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New online service for CRB checks

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Thursday, May 23, 2013

| Nursery World

From next month nurseries and childminders will be able to access criminal record checks online.

Protest over £30m on offer for school nursery places

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Wednesday, September 12, 2018

| Nursery World

The call for bids for a £30m Government fund to enable schools to open more nursery places targeted at disadvantaged children has been met by angry reactions from the private and voluntary sector, as well as maintained nursery schools.

Alliance blames lack of Government funding for closing fifth of settings

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Tuesday, September 18, 2018

| Nursery World

The Pre-school Learning Alliance has closed 23 nurseries since January, as a direct result of the longstanding Government under-funding of 15- and 30-hour childcare entitlements, Nursery World can reveal.

£600m underspend as parents shun Tax-Free Childcare

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Monday, November 12, 2018

| Nursery World

Just a fraction of families eligible for Tax-Free Childcare are using it, Nursery World can reveal.

Changes to Early Learning Goals 'criminal' says early years expert

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Friday, November 9, 2018

| Nursery World

Children are being steered towards pleasing teachers over developing a genuine love of learning under proposed reforms to the Early Learning Goals, early years experts said yesterday.

Baseline pilot go-ahead sparks outcry

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Friday, March 1, 2019

| Nursery World

The move by the Department for Education (DfE) to press ahead with the Reception baseline and invite schools to take part in a trial of the assessment, starting in the autumn, has been met with frustration from the early years sector.

Children in poverty suffer hunger and stigma, finds new research

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Tuesday, April 2, 2019

| Nursery World

Children growing up in poverty are going hungry and experiencing feelings of shame and social exclusion due to lack of money and food, according to new research.

Government to face High Court judge over SEND funding

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Tuesday, June 25, 2019

| Nursery World

A landmark High Court case against the Government’s funding for special educational needs will be heard tomorrow.

New research highlights a catalogue of issues with universal credit

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Friday, July 19, 2019

| Nursery World

Universal Credit claimants are being blocked from challenging the Government when they suspect mistakes in their claim.

Additional school funding not enough to ‘repair the damage’, warn unions

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Tuesday, October 1, 2019

| Nursery World

Four in five schools will be worse off next year than they were in 2015, reveals new research.

Scotland becomes first UK country to ban smacking

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Friday, October 4, 2019

| Nursery World

Scotland has become the first country in the UK to make smacking a criminal offence.

MPs call for 'radical' change' in failing SEND system

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Wednesday, October 23, 2019

| Nursery World

MPs have published a damning report into the special educational needs system, accusing the Government of failing a generation of children and young people.

Teachers unsure if new Early Learning Goals will prepare children for KS1

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Friday, October 25, 2019

| Nursery World

Schools that piloted the revised EYFS Profile thought the new Early Learning Goals (ELG) were clearer, but were unsure as to whether they would better prepare children for the next stage of their education.

Campaign calling on political parties to increase childcare funding launches

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Wednesday, November 27, 2019

| Nursery World

The Early Years Alliance has launched a campaign calling on the political parties to pledge to increase childcare funding ahead of the general election next month (12 December).

SNP manifesto: Pledge to bring in paid 'daddy leave' and increase parental leave

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Wednesday, November 27, 2019

| Nursery World

The SNP would seek to expand parental leave and bring in 12 weeks of use-it-or-lose-it ‘daddy leave’ for fathers to encourage them to take time off work with their babies.

Parents in deprived areas less likely to use funded childcare

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Friday, January 3, 2020

| Nursery World

Children living in the poorest areas are less likely to attend formal childcare settings and their parents are less aware of the free entitlement, according to new DfE statistics.

Government urged to 're-think' its Tax-Free Childcare scheme as take-up remains low

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Wednesday, February 19, 2020

| Nursery World

Less than one in six eligible families are using the Government’s Tax-Free Childcare scheme, reveal new figures.

SEND campaigers to hand the Prime Minister an invoice for £12m

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Thursday, February 27, 2020

| Nursery World

Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) campaigners are to march on Downing Street tomorrow with an invoice for Boris Johnson for £12 million – the amount required to plug the SEND funding crisis in Tower Hamlets.

How the coronavirus reponse has unfolded so far

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Tuesday, April 7, 2020

| Nursery World

These are unprecedented times for early years settings on the front line, caring for children of NHS and care staff, supermarket workers, delivery drivers – all those key workers whom we all rely on every day.

Bright Horizons launches website to help key worker parents find local childcare

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Monday, April 6, 2020

| Nursery World

Bright Horizons has launched a new emergency childcare website to help match key worker parents with early years providers that are staying open in their area during the coronavirus crisis.

New DfE guidance issued on social distancing in childcare settings and schools

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Wednesday, March 25, 2020

| Nursery World

The Department for Education (DfE), together with Public Health England (PHE), has published new guidance on implementing social distancing in education and childcare settings.

Coronavirus: EYFS requirements and ratios to be relaxed

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Thursday, April 16, 2020

| Nursery World

Early years settings will no longer be required to meet the learning and development requirements of the EYFS or staff:child ratios, in temporary measures to be put in place during the coronavirus outbreak.

Government funds £8m Covid-19 adoption support scheme to help families

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Wednesday, April 15, 2020

| Nursery World

Adoptive families will be offered online counselling and couples therapy in an £8m scheme from the Government to support them during the coronavirus pandemic.

Coronavirus: First figures show 65,000 children going to early years settings

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Wednesday, April 22, 2020

| Nursery World

Around 65,000 children are currently attending early years settings, according to Department for Education research – about four per cent of the number who usually attend in term time.

Shadow early years minister to meet with sector to discuss coronavirus impact

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Friday, April 17, 2020

| Nursery World

Shadow early years minister Tulip Siddiq is holding a virtual roundtable meeting next week with representatives from the early years and childcare sector to hear the challenges providers face in the Covid-19 crisis.

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New online service for CRB checks

Protest over £30m on offer for school nursery places

Alliance blames lack of Government funding for closing fifth of settings

£600m underspend as parents shun Tax-Free Childcare

Changes to Early Learning Goals 'criminal' says early years expert

Baseline pilot go-ahead sparks outcry

Children in poverty suffer hunger and stigma, finds new research

Government to face High Court judge over SEND funding

New research highlights a catalogue of issues with universal credit

Additional school funding not enough to ‘repair the damage’, warn unions

Scotland becomes first UK country to ban smacking

MPs call for 'radical' change' in failing SEND system

Teachers unsure if new Early Learning Goals will prepare children for KS1

Campaign calling on political parties to increase childcare funding launches

SNP manifesto: Pledge to bring in paid 'daddy leave' and increase parental leave

Parents in deprived areas less likely to use funded childcare

Government urged to 're-think' its Tax-Free Childcare scheme as take-up remains low

SEND campaigers to hand the Prime Minister an invoice for £12m

How the coronavirus reponse has unfolded so far

Bright Horizons launches website to help key worker parents find local childcare

New DfE guidance issued on social distancing in childcare settings and schools

Coronavirus: EYFS requirements and ratios to be relaxed

Government funds £8m Covid-19 adoption support scheme to help families

Coronavirus: First figures show 65,000 children going to early years settings

Shadow early years minister to meet with sector to discuss coronavirus impact

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