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Scotland's guidance for working with babies and under-threes is revised

Tuesday, December 7, 2010

| Nursery World

Revised guidance and a multimedia resource for Scottish practitioners working with parents from pregnancy, and with babies and children under three, is being unveiled on Wednesday.

Gove makes partial U-turn over plan to axe Booktrust funding

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Tuesday, January 4, 2011

| Nursery World

Education secretary Michael Gove has partly reversed the Government's decision to axe the 13m grant for programmes which provide free books for babies and children, after the move was slammed by writers including the poet laureate Carol Ann Duffy and children's author Philip Pullman.

Childminders' professionalism at risk with introduction of agencies

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Friday, February 8, 2013

| Nursery World

The early years sector has urged caution over plans to introduce childminding agencies, as set out in the Children and Families Bill.

Play England loses all Government contracts

News

Wednesday, March 2, 2011

| Nursery World

National play organisation Play England has lost all its Government funding.

EYFS REVIEW special - what it means for you and your practice

News

Wednesday, March 30, 2011

| Nursery World

Emerging after eight months of consultation with parents, carers, local authorities, academics and professional organisations and following countless visits to early years settings and a thorough examination of research evidence, the outcomes of Dame ClareTickell's review of the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) have finally been revealed.

Call for first national children's day

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Friday, May 3, 2013

| Nursery World

The first National Children's Day UK on 15 May will to celebrate the rights and freedom of British children.

Childminders overwhelmingly reject ratio changes

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Thursday, May 9, 2013

| Nursery World

Three-quarters of childminders would refuse to take more children if ratios are relaxed, reveals a new survey.

Parents oppose 30 hour ‘extras’ charges

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Monday, August 20, 2018

| Nursery World

Parents are increasingly unwilling to pay additional costs to take up the 30 hours offer, Nursery World has learned.

Government austerity measures could increase child poverty, warn doctors

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Friday, May 17, 2013

| Nursery World

The UK is failing its most vulnerable children and any improvements in tackling child poverty are in danger of being eroded by Government welfare policies, doctors' leaders have warned.

Truss confirms ratio plans scrapped

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Tuesday, June 11, 2013

| Nursery World

The Government has now officially confirmed that plans to increase staff to child ratios in early years settings have been ditched.

Labour unveils 'radical' plans on childcare funding and workforce

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Tuesday, September 25, 2018

| Nursery World

A Labour Government would increase provider funding to £7.35 an hour for free hours, introduce a national pay scale, and move towards a graduate-led workforce.

Autumn Budget 2018 branded 'a kick in the teeth for early years sector'

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Tuesday, October 30, 2018

| Nursery World

The childcare and education sector has criticised the Chancellor for ignoring the funding crisis facing early years settings and schools in his Autumn Budget.

Conference to address early years recruitment crisis

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Friday, December 7, 2018

| Nursery World

The challenges of the early years workforce and how to overcome them will be the focus of a half-day conference next month.

Councils warn disadvantaged children missing out on funded places

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Wednesday, December 19, 2018

| Nursery World

Disadvantaged children are missing out on funded childcare, local authorities have warned.

Early years staff face financial pressure as wages drop

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Thursday, January 17, 2019

| Nursery World

Early years staff are now earning similar amounts to hairdressers after suffering a real-term pay loss of 5 per cent since 2013, reveals report.

MPs present mass nursery schools petition in Parliament

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Wednesday, February 6, 2019

| Nursery World

Thousands of campaigners against the closure of maintained nursery schools have signed a mass petition presented to Parliament yesterday by more than 30 MPs.

Alliance joins DfE and Ofsted to tackle early years workload

News

Wednesday, February 13, 2019

| Nursery World

The Pre-school Learning Alliance has teamed up with the Department for Education and Ofsted to tackle workload pressures on early years staff.

New £50m fund to create extra places and facilities for children with SEND

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Tuesday, May 29, 2018

| Nursery World

Local authorities will be able to access Government funding to improve facilities and create more school places for children and young people with special education needs and disabilities.

Childhood obesity is 'everyone's business' and can no longer be ignored

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Wednesday, May 30, 2018

| Nursery World

The Government must make sure that young children at risk of obesity are identified early to make sure that they and their families can access the right support, a committee of MPs says today.

Poorer children gain most from universal childcare

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Wednesday, June 6, 2018

| Nursery World

Children from immigrant and disadvantaged backgrounds benefit most from universal childcare but are least likely to access it, research has found.

New childcare website to champion affordable childcare

News

Wednesday, February 27, 2013

| Nursery World

Childcare Champions, a campaign website, has launched three weeks before the Budget when a major Government announcement is expected on childcare funding.

Millions of children missing out on support

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Tuesday, June 12, 2018

| Nursery World

Half of the £8.6bn children’s services budget in England is currently being spent on just 73,000 children, meaning millions go without support, the Children’s Commissioner has warned.

Pre-School Learning Alliance steps up campaign against ratio changes

News

Friday, March 1, 2013

| Nursery World

The Pre-School Learning Alliance has lodged an online petition on the Government's epetitions website calling for a halt to the controversial plans to change childcare ratios.

Tax-free childcare - 'A long wait and doesn't help the poorest'

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Tuesday, March 19, 2013

| Nursery World

Children's charities are concerned that families will have to wait for more than two years before the new tax-free childcare system is brought in and that not enough is being done to support families on the lowest incomes.

Childminders urged to have their say

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Tuesday, April 9, 2013

| Nursery World

The Professional Association for Childcare and Early Years (PACEY) is calling for childminders to complete a short survey to help assess the potential impact of the Government's More Great Childcare reforms on the childminding sector.

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Scotland's guidance for working with babies and under-threes is revised

Gove makes partial U-turn over plan to axe Booktrust funding

Childminders' professionalism at risk with introduction of agencies

Play England loses all Government contracts

EYFS REVIEW special - what it means for you and your practice

Call for first national children's day

Childminders overwhelmingly reject ratio changes

Parents oppose 30 hour ‘extras’ charges

Government austerity measures could increase child poverty, warn doctors

Truss confirms ratio plans scrapped

Labour unveils 'radical' plans on childcare funding and workforce

Autumn Budget 2018 branded 'a kick in the teeth for early years sector'

Conference to address early years recruitment crisis

Councils warn disadvantaged children missing out on funded places

Early years staff face financial pressure as wages drop

MPs present mass nursery schools petition in Parliament

Alliance joins DfE and Ofsted to tackle early years workload

New £50m fund to create extra places and facilities for children with SEND

Childhood obesity is 'everyone's business' and can no longer be ignored

Poorer children gain most from universal childcare

New childcare website to champion affordable childcare

Millions of children missing out on support

Pre-School Learning Alliance steps up campaign against ratio changes

Tax-free childcare - 'A long wait and doesn't help the poorest'

Childminders urged to have their say

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