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Exclusive - Minister says rates and VAT changes may be considered

Friday, October 18, 2013

| Nursery World

Education secretary Michael Gove has mooted the possibility that changes to business rate relief and VAT for nurseries could be considered at the same time as plans being looked into for academies and free schools.

Concern over agency models as pilots start off

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Friday, October 18, 2013

| Nursery World

A few weeks into the childminder agency pilots, a number of organisations have begun to consult with the early years sector about their proposed models.

Ofsted gets tough on teaching, safeguarding and safety

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Tuesday, October 15, 2013

| Nursery World

Ofsted's new early years inspection framework, which comes into force on 4 November, will focus on safeguarding, safety and teaching.

DfE gets tough on childminder funding

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Friday, October 4, 2013

| Nursery World

The Department for Education (DfE) is toughening its stance on local authority approaches to funding childminders for free early education places.

Ofsted 'willing' to meet with nurseries and childminders

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Thursday, September 26, 2013

| Nursery World

Following last weekend's Big Conversation, Ofsted has confirmed that it would like to meet with representatives from the early years sector.

Ireland a step closer to regulating childcare services

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Thursday, September 26, 2013

| Nursery World

Irish Ministers have approved a number of proposals to strengthen the regulation of pre-school services in Ireland by law.

Ofsted launches new single inspection framework for children's services

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Wednesday, September 25, 2013

| Nursery World

Ofsted has published a new single inspection framework for inspecting local authority children's services.

Ofsted Big Conversation - More than 300 people unite for Ofsted action

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Friday, September 20, 2013

| Nursery World

The early years sector has put Ofsted on a 'notice to improve' following a weekend of action that saw more than 300 people from across the sector join together in a tremendous show of unity.

Ofsted Big Conversation - Providers feed back on Ofsted meetings

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Friday, September 20, 2013

| Nursery World

The organisers of the weekend share their thoughts

Ofsted Big Conversation: Sector makes list of actions for Ofsted

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Friday, September 20, 2013

| Nursery World

The weekend of action sparked a wealth of ideas from nursery owners, practitioners, and childminders, among others.

More early years settings downgraded by Ofsted

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Thursday, September 19, 2013

| Nursery World

The latest Ofsted statistics show that more nurseries and childminders were judged as satisfactory and inadequate in recent inspections compared to the same period last year.

Children's centre clusters failing under new inspection framework

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Friday, September 6, 2013

| Nursery World

Seventy per cent of children centres managed as clusters, or as 'hub and spoke' models, were rated as 'requires improvement' under the new inspection framework.

New plans could make it easier to buy nursery premises

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Friday, September 6, 2013

| Nursery World

Prospective or current nursery owners could find it easier to purchase premises in the future, under plans being considered by the Government.

Ofsted Big Conversation weekend - latest meetings

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Thursday, August 29, 2013

| Nursery World

Two more venues have been added for the early years sector's Ofsted Big Conversation weekend.

Nursery to open in former police building

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Wednesday, August 28, 2013

| Nursery World

An office building previously owned by Greater Manchester Police will be refurbished and open as a nursery early next year.

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Exclusive - Minister says rates and VAT changes may be considered

Concern over agency models as pilots start off

Ofsted gets tough on teaching, safeguarding and safety

DfE gets tough on childminder funding

Ofsted 'willing' to meet with nurseries and childminders

Ireland a step closer to regulating childcare services

Ofsted launches new single inspection framework for children's services

Ofsted Big Conversation - More than 300 people unite for Ofsted action

Ofsted Big Conversation - Providers feed back on Ofsted meetings

Ofsted Big Conversation: Sector makes list of actions for Ofsted

More early years settings downgraded by Ofsted

Children's centre clusters failing under new inspection framework

New plans could make it easier to buy nursery premises

Ofsted Big Conversation weekend - latest meetings

Nursery to open in former police building

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