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Analysis: The hidden army of childcarers

Tuesday, April 5, 2011

| Nursery World

'Friends and family' and other unregulated childcarers are an overlooked but vast part of the provision used, says Anand Shukla, acting chief executive of the Daycare Trust.

Early years cuts 'stall poverty drop'

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Tuesday, May 3, 2011

| Nursery World

Progress made under the previous Government in reducing child poverty could be undone by cuts to early years services, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has warned.

Sir Michael Wilshaw to head up review to close gap between rich and poor pupils

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Friday, June 15, 2012

| Nursery World

A major Ofsted inquiry will look at how schools in deprived areas can stop children from falling behind their better-off peers.

Parents want to keep childminders in the Ofsted system

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Friday, June 22, 2012

| Nursery World

A Netmums and the National Childminding Association survey reveals that 97 per cent of parents want to keep current regulations in place rather than see the profession deregulated.

Children's centres must sharpen focus on parenting to boost child development

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Wednesday, July 11, 2012

| Nursery World

Parenting and improving parents' lives should be given as much focus as children's health and development, according to new guidance for children's centres.

Bright Horizions launches 'Ready for School' app for parents

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Wednesday, August 22, 2012

| Nursery World

Bright Horizons, the second largest nursery group in the UK, has launched a new app for parents of pre-school children.

Shortage of high quality childcare could hamper rollout of free places for disadvantaged two-year-olds

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Friday, July 1, 2011

| Nursery World

Finding sufficient high quality childcare to expand free early education to all disadvantaged two-year-olds by 2013 could be problematic, research into the free entitlement suggests.

Women will have more choice over where to give birth

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Friday, July 15, 2011

| Nursery World

Maternity services should be reformed to allow women to give birth outside hospitals, according to a group of leading health experts.

Cost of childcare prevents unemployed parents from working

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Friday, November 3, 2017

| Nursery World

A survey of parents has revealed that over a fifth who are unemployed want to work but can't because childcare is 'prohibitively expensive'.

Shine A Light award winners named

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Thursday, November 24, 2011

| Nursery World

The University of East Anglia Nursery team has been chosen as the winner of the Shine a Light Communication Friendly Award for early years.

Low-income families to be hit by rising childcare costs

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Monday, November 28, 2011

| Nursery World

Low-income families in 2015 will have to find over 60 per cent more of their own money to pay for childcare compared with 2006, according to new research.

Nannies and au pairs exempt from change to smacking rules

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Wednesday, March 31, 2010

| Nursery World

Smacking will be banned for all tutors and carers who work with children outside the family, including part-time educational settings, Sunday schools and madrassas, following a review.

Vanessa George Case Review - Lessons to be learned

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Tuesday, November 16, 2010

| Nursery World

All nurseries would be wise to reflect on their policies and practice, as well as the culture within their settings, in light of the review of the Plymouth child abuse case, says Catherine Rushforth.

Sure Start parent campaigners join unions to launch national childcare campaign

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Friday, October 12, 2012

| Nursery World

A group of local parents who protested over cuts to children's centres in Manchester has joined forces with unions and voluntary organisations to launch a national childcare campaign.

NCMA takes Ofsted to task over claims childminders 'not up to the job'

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Tuesday, December 4, 2012

| Nursery World

The National Childminding Association has written to Ofsted hitting back at suggestions that childminders should primarily deliver 'care' not education in the EYFS.

Local authority cuts hourly rate for two-year-old places

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Friday, December 14, 2012

| Nursery World

Early years settings in one London borough will receive a 15 per cent cut to their funding next year to provide free early education places for disadvantaged two-year-olds.

High childcare costs mean 'not worthwhile' for mothers to return to work

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Wednesday, December 19, 2012

| Nursery World

Mothers in the UK find childcare so expensive that for many there is no incentive to work full-time, a major international study has found.

Mothers must work four months a year to break even on childcare costs

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Wednesday, January 2, 2013

| Nursery World

New research finds that mothers working full-time need to work for a third of the year before they are able to see any financial benefit from returning to work.

'More Great Childcare': a guide to the key points

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Monday, January 28, 2013

| Nursery World

The long-awaited Government response to Professor Cathy Nutbrown's review of early education and childcare qualifications goes further than responses to her recommendations.

Montessori parenting classes to start in January

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Friday, November 1, 2013

| Nursery World

Montessori Centre International (MCI) is running two free six-week parenting workshops for parents of young children next year.

Two-year-old places have bridged the gap in early years take-up, shows study

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Thursday, July 16, 2015

| Nursery World

The Government’s two-year-old offer has closed the gap between the most disadvantaged and advantaged children taking-up early years education, a new report claims.

Chain offers free places for children referred by health visitors

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Tuesday, July 6, 2010

| Nursery World

Nursery chain Busy Bees has launched a scheme to offer two full-time places free of charge at each of its 129 nurseries for children who are referred by health visitors.

Analysis: How a community can help itself

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Tuesday, October 12, 2010

| Nursery World

Offering a children's centre alongside other services puts this place at the heart of the community in a deprived inner city area, says Annette Rawstrone.

Sure Start works better for parents than for children

News

Friday, July 20, 2012

| Nursery World

Sure Start local programmes have had more impact on parents than children, the latest findings from the national evaluation of Sure Start show.

Kent parents could lose out on free places due to change in funding administration

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Friday, August 31, 2012

| Nursery World

Changes to the way Kent County Council administers funding for free early education could see parents of three-and four-year-olds losing out on free nursery places and having to wait until January 2013 before they can claim their entitlement.

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Analysis: The hidden army of childcarers

Early years cuts 'stall poverty drop'

Sir Michael Wilshaw to head up review to close gap between rich and poor pupils

Parents want to keep childminders in the Ofsted system

Children's centres must sharpen focus on parenting to boost child development

Bright Horizions launches 'Ready for School' app for parents

Shortage of high quality childcare could hamper rollout of free places for disadvantaged two-year-olds

Women will have more choice over where to give birth

Cost of childcare prevents unemployed parents from working

Shine A Light award winners named

Low-income families to be hit by rising childcare costs

Nannies and au pairs exempt from change to smacking rules

Vanessa George Case Review - Lessons to be learned

Sure Start parent campaigners join unions to launch national childcare campaign

NCMA takes Ofsted to task over claims childminders 'not up to the job'

Local authority cuts hourly rate for two-year-old places

High childcare costs mean 'not worthwhile' for mothers to return to work

Mothers must work four months a year to break even on childcare costs

'More Great Childcare': a guide to the key points

Montessori parenting classes to start in January

Two-year-old places have bridged the gap in early years take-up, shows study

Chain offers free places for children referred by health visitors

Analysis: How a community can help itself

Sure Start works better for parents than for children

Kent parents could lose out on free places due to change in funding administration

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