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Teach First extended to the early years

Wednesday, April 10, 2013

| Nursery World

The Government is to extend the Teach First leadership development programme to the early years from September to encourage bright graduates to the sector.

Cross-party support for Early Intervention Foundation launch

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Monday, April 15, 2013

| Nursery World

The Early Intervention Foundation will be officially launched today by David Cameron.

Government plans risk creating 'low quality, no frills childcare'

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Friday, April 19, 2013

| Nursery World

Childcare will be one of the key issues at the next election. With working parents feeling their incomes squeezed, many mums and dads are rightly asking why the Government isn't helping them to be better off back in work.

New study into the early years workforce and its role on children's outcomes

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Monday, July 23, 2018

| Nursery World

The Education Policy Institute has launched a two-year programme of research into the early years workforce and its impact on children’s outcomes.

Disadvantage gap will take 'more than 100 years' to close

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Wednesday, July 25, 2018

| Nursery World

Children must be given equal access to high quality early years provision to tackle educational inequality, a leading think-tank has said.

Teachers vote in favour of opposing the new Baseline

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Tuesday, April 3, 2018

| Nursery World

Teachers have voted in favour of campaigning against the Government's plans to introduce a new baseline assessment for four-year-olds.

Autumn Statement: Child Tax Credit and child benefit to go up by just one per cent

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Wednesday, December 5, 2012

| Nursery World

Early years organisations have expressed concern about 'real terms cuts' to Child Tax Credit and child benefit, following Chancellor George Osborne's Autumn Statement in the House of Commons today.

London faces two-year-old places shortage and funding crisis

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Monday, December 17, 2012

| Nursery World

London currently faces a shortfall of 25,000 nursery and childminder places to meet the Government's offer of free early education for 20 per cent of two-year-olds by September 2013.

Government-funded report focuses on early intervention to help children with SEN

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Wednesday, January 2, 2013

| Nursery World

The recommendations of the Better Communication Research Programme (BCRP), the largest ever programme of research into children's speech, language and communication services in the UK, put an emphasis on early intervention, close involvement of families and joint commissioning of services across education, health and social care to support children with speech, language and communication needs.

Early years sector unites against plans to cut ratios

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Friday, January 25, 2013

| Nursery World

Protests against any plans to lower staff child ratios for nurseries and childminders are gaining force against mounting anticipation of a Government announcement next week on changes to allow better qualified staff to look after more children.

Focus on Enforcement review: make your views heard about regulation

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Tuesday, January 29, 2013

| Nursery World

The Government is urging the early years sector to respond to an online consultation which will inform its review of how regulation for childcare providers is enforced.

Campaign calls for families to be the focus of spending review

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Wednesday, January 30, 2013

| Nursery World

A new campaign has been launched to urge the Government to make families a priority in this year's Comprehensive Spending Review.

National Audit Office identifies barriers to effective early intevention

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Thursday, January 31, 2013

| Nursery World

Short-term thinking, a lack of integration in many areas, poor evidence gathering and a lack of funding is impairing the effective use and and implementation of early intervention across Government, according to a new report.

Sarah Teather confirms multi-million pound contract to support two-year-old nursery places

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Thursday, June 21, 2012

| Nursery World

The management, engineering and development consultancy Mott MacDonald has been awarded the 4m contract to support the Government's rollout of childcare places for disadvantaged two-year-olds.

Childcare costs parents as much as mortgage

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Tuesday, June 26, 2012

| Nursery World

More than a third of parents have considered quitting their job because of childcare costs, according to a new survey.

Campaigners publish case against the baseline

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Tuesday, February 27, 2018

| Nursery World

A coalition of educational experts, teachers and parents is calling for the Government to abandon plans for a new baseline for four-year-olds.

Spring statement: apprenticeships, T-levels and business rates

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Wednesday, March 14, 2018

| Nursery World

In the spring statement, Chancellor Philip Hammond said that he was announcing £80m to support small businesses in engaging apprenticeships.

Teaching union warns against the danger of profit making schools

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Monday, September 3, 2012

| Nursery World

The Association of Teaching and Learning's new president Hank Roberts has spoken out against Education Secretary Michael Gove's plans for schools to be run for profit.

Stigma leads poorer children to shun free school meals

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Monday, September 24, 2012

| Nursery World

Schools should allow all children eating a packed lunch and schools meals to eat together at the same time to increase take-up of free school meals, a new study recommends.

Councils face cuts to early intervention funding

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Friday, September 28, 2012

| Nursery World

Where the Department for Education has found 100m for capital funding to support early years settings to expand places for two-year-olds, is unclear.

Minister sets out more details on funding rates for childcare reforms

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Wednesday, March 22, 2023

| Nursery World

Children's minister Claire Couthino says that national average hourly funding rate for two-year-olds will rise to £8 this September and to £5.50 for three-to-four-year-olds. When the offer of 15 hours for children aged nine months and above is launched in September 2024, hourly funding is expected to be around £11 – with promises of ‘more to come’.

Agency's ‘ineffective’ grade puts childminders on alert

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Tuesday, February 28, 2023

| Nursery World

Childminders in more than 100 local authority areas are being restricted or having funding for entitlement offers withheld after their agency's Ofsted inspection. By Katy Morton

Seven in ten nurseries would not change staff: child ratios for two-year-olds, Government consultation finds

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Thursday, March 16, 2023

| Nursery World

Most respondents to the Department for Education's consultation on changes to staff: child ratios for two-year-olds are against the plans, which the Government says will start in September.

Cost-of-living crisis: Childcare settings forced to increase fees and a third warning of closure

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Wednesday, February 15, 2023

| Nursery World

Findings from a survey of providers, reveal that 89 per cent are likely to increase fees this year, while more than a third believe they will have to close their setting within the next year due to rising costs.

Budget 2023: Sector disappointed over lack of support for existing childminders as new entrants to receive start-up grant

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Thursday, March 16, 2023

| Nursery World

The sector has broadly welcomed the Budget announcement to boost the number of childminders by introducing start-up grants, however expressed disappointment over a lack of support for those currently in the profession.

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Teach First extended to the early years

Cross-party support for Early Intervention Foundation launch

Government plans risk creating 'low quality, no frills childcare'

New study into the early years workforce and its role on children's outcomes

Disadvantage gap will take 'more than 100 years' to close

Teachers vote in favour of opposing the new Baseline

Autumn Statement: Child Tax Credit and child benefit to go up by just one per cent

London faces two-year-old places shortage and funding crisis

Government-funded report focuses on early intervention to help children with SEN

Early years sector unites against plans to cut ratios

Focus on Enforcement review: make your views heard about regulation

Campaign calls for families to be the focus of spending review

National Audit Office identifies barriers to effective early intevention

Sarah Teather confirms multi-million pound contract to support two-year-old nursery places

Childcare costs parents as much as mortgage

Campaigners publish case against the baseline

Spring statement: apprenticeships, T-levels and business rates

Teaching union warns against the danger of profit making schools

Stigma leads poorer children to shun free school meals

Councils face cuts to early intervention funding

Minister sets out more details on funding rates for childcare reforms

Agency's ‘ineffective’ grade puts childminders on alert

Seven in ten nurseries would not change staff: child ratios for two-year-olds, Government consultation finds

Cost-of-living crisis: Childcare settings forced to increase fees and a third warning of closure

Budget 2023: Sector disappointed over lack of support for existing childminders as new entrants to receive start-up grant

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