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'Chronic childcare shortages risk Government plans'

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.

Providers facing real-term funding cut while costs rise

News

Monday, March 23, 2015

| Nursery World

Early years providers are facing a real-term cut in funding to deliver three and four-year-old places in 2015/16, amid increases to business and running costs.

Largest ever increase to National Minimum Wage from October

News

Tuesday, March 17, 2015

| Nursery World

The Prime Minister and Deputy Prime Minister have today announced increases to the national minimum wage, including a 20 per cent rise to the amount apprentices are paid an hour.

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.

Nurseries must 'innovate' to make funding work, childcare minister says

News

Friday, November 28, 2014

| Nursery World

Nurseries should make more use of ‘economies of scale’ to offer parents more affordable childcare, Sam Gyimah has said.

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.

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.

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.

Nursery Management: Two-Year-Olds - Loud and clear!

Features

Monday, March 24, 2014

| Nursery World

Now is the time for local authorities and providers to be taking a fresh look at how to communicate with eligible families. James Hempsall explains.

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.

NDNA calls for business rate exemption for nurseries

News

Tuesday, September 24, 2013

| Nursery World

The National Day Nurseries Association is calling for all nurseries to be exempt from business rates, following Ed Miliband's pledge to lower them for small businesses.

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.

Nursery Management: Policy - Q&A: Your guide to the Children and Families Bill

Features

Wednesday, September 18, 2013

| Nursery World

As this highly significant bill enters its final stages in Parliament, we ask Family and Childcare Trust policy and public affairs expert Adam Butler some key questions.

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.

Childcare tax relief is change for the good

Opinion

Wednesday, August 14, 2013

| Nursery World

Proposals for childcare vouchers may not offer immediate relief but their benefits will be felt in the long term says Susan McGhee, commercial director of Bertram Nursery Group

Most parents believe ratios in graduate-led settings are too high

News

Friday, July 26, 2013

| Nursery World

More than half of parents believe that nurseries should employ more staff to look after nursery age children, research by the Department for Education suggests.

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'Chronic childcare shortages risk Government plans'

Applications open for childcare social investment fund

Providers facing real-term funding cut while costs rise

Largest ever increase to National Minimum Wage from October

Sam Gyimah launches £500,000 childcare social investment fund

Nurseries must 'innovate' to make funding work, childcare minister says

Hard facts of funding gap revealed

Nursery Chains: Policy - Election watch

Rising demand drives nursery sector to £4.9 bn

DfE invites proposals for Reception Baseline Assessments

Nursery Management: Nurseries on school sites - Back to school

DfE publishes childminder agency pilot evaluation

Nursery Management: Two-Year-Olds - Loud and clear!

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

NDNA calls for business rate exemption for nurseries

Nursery Management free with Nursery World

Nursery Management: Sustainability - Swings and roundabouts?

Nursery Management: Policy - Q&A: Your guide to the Children and Families Bill

Ofsted Big Conversation weekend - latest meetings

Childcare tax relief is change for the good

Most parents believe ratios in graduate-led settings are too high

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