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2m fund to boost childcare start-ups

Wednesday, May 1, 2013

| Nursery World

A 2m scheme to encourage more people to set up as childminders, open nurseries and get more women into work has opened for applications.

30-hour childcare: 4 in 10 providers fear closure in the next 12 months

News

Tuesday, September 4, 2018

| Nursery World

A Pre-school Learning Alliance survey shows childcare providers are increasingly fighting to stay open, one year after the policy was introduced.

EXCLUSIVE: Big divide in nursery losses

News

Monday, November 26, 2018

| Nursery World

Nursery World’s exclusive investigation into the first year of the 30 hours reveals stark variations in nursery closures across the country.

Nursery owners’ desperate measures to survive

News

Monday, April 30, 2018

| Nursery World

Childcare providers are relying on financial support from family and friends or additional income revenues to keep their businesses afloat.

Nurseries forced to increase fees for thousands of parents – survey

News

Friday, December 2, 2022

| Nursery World

Nursery fees for 83 per cent of parents have either increased or are set to increase in the next two months, reveals new research.

Grave concerns raised for the sector after minimum wage increase announced

News

Friday, November 18, 2022

| Nursery World

The sector is warning of mass closures of early years settings without more funding now that the national living wage is to rise to £10.42 an hour from next April.

LONG READ: Extended hours in chaos as councils leave settings in dark on rates

News

Tuesday, January 30, 2024

| Nursery World

Most local authorities have yet to tell providers how much they will receive for funded places, raising doubts over how many settings will be able to offer the entitlements. By Katy Morton

Special focus: Guide to latest management software

Features

Tuesday, February 27, 2024

| Nursery World

Amid the uncertainty surrounding the roll-out of the extended entitlements, early years settings need digital management tools now more than ever. By Karen Hart

Government starts to roll out childcare expansion, as sector highlights ongoing 'challenges'

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Tuesday, April 2, 2024

| Nursery World

As the Government’s childcare expansion for working parents of two-year-olds in England gets underway, sector organisations and nurseries continue to warn of the challenges facing the sector.

Why social enterprises in the early years sector are a force for good

Features

Tuesday, June 25, 2024

| Nursery World

London Early Years Foundation chief executive June O’Sullivan explains why the nursery group is setting up an Early Years Social Enterprises Collective

Poorer children could miss out on free childcare places, NAO warns

News

Wednesday, March 2, 2016

| Nursery World

Failure to get the funding right for the 30-hour childcare policy could lead to cuts to places for disadvantaged two-year-olds, the Government’s independent spending watchdog claims today.

Call for independent review after DfE response to funding queries

News

Wednesday, March 30, 2016

| Nursery World

Ceeda director Dr Jo Verrill unpicks the Government’s response to queries about how a range of costs have been accounted for in its 30-hour funding review - and finds some concerning gaps

Level 2 and 3 job-starters must have first-aid training

News

Monday, March 20, 2017

| Nursery World

All newly qualified Level 2 and 3 entrants to the early years workforce must have a paediatric first-aid (PFA) certificate within three months of starting work in order to be included in ratios.

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

Councils underspent £55m in early years funding which failed to reach providers

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Thursday, March 24, 2022

| Nursery World

The majority of local authorities are not passing on money left over from Government funding to deliver childcare places to providers, according to an analysis of responses to Freedom of Information requests.

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