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SEND improvement plan – sector response

Friday, March 3, 2023

| Nursery World

Charities and sector organisations have responded to the publication of the Government’s SEND improvement plan. We look at what the plan says, and whether those on the frontline in supporting children and families think it measures up.

Chancellor urged to boost childcare funding by estimated shortfall

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Friday, March 3, 2023

| Nursery World

A gender equality think tank is calling on the Chancellor to boost childcare funding by £1.7bn – the estimated shortfall – in the Spring Budget.

LEYF publishes sustainability strategy and encourages early years settings to get involved

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Friday, March 3, 2023

| Nursery World

London Early Years Foundation (LEYF) invites children, parents and all early years settings to join it in its sustainability journey with the publication of its sustainability strategy.

Parents claim it doesn't make 'financial sense' to work due to childcare costs - survey

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Thursday, March 2, 2023

| Nursery World

Three-quarters of mothers who pay for childcare say that it does not make financial sense for them to work, reveals new research.

World Book Day 2023: The Queen Consort and children's laureate share their love of books

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Thursday, March 2, 2023

| Nursery World

To mark World Book Day today (2 March), The Queen Consort sat down with the children’s laureate to discuss their shared love of books and the importance of reading.

Petition calling for free school meals for all primary children to be delivered to 10 Downing Street

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Thursday, March 2, 2023

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A petition of over 32,000 signatures calling for free school meals to be expanded is being delivered to Parliament by Barnardo’s and actress and ambassador Michelle Collins today (2 March).

SEND improvement plan: Government pledges to end postcode lottery for families and fund training for 5,000 early years SENCos

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Thursday, March 2, 2023

| Nursery World

Ministers have pledged to fund training for thousands of workers to support children with special educational needs and disabilities in the long-awaited SEND improvement plan for England, which will be published on Thursday.

Nursery Chains 2023 – N Family Club stays at number one

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Wednesday, March 1, 2023

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N Family Club retains the top spot as in our Nursery Chains quality table, which analyses the Ofsted reports of the 25 biggest groups in the UK.

PM told to 'prioritise' childcare and deliver more support for early education

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Wednesday, March 1, 2023

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Nearly two out of three parents are reconsidering whether to have another child due to ‘spiralling’ childcare costs, finds new research.

Agency's ‘ineffective’ grade puts childminders on alert

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Tuesday, February 28, 2023

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Childminders in more than 100 local authority areas are being restricted or having funding for entitlement offers withheld after their agency's Ofsted inspection. By Katy Morton

New resources launched to support early years settings' response to critical incidents

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Tuesday, February 28, 2023

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New resources to help schools and early years settings respond to critical incidents have been launched by the Anna Freud Centre’s UK Trauma Council.

Interview: Meet Helen Donohoe, PACEY's new chief executive

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Tuesday, February 28, 2023

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Helen Donohoe, former policy advisor at the Professional Association for Childcare and Early Years, has replaced outgoing chief executive Liz Bayram. Before joining PACEY, Donohoe worked as a freelance researcher and policy advisor. She was also director of public policy at Action for Children for more than four years between 2009 and 2014.

YMCA warns of nursery closures amid rising costs and below-inflation funding rates

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Thursday, February 23, 2023

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YMCA, the largest charity provider of childcare in the UK, is closing four nurseries at the end of the month, and warns more could close, as years of underfunding and rates for 2023-24 leave early years providers ‘buckling under the strain’.

Call for better wages for childcare staff as research shows gender pay gap persists

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Thursday, February 23, 2023

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The average woman effectively works for free for nearly two months of the year compared to the average man in paid employment, according to new analysis.

All primary children in London to receive free school meals for a year

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Monday, February 20, 2023

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The mayor of London Sadiq Khan is providing emergency funding for a year to enable all primary school children in the capital to have access to free school meals.

Government urged to expand free school meals to help 'under pressure families'

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Friday, February 17, 2023

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Councils want the free school meals scheme, worth nearly £500 per child a year, expanded to help families facing record food prices and 'spiralling inflation'.

Grandson of nursery group CEO to hold sponsored silence in aid of earthquake victims

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Friday, February 17, 2023

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The nine-year-old grandson of the chief executive of a nursery group is holding a 24-hour sponsored silence to raise money for the victims of the earthquake in Turkey and Syria.

Working parents seek practical support from employers to balance family life

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Friday, February 17, 2023

| Nursery World

Help with childcare, eldercare and ongoing support for families have been highlighted as key areas for employee retention in a new report by nursery and back-up care provider, Bright Horizons.

Wales invests £10m to extend roll out of funded two-year-old places

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Thursday, February 16, 2023

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Over 2,000 two-year olds in disadvantaged areas across Wales are set to benefit from a £10m extension of the funded childcare programme.

Cost-of-living crisis: Childcare settings forced to increase fees and a third warning of closure

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Wednesday, February 15, 2023

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Findings from a survey of providers, reveal that 89 per cent are likely to increase fees this year, while more than a third believe they will have to close their setting within the next year due to rising costs.

Disadvantaged children 'positively benefit' from 20 hours a week of early years education – research

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Wednesday, February 15, 2023

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There are clear benefits for disadvantaged children spending up to 20 hours per week in early years provision, Sutton Trust study finds.

Chancellor set to reject DfE proposal to expand free childcare for under-twos

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Tuesday, February 14, 2023

| Nursery World

A DfE proposal for the state to subsidise free 30-hours-a-week childcare for parents of children aged nine months to three years is set to be rejected by the Chancellor in the run up to next month’s Budget, according to press reports.

Business organisation urges Government to invest and reform the childcare system

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Friday, February 10, 2023

| Nursery World

The Confederation of British Industry (CBI) is calling on the Chancellor to invest £8.9bn into the early years ahead of the Spring Budget next month (15 March).

Fourteen areas named as 'Trailblazer' Family Hubs

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Thursday, February 9, 2023

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A total of 14 local authorities have been chosen as trailblazers of the Family Hubs programme to support 'fast-track' delivery of services that the Government said would benefit thousands of families.

Disadvantaged two-year-olds missing out on 45 million hours of education a year

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Thursday, February 9, 2023

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Disadvantaged two year olds are more likely to be absent from nurseries than their peers, missing out on as many as 45 million hours of early education a year, new research has found.

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SEND improvement plan – sector response

Chancellor urged to boost childcare funding by estimated shortfall

LEYF publishes sustainability strategy and encourages early years settings to get involved

Parents claim it doesn't make 'financial sense' to work due to childcare costs - survey

World Book Day 2023: The Queen Consort and children's laureate share their love of books

Petition calling for free school meals for all primary children to be delivered to 10 Downing Street

SEND improvement plan: Government pledges to end postcode lottery for families and fund training for 5,000 early years SENCos

Nursery Chains 2023 – N Family Club stays at number one

PM told to 'prioritise' childcare and deliver more support for early education

Agency's ‘ineffective’ grade puts childminders on alert

New resources launched to support early years settings' response to critical incidents

Interview: Meet Helen Donohoe, PACEY's new chief executive

YMCA warns of nursery closures amid rising costs and below-inflation funding rates

Call for better wages for childcare staff as research shows gender pay gap persists

All primary children in London to receive free school meals for a year

Government urged to expand free school meals to help 'under pressure families'

Grandson of nursery group CEO to hold sponsored silence in aid of earthquake victims

Working parents seek practical support from employers to balance family life

Wales invests £10m to extend roll out of funded two-year-old places

Cost-of-living crisis: Childcare settings forced to increase fees and a third warning of closure

Disadvantaged children 'positively benefit' from 20 hours a week of early years education – research

Chancellor set to reject DfE proposal to expand free childcare for under-twos

Business organisation urges Government to invest and reform the childcare system

Fourteen areas named as 'Trailblazer' Family Hubs

Disadvantaged two-year-olds missing out on 45 million hours of education a year

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