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Nursery Management: Nurseries on school sites - Back to school

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 invites proposals for Reception Baseline Assessments

News

Monday, October 6, 2014

| Nursery World

The Department for Education (DfE) is inviting proposals from organisations to design and deliver Reception Baseline Assessments to schools from September 2015.

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.

MPs back co-location of nurseries and care

News

Friday, July 12, 2019

| Nursery World

An interim report from the All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Social Integration has called for nurseries to co-locate with care homes to encourage better relationships between generations.

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.

Women vital to boosting UK economy

News

Tuesday, June 4, 2013

| Nursery World

Extending childcare tax breaks and a business culture that 'embraces' flexible working for all are key recommendations from a report into maximising women's contribution to the economy.

Holiday childcare costs rise by 51 per cent since 2010

News

Tuesday, July 25, 2017

| Nursery World

The price of holiday childcare has more than doubled in some areas of the country since 2010, according to an analysis by Labour.

Private providers get to run council's settings

News

Friday, February 22, 2013

| Nursery World

Private and voluntary providers interested in expanding their businesses in Manchester have the chance to bid to take on the running of 29 daycare settings previously run by the council.

General Data Protection Regulation - Data Mayday

Features

Monday, February 5, 2018

| Nursery World

Under General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the way companies store and use data must change – or they could face a hefty fine. The Pre-school Learning Alliance gives the lowdown on the new laws

Help About Early Years measure the true cost of quality childcare

News

Monday, March 26, 2018

| Nursery World

Ceeda is calling on childcare providers to take part in current research on delivery costs, as part of the wider About Early Years research programme.

Consultation opens on changes to way LAs fund providers

News

Friday, April 5, 2013

| Nursery World

Ministers plan to change the way that nurseries and childminders are funded through local authorities, in a move towards developing a new national funding formula for free early education places.

Childcare minister claims 30 hours success but ready to listen

News

Monday, November 13, 2017

| Nursery World

Minister for children and families Robert Goodwill has insisted most nurseries are able to make the 30 hours offer work and parents are happy to pay for extras.

Budget 2023: Nurseries warn they 'need to see the sums' as Government plans major expansion in childcare for one- and two-year-olds

News

Wednesday, March 15, 2023

| Nursery World

Sector organisations have welcomed Treasury plans to increase funding for childcare by £4 billion, but experts have warned ‘the devil is in the detail’, amid nurseries closing due to the ongoing underfunding and recruitment crisis.

Brett Wigdortz: Landlords should be encouraged to accommodate childminders, but so should local authorities

Opinion

Monday, September 4, 2023

| Nursery World

An inability to obtain landlord permission is one of the most common reasons trainee childminders leave our registration process, says the chief executive of Tiney childminding agency.

Nursery Management: Ratios - Keeping it in proportion

Features

Monday, March 21, 2016

| Nursery World

Childcare ratios have been a hot topic since former minister Liz Truss opened this particular Pandora’s Box in 2013. Jo Parkes looks at what we can learn from comparable systems abroad

Home deeds stop childminders from working

News

Monday, August 20, 2018

| Nursery World

Childminders could be stopped from running businesses from home on new developments

Ex Montessori boss: Fraud trial set for 2017

News

Wednesday, July 27, 2016

| Nursery World

Former Montessori chief Philip Bujak will stand crown court trial in 2017 for his alleged role in a high-value plot to defraud the Montessori St Nicholas charity over the sale of one of its London buildings.

Sector response: early years national funding formula

News

Thursday, August 11, 2016

| Nursery World

Early years organsiations that have long campaigned for early years funding reform have broadly welcomed the plans.

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

News

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.

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.

More councils bow to pressure on ‘free’ 30-hour childcare

News

Monday, September 3, 2018

| Nursery World

Councils around the country are ditching the word ‘free’ to describe the 30 hours childcare offer in favour of ‘funded’ following sustained lobbying from early years providers.

Counting the cost of early years funding shortfalls

Opinion

Tuesday, September 18, 2018

| Nursery World

As recent reports reveal ongoing problems with the underfunding of the 30 hours, Neil Leitch, chief executive of the biggest voluntary sector provider the Pre-school Learning Alliance, calls for Government action, as he explains why it has closed more than 20 settings

Nadhim Zahawi promises 'deep dive' into nursery costs

News

Thursday, October 11, 2018

| Nursery World

The children’s minister has sought to reassure MPs that the Department for Education is looking into the costs of the 30-hour offer, while denying nursery closures are 'widespread'.

Childcare providers will struggle with rise to national wage rates

News

Tuesday, November 27, 2018

| Nursery World

Early years experts have warned that national wage increases could have a ‘devastating’ impact on the sector.

Tax-Free Childcare glitch leaves providers with an 'admin impossibility'

News

Wednesday, August 21, 2019

| Nursery World

An upgrade to the Tax-Free Childcare system has left providers unable to identify parents’ transactions.

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Nursery Management: Nurseries on school sites - Back to school

DfE invites proposals for Reception Baseline Assessments

Sam Gyimah launches £500,000 childcare social investment fund

MPs back co-location of nurseries and care

Funding shortfalls burn a bigger hole in nursery pockets

Women vital to boosting UK economy

Holiday childcare costs rise by 51 per cent since 2010

Private providers get to run council's settings

General Data Protection Regulation - Data Mayday

Help About Early Years measure the true cost of quality childcare

Consultation opens on changes to way LAs fund providers

Childcare minister claims 30 hours success but ready to listen

Budget 2023: Nurseries warn they 'need to see the sums' as Government plans major expansion in childcare for one- and two-year-olds

Brett Wigdortz: Landlords should be encouraged to accommodate childminders, but so should local authorities

Nursery Management: Ratios - Keeping it in proportion

Home deeds stop childminders from working

Ex Montessori boss: Fraud trial set for 2017

Sector response: early years national funding formula

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

Rising demand drives nursery sector to £4.9 bn

More councils bow to pressure on ‘free’ 30-hour childcare

Counting the cost of early years funding shortfalls

Nadhim Zahawi promises 'deep dive' into nursery costs

Childcare providers will struggle with rise to national wage rates

Tax-Free Childcare glitch leaves providers with an 'admin impossibility'

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