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Early years sector’s hopes and dreams for the year ahead

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Monday, January 8, 2018

| Nursery World

Early years organisations, childcare providers and unions share their new year wishes.

Fraud conviction for nursery manager who stole

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Tuesday, November 2, 2010

| Nursery World

A nursery manager has been found guilty of fraud in a position of trust for stealing thousands of pounds from the setting where she worked.

Quality up, but childminder numbers fall again

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Thursday, March 24, 2016

| Nursery World

The proportion of nurseries and childminders graded good or outstanding at their most recent inspection is now at an all-time high of 85 per cent, the latest Ofsted statistics show.

Nursery owners create 'Champagne nurseries, lemonade funding' video

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Thursday, March 31, 2016

| Nursery World

The YouTube video has been launched by a group of nursery owners to campaign against the government’s policies on the free entitlement.

Ex Montessori boss accused of targeting charity in property scam

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Friday, April 1, 2016

| Nursery World

A former Montessori chief executive is facing court accused of taking part in a high-value conspiracy to defraud a school over the sale of one of its London buildings.

Analysis: 'Self-evaluation is critical'

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Tuesday, November 30, 2010

| Nursery World

Quality is a big issue in Ofsted's latest annual report on childcare. Ruth Thomson rounds up the main findings.

'Head count' costs nursery free entitlement funding

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Tuesday, December 7, 2010

| Nursery World

A nursery rated outstanding is fighting a loophole in its local free entitlement funding which left it 288 out of pocket.

Nursery chain threatens to pull out of free entitlement

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Tuesday, December 7, 2010

| Nursery World

A nursery chain offering more than 650 childcare places is considering pulling its nine nurseries out of the free entitlement scheme if underfunding continues.

More nurseries threaten to quit free entitlement scheme

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Tuesday, December 14, 2010

| Nursery World

Nurseries in Hertfordshire have warned that they may be forced to pull out of the free entitlement scheme for three- and four-year-olds in April if they are not allowed to charge top-up fees.

Nursery school heads want freedom to convert to academies

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Tuesday, May 17, 2016

| Nursery World

Maintained nursery schools should be able to convert to academy status like primary, secondary and special schools, a parliamentary group will be told on Tuesday.

DfE to offer £3m contract to support 30 hours' childcare

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Friday, May 20, 2016

| Nursery World

The Department for Education is launching a tender process for a two-year contract to support the 30 hours free childcare scheme.

York nurseries win rise to 30-hour childcare pilot funding

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Friday, May 27, 2016

| Nursery World

Nurseries and childminders in York have won their battle for more Government funding for the 30 hours’ childcare pilot.

Shake up of school funding to create fairer system

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Thursday, December 15, 2016

| Nursery World

Plans to reform school funding to end ‘a historical postcode lottery’ will see a redistribution of money with schools in big cities like Manchester, and London boroughs losing out in favour of schools in rural areas and suburbs.

Owner campaigns for change on tax duties

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Monday, September 19, 2011

| Nursery World

A nursery owner is calling for ring-fencing of the tax that nurseries have to pay on Government funding so private settings can reinvest money back into their provision and pass the savings on to parents.

Underestimate of eligible parents could cause 30-hour 'capacity crisis'

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Friday, January 20, 2017

| Nursery World

New research claims the Government has underestimated the take-up of the 30-hours by more than 100,000 places, saying that as many as 500,000 parents could be eligible, rather than the 390,000 cited by the Government.

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Early years sector’s hopes and dreams for the year ahead

Fraud conviction for nursery manager who stole

Quality up, but childminder numbers fall again

Nursery owners create 'Champagne nurseries, lemonade funding' video

Ex Montessori boss accused of targeting charity in property scam

Analysis: 'Self-evaluation is critical'

'Head count' costs nursery free entitlement funding

Nursery chain threatens to pull out of free entitlement

More nurseries threaten to quit free entitlement scheme

Nursery school heads want freedom to convert to academies

DfE to offer £3m contract to support 30 hours' childcare

York nurseries win rise to 30-hour childcare pilot funding

Shake up of school funding to create fairer system

Owner campaigns for change on tax duties

Underestimate of eligible parents could cause 30-hour 'capacity crisis'

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