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Working Mum: Club rules

Monday, August 11, 2014

| Nursery World

Lack of suitable out-of-school provision presents difficulties for parents forced to juggle responsibilities, says Working Mum.

Low-income, shift worker parents forced to use low quality nurseries

News

Friday, July 25, 2014

| Nursery World

Parents on low-incomes or working ‘unstable’ hours are forced to use poorer quality settings, a charity warns.

Survey reveals extent of budget cuts to children's centres

News

Tuesday, July 22, 2014

| Nursery World

More than £82m has been cut from children’s centre budgets, according to figures from public sector union Unison.

Parents forced to take time off work because of holiday childcare shortage

News

Friday, July 18, 2014

| Nursery World

Nearly one in five parents has taken sick leave to care for their child because of a lack of available holiday childcare.

Funded early education hours not enough to 'narrow the gap'

News

Wednesday, July 16, 2014

| Nursery World

Parents with young children who work 20 hours a week or more should be entitled to up to 25 hours a week of free early education, a think tank has proposed.

Early years expert group's 12-point general election plan

News

Monday, July 14, 2014

| Nursery World

Early years experts are calling for a new dedicated early years framework for all children from birth to seven.

Parliamentary inquiry highlights childcare crisis for disabled children

News

Tuesday, July 8, 2014

| Nursery World

Four in ten parents of disabled three- and four-year-olds are unable to access their right to 15-hours of childcare, an investigation has found.

Peers to look at the affordability of childcare

News

Friday, July 4, 2014

| Nursery World

The House of Lords has set up an inquiry to examine how pre-school childcare in England is funded.

Labour's energy freeze and business rate cuts will save PVI providers thousands

News

Friday, June 20, 2014

| Nursery World

The Labour party says its plans to freeze energy prices and cut business rates will save childcare providers at least £26 million.

Think tank urges the next Government to introduce year-round free universal childcare

News

Friday, June 20, 2014

| Nursery World

A new report by the IPPR calls for year-round free part-time childcare for two- to four-year-olds, paid for by freezing child benefit.

Boosting parents' basic skills would improve young children's vocabulary

News

Thursday, June 19, 2014

| Nursery World

Researchers have called on the government to improve parents’ literacy and numeracy skills to help them support their children’s academic progress.

Truss to revisit role of children's centres

News

Wednesday, June 18, 2014

| Nursery World

The education and childcare minister has agreed to look again at the core purpose of Sure Start children’s centres.

Working Mum - A sinking feeling

Features

Monday, June 16, 2014

| Nursery World

How practitioners deal with an incident such as biting can make a big difference to the outcome for child and parent, says Working Mum

Survey seeks sector views on the twos scheme

News

Sunday, June 15, 2014

| Nursery World

Early years practitioners are invited to have their say on the disadvantaged two-year-old programme via TACTYC’s new online survey.

Children's centres successfully targeting deprived families

News

Friday, June 13, 2014

| Nursery World

Children’s centres reached more than nine in ten of the neediest families in a year, shows new Government research.

Tax-free childcare not the solution, argues new report

News

Wednesday, June 4, 2014

| Nursery World

Today’s Queen’s Speech is expected to include the Tax-Free Childcare Bill, the coalition Government’s answer to making childcare more affordable and flexible for working parents.

Labour's childcare plans could help thousands of mothers back to work

News

Thursday, May 8, 2014

| Nursery World

New analysis shows that Labour's plans to extend free childcare to 25 hours a week could help 135,000 more mothers return to work.

Nursery group seeks chair for new parents' forum

News

Wednesday, April 30, 2014

| Nursery World

The Co-operative Childcare is looking for an independent chairperson with experience of early years.

Risk of school starting age at two, report warns

News

Wednesday, April 16, 2014

| Nursery World

Some primary schools’ practice of giving priority places to children who have attended their nurseries, means that children are effectively starting school at two, the children’s commissioner has warned.

Labour brands Government parenting classes ‘a failure’

News

Friday, April 4, 2014

| Nursery World

Labour has accused the Government of wasting thousands of pounds on parenting classes after figures revealed that just 4 per cent of eligible parents in the pilot areas took part.

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Working Mum: Club rules

Low-income, shift worker parents forced to use low quality nurseries

Survey reveals extent of budget cuts to children's centres

Parents forced to take time off work because of holiday childcare shortage

Funded early education hours not enough to 'narrow the gap'

Early years expert group's 12-point general election plan

Parliamentary inquiry highlights childcare crisis for disabled children

Peers to look at the affordability of childcare

Labour's energy freeze and business rate cuts will save PVI providers thousands

Think tank urges the next Government to introduce year-round free universal childcare

Boosting parents' basic skills would improve young children's vocabulary

Truss to revisit role of children's centres

Working Mum - A sinking feeling

Survey seeks sector views on the twos scheme

Children's centres successfully targeting deprived families

Tax-free childcare not the solution, argues new report

Labour's childcare plans could help thousands of mothers back to work

Nursery group seeks chair for new parents' forum

Risk of school starting age at two, report warns

Labour brands Government parenting classes ‘a failure’

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