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Spending Review: Chancellor reveals more details of 30-hour childcare

Wednesday, November 25, 2015

| Nursery World

Parents will need to work 16 hours a week to be eligible for 30 hours of free childcare from 2017, the Chancellor has confirmed.

Nursery Chains: Policy - Doubling up

Features

Monday, November 16, 2015

| Nursery World

The free entitlement for three- and four-year-olds with working parents will increase to 30 hours in 2017,but a trial is taking place next year. Charlotte Goddard meets some of those taking part

Nursery Management exclusive: Childminding - Counting the cost

Features

Monday, September 21, 2015

| Nursery World

The impact of underfunding of the free entitlement for childminders has been revealed - with two thirds making a loss. Charlotte Goddard reports.

Exclusive: Living wage to create funding gap of hundreds of millions

News

Monday, August 24, 2015

| Nursery World

The introduction of the 'national living wage' (NLW) next April will push the nursery sector into a deficit running into hundreds of millions of pounds without serious commitment from the Government to reforming the system of childcare funding.

'Chronic childcare shortages risk Government plans'

News

Friday, June 26, 2015

| Nursery World

Local authorities’ failure to monitor childcare provision, and a lack of available places, risks putting the Government’s childcare plans in jeopardy, warns a new report.

Applications open for childcare social investment fund

News

Friday, March 27, 2015

| Nursery World

More details of how early years providers can apply for grants of up to £50,000 in social investment funding have been released.

Sam Gyimah launches £500,000 childcare social investment fund

News

Thursday, February 26, 2015

| Nursery World

Early years providers will be able to apply for a share of a new fund designed to encourage the corporate sector to invest in the childcare market.

Hard facts of funding gap revealed

News

Monday, November 17, 2014

| Nursery World

The true scale of the funding shortfall for childcare places in the early years sector is revealed in new research from the Pre-School Learning Alliance. Ruth Thomson takes a look at the numbers.

Nursery Chains: Policy - Election watch

Features

Monday, November 17, 2014

| Nursery World

As the politicians gear up for next year's general election, Nursery World asked six nursery chains what policies they would like to see the parties committing to. Interviews by Charlotte Goddard.

Rising demand drives nursery sector to £4.9 bn

News

Wednesday, November 12, 2014

| Nursery World

The expansion of Government-funded places for two-year-olds and better economic conditions has driven demand for children’s nurseries, according to a new report.

Nursery Management: Nurseries on school sites - Back to school

Features

Monday, September 22, 2014

| Nursery World

The drive for young children to attend school-run nurseries is causing some concern, but could it be an opportunity for the PVI nursery sector? Meredith Jones Russell looks at the pros and cons.

DfE publishes childminder agency pilot evaluation

News

Friday, September 5, 2014

| Nursery World

Research into the pilot of childminder agencies has been published by the Department for Education.

Childcare fees now higher than mortgage, but rise slows

News

Tuesday, March 4, 2014

| Nursery World

Families pay on average more for childcare than their mortgage, according to the annual childcare costs survey by the Family and Childcare Trust.

Funding shortfalls burn a bigger hole in nursery pockets

News

Monday, February 24, 2014

| Nursery World

Providing early education places for three- and four-year-olds is leaving nurseries nearly twice as much out of pocket than a year ago, a new survey suggests.

NDNA reveals programme for 2014 conference

News

Friday, January 24, 2014

| Nursery World

Politicians and industry experts will join bestselling children’s author Jez Alborough and hundreds of delegates from the early years sector at the National Day Nurseries Association (NDNA) 2014 Essential Nursery Conference in June.

Nick Clegg speaks out against Michael Gove's free schools

News

Monday, October 21, 2013

| Nursery World

The Deputy Prime Minister is expected to say this week that he believes free schools have too much freedom.

Exclusive - Minister says rates and VAT changes may be considered

News

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.

Nursery Management free with Nursery World

News

Monday, September 23, 2013

| Nursery World

Get up to speed with the all the latest Government proposals and find out what they could mean for your business by taking a look at the current issue of our Nursery Management supplement.

Nursery Management: Sustainability - Swings and roundabouts?

Features

Wednesday, September 18, 2013

| Nursery World

With the Government making plans to create a more flexible and responsive childcare market, Karen Faux asks professionals for their suggestions for improvement on provision.

Ofsted Big Conversation weekend - latest meetings

News

Thursday, August 29, 2013

| Nursery World

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

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Spending Review: Chancellor reveals more details of 30-hour childcare

Nursery Chains: Policy - Doubling up

Nursery Management exclusive: Childminding - Counting the cost

Exclusive: Living wage to create funding gap of hundreds of millions

'Chronic childcare shortages risk Government plans'

Applications open for childcare social investment fund

Sam Gyimah launches £500,000 childcare social investment fund

Hard facts of funding gap revealed

Nursery Chains: Policy - Election watch

Rising demand drives nursery sector to £4.9 bn

Nursery Management: Nurseries on school sites - Back to school

DfE publishes childminder agency pilot evaluation

Childcare fees now higher than mortgage, but rise slows

Funding shortfalls burn a bigger hole in nursery pockets

NDNA reveals programme for 2014 conference

Nick Clegg speaks out against Michael Gove's free schools

Exclusive - Minister says rates and VAT changes may be considered

Nursery Management free with Nursery World

Nursery Management: Sustainability - Swings and roundabouts?

Ofsted Big Conversation weekend - latest meetings

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