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Government lobbied to keep vouchers to save on childcare costs

Monday, February 20, 2017

| Nursery World

Parents should continue to have the option of using childcare vouchers, say campaigners, who are calling on the Government to scrap plans to stop new users from being able to register for them.

Parents say childcare quality is falling

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Tuesday, February 14, 2017

| Nursery World

UK families say that childcare settings have got worse in the last five years, according to reviews reported to the Good Care Guide.

Big issues: Follow the story

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Friday, January 13, 2017

| Nursery World

Do you want to keep up to speed on the Government’s 30-hour childcare policy and what it means for your setting?

Nursery Management: Working With Parents - More than words

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Monday, March 21, 2016

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Overcoming a language barrier with families who speak little English requires time and effort, but is rewarding. By Karen Faux

New report calls for radical reform to create anti-poverty childcare system

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Wednesday, January 27, 2016

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A simpler funding system, where parents pay for the cost of their childcare outside the free 15 hours on a sliding scale based on their income, has been proposed by the Family and Childcare Trust.

Children's centres improve parenting for poor families

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Friday, December 18, 2015

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Children’s centres in poor areas help disadvantaged families to develop parenting skills, improve mothers’ mental health and children's learning at home, research shows.

Nurseries and childminders gain right to ask to run school site provision

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Monday, December 7, 2015

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Childcare providers will be able to ask schools if they can use their premises to run before and after-school and holiday childcare when they are not using them.

Minister confirms workforce strategy for next year

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Friday, December 4, 2015

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Childcare minister Sam Gyimah has confirmed that there will be a workforce strategy established next year.

Early Years Pupil Premium: part 2 - All aboard

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Monday, November 2, 2015

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How are settings using the EYPP to work with parents? In the second of a seven-part series, Charlotte Goddard investigates

My best course - Understanding behaviour

Features

Monday, July 27, 2015

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A five-day intensive course on psychotherapy gave practitioner Rachel Cowie the tools to understand children's motives.

Tax-Free Childcare delayed until 2017

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Thursday, July 2, 2015

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Tax-free childcare (TFC) has been delayed until early 2017, following a legal challenge from the childcare voucher provider companies.

Families could be worse off under tax-free childcare

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Monday, June 1, 2015

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As the Government presses ahead with plans to introduce Tax-Free Childcare (TFC) and offer 30 hours a week of free childcare for working parents, childcare voucher companies are warning that middle-income families could miss out on savings.

Working Mum - Staying power

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Monday, May 4, 2015

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High staff turnover is not only a concern for management - many parents see it as a warning sign, says Working Mum.

Conservatives pledge to double free childcare hours

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Tuesday, April 14, 2015

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A Conservative Government would increase free early education for three- and four-year-olds to 30 hours a week and boost hourly rates paid to providers.