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Parents fear childcare quality will be lost as cuts hit

Monday, September 2, 2013

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More than 60 per cent of families in Scotland say they have seen the quality of education services and wraparound care decrease because of funding cuts, a survey reveals.

Parents worried about school holiday changes

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Wednesday, August 28, 2013

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The charity 4Children has warned that proposed changes to allow schools to set the length and date of holidays will be a major concern for millions of parents.

Cost of raising a child rises by 4 per cent in a year

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Monday, August 19, 2013

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New research published by the Child Poverty Action Group illustrates parents' growing struggle to provide a decent standard of living for their families in 2013.

Play spaces not accessible to disabled children

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Monday, August 12, 2013

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Parental concerns and a lack of accessible facilities continue to prevent disabled children from playing inclusively, according to a new survey by the charity Kids.

Council cut brings end to charity-run children's centres

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Friday, August 9, 2013

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Barnardo's and Action for Children have lost their contracts to run seven children's centres in Leicester in a council bid to save 1.7m a year.

Win a nursery gym in our Awards charity draw

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Friday, August 9, 2013

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Guests at the Nursery World Awards 2013 event will be able to help Save the Children and have a chance of winning a 1,800 Community Playthings nursery gym.

Baby boom will see a 'massive shortage' of free childcare places

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Wednesday, July 31, 2013

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The social enterprise United for All Ages has warned that Britain's 21st century baby boom will led to a childcare crisis.

Most parents believe ratios in graduate-led settings are too high

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Friday, July 26, 2013

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More than half of parents believe that nurseries should employ more staff to look after nursery age children, research by the Department for Education suggests.

Minister visits teen project

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Friday, July 26, 2013

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Work and pensions secretary Iain Duncan Smith visited Rosebud Nursery in Ashton-under Lyne to see the Teens and Toddlers programme in action.

Sheffield parents challenge council on funding

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Friday, July 26, 2013

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A group of Sheffield parents go to the High Court this week in their challenge to the city council's decision to stop grant funding in 20 community nurseries in the most deprived areas of the city.

Study finds that many in Irish childcare sector have no qualifications

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Friday, July 26, 2013

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New research has revealed that many of those caring for children in the country, particularly relatives, do not have childcare-related qualifications.

New nursery comparison service to launch

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Thursday, July 25, 2013

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A new nursery comparison service for parents has been created by the former chairman of Treetops Nurseries Alan Proto.

Children's centres move away from universal services to target poorest

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Friday, July 19, 2013

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The extent to which children's centres are changing in the face of local authority cuts and Coalition Government policy is highlighted in the latest report from the Evaluation of Children's Centres in England.

More Affordable Childcare: Sector reaction

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Tuesday, July 16, 2013

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Early years organisations have warned that plans to relax the number of hours a day that parents can use informal childcare could lead to some providers de-registering from Ofsted.

MPs call for joint children's centre and health budgets to protect services

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Monday, July 15, 2013

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Children's centre budgets should be pooled with those for midwives and health visitors, a cross-party committee of MPs has argued.

Parents face 100 a week holiday childcare bill

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Friday, July 12, 2013

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Holiday childcare now costs more than 100 a week, according to the annual survey by the Family and Childcare Trust.

Nurseries and childminders invited to picnic on day of action against Truss reforms

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Wednesday, May 29, 2013

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Early years providers across the UK are being encouraged to hold picnics on International Children's Day on 1 June, to join together to protest against the proposals.

Cameron says coalition will find 'a way forward' on childcare ratios

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Friday, May 17, 2013

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Early years organisations have welcomed David Cameron's intervention in the on-going row over plans to increase the number of children nurseries and childminders can care for, but urged the Government to take decisive action.

Parents are 'overwhelmingly positive' about childcare

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Wednesday, May 15, 2013

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Almost all of the parents questioned in a survey commissioned by the Pre-School Learning Alliance described their childcare as excellent or good.

Grant awarded to pilot childcare 'hubs'

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Monday, May 13, 2013

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Family charity 4Children has been awarded contracts to pilot 'community childcare hubs' and support children's centres.

Leaked Clegg letter intensifies ratios row

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Friday, May 10, 2013

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The row over childcare ratios escalated last night after leaked letters between education and childcare minister Liz Truss and Nick Clegg came to light.

Financial pressures causing families to feel the strain

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Thursday, April 25, 2013

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New research tracking families over a year in austerity shows that financial pressures are increasingly spilling into family life and putting relationships to the test.

Portsmouth council plans to merge children's centres

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Wednesday, March 27, 2013

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The number of Sure Start Centres in Portsmouth will be cut to save up to 1 million in 2013/14.

Montessori pulls out of offering Government-funded parenting classes

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Friday, March 22, 2013

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Montessori St Nicholas has withdrawn from running free parenting classes a year early, frustrated by bureaucracy and low take-up.

Revised safeguarding guidelines focus on the child

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Friday, March 22, 2013

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More focus needs to be placed on the needs of children revised Government guidelines on safeguarding state.

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Parents fear childcare quality will be lost as cuts hit

Parents worried about school holiday changes

Cost of raising a child rises by 4 per cent in a year

Play spaces not accessible to disabled children

Council cut brings end to charity-run children's centres

Win a nursery gym in our Awards charity draw

Baby boom will see a 'massive shortage' of free childcare places

Most parents believe ratios in graduate-led settings are too high

Minister visits teen project

Sheffield parents challenge council on funding

Study finds that many in Irish childcare sector have no qualifications

New nursery comparison service to launch

Children's centres move away from universal services to target poorest

More Affordable Childcare: Sector reaction

MPs call for joint children's centre and health budgets to protect services

Parents face 100 a week holiday childcare bill

Nurseries and childminders invited to picnic on day of action against Truss reforms

Cameron says coalition will find 'a way forward' on childcare ratios

Parents are 'overwhelmingly positive' about childcare

Grant awarded to pilot childcare 'hubs'

Leaked Clegg letter intensifies ratios row

Financial pressures causing families to feel the strain

Portsmouth council plans to merge children's centres

Montessori pulls out of offering Government-funded parenting classes

Revised safeguarding guidelines focus on the child

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