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Children's centres to be brought under council control

Tuesday, August 30, 2011

| Nursery World

Doncaster council is to take over the running of all of the borough's children's centres because of fears over future funding.

Primaries dominate first batch of free schools

News

Monday, September 5, 2011

| Nursery World

Seventeen of the 24 'free schools' which will welcome their first pupils this term are primary schools.

Parents working shifts struggle to find flexible childcare

News

Wednesday, September 10, 2014

| Nursery World

Parents working outside the typical nine to five in the capital face a struggle to find childcare to fit with their working day, new research reveals.

School provision plans see fresh wave of criticism

News

Friday, September 19, 2014

| Nursery World

Early years organisations have renewed their call for the Government to abandon its drive for more schools to offer places for two-year-olds, in light of findings from the Department for Education’s (DfE) annual survey on the state of the early years sector.

4Children's manifesto calls for more support for children and families

News

Monday, September 22, 2014

| Nursery World

4Children is challenging all political parties to commit to an overhaul of services for children and families in 2015.

Cost of childcare pushing parents out of work, research claims

News

Thursday, January 8, 2015

| Nursery World

One in five parents paying for childcare are considering reducing their working hours or giving up work altogether due to the financial strain, a survey commissioned by 4Children reveals.

Parents call for more Government childcare support

News

Friday, January 16, 2015

| Nursery World

Half of parents don’t believe the Government is doing enough in terms of childcare support, finds a new report.

Fees to rise as ‘living wage’ hits hard

News

Monday, January 25, 2016

| Nursery World

Nurseries are considering fee rises of up to seven per cent to help pay for the new ‘living wage’, according to property expert Courteney Donaldson.

Minister visits nursery in Worthing

News

Tuesday, October 12, 2010

| Nursery World

Children and families minister Tim Loughton, MP for East Worthing and Shoreham, visited Early Years Childcare's Worthing nursery in West Sussex last month to talk about the EYFS, the Code of Practice for the free entitlement, and the Early Years Single Funding Formula.

DfE renews drive to set up childminder agencies

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Friday, January 22, 2016

| Nursery World

4Children is supporting nurseries, schools and local authorities to open childminder agencies in a new push by the Department for Education to expand the scheme across England.

'Common sense' line on vetting and barring as review begins

News

Tuesday, October 26, 2010

| Nursery World

A review of the Vetting and Barring scheme, the system of checks for those working with children and vulnerable adults was launched on Friday, following Government pledges to scale it back.

Ofsted to bring early years inspections in-house

News

Tuesday, March 1, 2016

| Nursery World

Early years organisations have unanimously welcomed Ofsted’s decision to bring early years inspections in-house from next year.

Pupil Premium 'should go to rural areas too'

News

Tuesday, November 2, 2010

| Nursery World

The Government's Pupil Premium for disadvantaged children should be used to help children in rural communities, a children's service campaigning group argues.

Future of state-run nursery schools ‘in doubt’ after Budget

News

Monday, March 21, 2016

| Nursery World

More than 400 state-run nursery schools could ‘disappear at a stroke’ under the Government’s plan to turn all schools into academies, a leading early years specialist has warned.

MPs call for funding rise of £3.1 bn for children's services

News

Wednesday, May 1, 2019

| Nursery World

Children’s services in England are ‘at breaking point’, MPs warn today.

Ofsted: new education inspection framework to go ahead in September

News

Tuesday, May 14, 2019

| Nursery World

Ofsted has confirmed that it is pressing ahead with changes to the way it inspects early years providers, schools and colleges, after receiving strong support from three-quarters of consultation respondents for re-focusing inspection on the substance of education.

Damning report accuses Government of failing to ensure families' right to food

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Monday, May 20, 2019

| Nursery World

The Government is breaching its human rights duty to ensure adequate food for families, a new report warns.

Government to face high court legal challenge against Reception baseline

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Tuesday, July 23, 2019

| Nursery World

Families challenging the Department for Education's introduction of the Reception baseline assessment will outline their concerns to the High Court tomorrow.

DfE to pilot free learning apps for under-fives in deprived areas

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Wednesday, July 31, 2019

| Nursery World

The Department for Education has launched a competition today to find the best educational apps for pre-school children as part of a drive to encourage disadvantaged parents to ‘kick-start’ children’s early language and literacy at home.

Teaching assistants buying school uniforms for 'cash-strapped' families

News

Friday, September 6, 2019

| Nursery World

Teaching assistants are using their own money to help families buy school uniforms, fund trips and provide lunch money, according to a new survey.

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Children's centres to be brought under council control

Primaries dominate first batch of free schools

Parents working shifts struggle to find flexible childcare

School provision plans see fresh wave of criticism

4Children's manifesto calls for more support for children and families

Cost of childcare pushing parents out of work, research claims

Parents call for more Government childcare support

Fees to rise as ‘living wage’ hits hard

Minister visits nursery in Worthing

DfE renews drive to set up childminder agencies

'Common sense' line on vetting and barring as review begins

Ofsted to bring early years inspections in-house

Pupil Premium 'should go to rural areas too'

Future of state-run nursery schools ‘in doubt’ after Budget

MPs call for funding rise of £3.1 bn for children's services

Ofsted: new education inspection framework to go ahead in September

Damning report accuses Government of failing to ensure families' right to food

Government to face high court legal challenge against Reception baseline

DfE to pilot free learning apps for under-fives in deprived areas

Teaching assistants buying school uniforms for 'cash-strapped' families

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