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Early years cuts 'stall poverty drop'

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.

Charity seeks strength for families in difficulties

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Tuesday, May 10, 2011

| Nursery World

More than 80 per cent of families in the UK are suffering from serious problems such as redundancy, divorce or mental illness, according to research by 4Children.

More than two million parents raise children on their own

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Tuesday, January 24, 2012

| Nursery World

The number of single-parent families in the UK has reached the two million mark for the first time, according to new statistics.

Charity calls for 20mph limit in all towns and cities at launch of Beep Beep! Day

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Wednesday, April 18, 2012

| Nursery World

The road safety charity Brake is calling on MPs to listen to parents and enable local authorities to implement widespread 20mph limits, as it launches its annual 'Beep Beep! Day' campaign, a UK-wide initiative for early years settings and childminders.

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

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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.

Working full-time better for working mothers' health

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Tuesday, August 28, 2012

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Mothers who return to work full-time after having children are healthier than those who stay at home or are unemployed, finds a new study.

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.

Cameron's pledge to support troubled families

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Friday, August 26, 2011

| Nursery World

Prime Minister David Cameron has announced that he is to push forward on the Government's programme to help 120,000 troubled families in England in the wake of the riots.

Wanted: First-time parents for film

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Monday, September 26, 2011

| Nursery World

The Fatherhood Institute is looking for first-time parents to feature in a film to explore the ways mums and dads interact with their babies.

Ministers confirm childcare support for part-time workers in plans for universal credit

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Thursday, October 6, 2011

| Nursery World

Thousands more families will be eligible for support with childcare costs, under plans for the Universal Credit unveiled by Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg and work and pensions secretary Iain Duncan Smith.

Talking therapies for children with mental health problems

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Tuesday, October 25, 2011

| Nursery World

The Department for Education has announced it is providing up to 3m in funding to deliver a two-year programme to increase early intervention mental health support for children in the voluntary and community sector.

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'.

Parents asked for views on progress checks for two-year-olds

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Friday, November 25, 2011

| Nursery World

Parents of two-year-olds in England are being asked for their views on the development check, due to be introduced for children between two-and-a-half and three.

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.

Special Educational Needs Green Paper: parents to get more control and support in 'simpler' system

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Wednesday, March 9, 2011

| Nursery World

A major overhaul to the way children with special educational needs will be supported has been set out in the Government's Green Paper, in what ministers claim is the biggest change for SEN for 30 years.

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.

Campaign calls on Government to save childcare vouchers

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Monday, July 9, 2018

| Nursery World

A new campaign has been launched to save childcare vouchers, with new analysis showing the majority of parents would be better off using vouchers than Tax-Free Childcare.

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.

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Early years cuts 'stall poverty drop'

Charity seeks strength for families in difficulties

More than two million parents raise children on their own

Charity calls for 20mph limit in all towns and cities at launch of Beep Beep! Day

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

Working full-time better for working mothers' health

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

Cameron's pledge to support troubled families

Wanted: First-time parents for film

Ministers confirm childcare support for part-time workers in plans for universal credit

Talking therapies for children with mental health problems

Cost of childcare prevents unemployed parents from working

Parents asked for views on progress checks for two-year-olds

Low-income families to be hit by rising childcare costs

Special Educational Needs Green Paper: parents to get more control and support in 'simpler' system

Vanessa George Case Review - Lessons to be learned

Campaign calls on Government to save childcare vouchers

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

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