh Assembly sets out childcare vision

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Tuesday, February 22, 2011

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Accessible, affordable and quality childcare is a key priority of the Welsh Assembly's new child poverty strategy.

Nursery schools will have option to charge parents outside free entitlement hours

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Tuesday, March 1, 2011

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Nursery schools will be able to charge parents for hours outside the free entitlement, in changes to be introduced under the Education Bill.

Early Years National Funding Formula: DfE plans major shake-up of early years funding

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Thursday, August 11, 2016

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Plans to change the way that childcare for three- and four-year-olds is funded to make the system fairer for all early years providers, wherever they are in the country, have been put out for consultation today.

Lords vote for independent funding review ahead of 30-hours roll-out

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Thursday, October 15, 2015

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Peers have voted in favour of an amendment to the Childcare Bill requiring Government to carry out an independent review of funding before the free childcare entitlement is doubled.

Parents award Government grade D for family-friendly policies

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Tuesday, October 20, 2015

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According to parents, the Government is not doing enough to help families, a new survey has found.

Analysis: Holiday childcare will become harder to find

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Tuesday, August 17, 2010

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A survey by Daycare Trust finds 'a gaping hole' in coverage, with wide regional varations. Local authority cuts and the need to follow the EYFS will exacerbate the problem, says Mary Evans.

Principles drafted for children's centre outreach services

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Tuesday, March 23, 2010

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Every children's centre outreach service could soon have to comply with a set of core principles and standards, under draft plans by the Department for Children, Schools and Families.

Nursery businesses join forces against closures

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Tuesday, October 1, 2019

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A new campaign has been launched by the Federation of Small Businesses to stem the closures of private nurseries

Coronavirus: Nearly half of childminders could stay closed for up to a year

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Friday, March 27, 2020

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Fewer than half of childminders that have closed due to the Covid-19 pandemic plan to re-open within the next year, findings from a survey of childminders and childcare providers suggests.

Creative Learning - Allowing individuals to flourish

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Monday, August 11, 2014

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Creative thinking is hugely undervalued in our society - but we must learn to think beyond the status quo, says Philip Bujak, recently retired chief executive of the Montessori St Nicholas Charity.

Campaigners call for Academies Bill amendment to give parents a say

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Tuesday, June 15, 2010

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The group 38 Degrees is urging people to write to their MP to support an amendment to the Academies Bill to ensure that schools seeking academy status will have to consult the local community.

Children to lose free places as council stops funding nurseries

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Tuesday, July 20, 2010

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Three nurseries in Scotland have been told they will no longer receive funding for the early years entitlement, meaning that parents will have to move their children elsewhere or miss out on a free place.

Early years capital grant for nurseries could be withdrawn

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Tuesday, July 20, 2010

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Private and voluntary settings that have applied for funding for improvements from the early years capital grant could lose out on millions of pounds.

Play provision faces funding loss

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Tuesday, June 1, 2010

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Children's play provision is among the victims of the new Government's axe, along with literacy initiatives and childcare subsidies for parents training to go back to work.

Working parents face holiday childcare dilemma

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Thursday, July 16, 2015

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Finding holiday childcare is set to be increasingly challenging for parents this summer, as costs rise and the number of places falls, according to a new report.

Labour's energy freeze and business rate cuts will save PVI providers thousands

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Friday, June 20, 2014

| Nursery World

The Labour party says its plans to freeze energy prices and cut business rates will save childcare providers at least £26 million.

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NDNA predicts impact of funding shake-up

Council presses on with 6m children's centre cuts despite challenges

Cuts Watch: Children's centres put out to tender but 'will remain open'

Parents freed from high childcare costs stay in work

Childminders can train for care of two-year-olds

Government denies that Budget adjustments indicate 30-hour places shortfall

Childminder inspection campaign takes off

'Children crammed into classrooms like sardines,' says Labour

Manchester to outsource children's centres

Welsh Assembly sets out childcare vision

Nursery schools will have option to charge parents outside free entitlement hours

Early Years National Funding Formula: DfE plans major shake-up of early years funding

Lords vote for independent funding review ahead of 30-hours roll-out

Parents award Government grade D for family-friendly policies

Analysis: Holiday childcare will become harder to find

Principles drafted for children's centre outreach services

Nursery businesses join forces against closures

Coronavirus: Nearly half of childminders could stay closed for up to a year

Creative Learning - Allowing individuals to flourish

Campaigners call for Academies Bill amendment to give parents a say

Children to lose free places as council stops funding nurseries

Early years capital grant for nurseries could be withdrawn

Play provision faces funding loss

Working parents face holiday childcare dilemma

Labour's energy freeze and business rate cuts will save PVI providers thousands

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