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New apprenticeships funding system 'will widen training and jobs gap'

Monday, March 27, 2017

| Nursery World

The apprenticeship levy will worsen the North-South divide in training opportunities and jobs, a leading think-tank has warned.

PVI sector's voice not heard on schools forums

News

Monday, June 12, 2017

| Nursery World

The Pre-school Learning Alliance is calling for a shake-up of the way local authority education funding decisions are made.

Late payments: Running dry

Features

Tuesday, May 15, 2018

| Nursery World

What can providers do if faced with late payments from their local authority? Do they have any legal redress? Meredith Jones Russell reports

Think tank puts forward ideas to fix the UK's 'broken' childcare system

News

Friday, December 2, 2022

| Nursery World

A new report calls for the UK’s ‘broken childcare’ system to be fixed, providing recommendations to tackle its ‘complexity, inflexibility’ and the ‘dysfunctional provider market’.

DfE announces increases to early years funding that are branded 'tokenistic' by sector

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Friday, December 16, 2022

| Nursery World

The DfE has announced that childcare funding is to rise by 3.4 per cent for three and four-year-olds and by 4 per cent for two-year-olds in 2023-24, while an extra £20m is being provided to help cover minimum wage increases

‘Complete chaos’ for parents trying to access the extended funding for two-year-olds

News

Monday, January 15, 2024

| Nursery World

Thousands of parents are struggling to get their code to take up the extended hours and to find a setting that is offering funded places.

Business energy prices to be cut by half under new Government support

News

Wednesday, September 21, 2022

| Nursery World

Energy bills for UK businesses will be cut by around half their expected level this winter under new emergency support from the Government to help those facing rising costs.

Costs: Part 3: Business Rates - It's complicated

Features

Monday, August 8, 2016

| Nursery World

The Government’s plans for business rate relief for small companies garnered headlines, but with them come reforms making it harder to appeal. Karen Faux delves into the detail

Capital Funding - Making room for 30 hours

Features

Monday, August 8, 2016

| Nursery World

Thinking of extending for the 30 hours? Shannon Hawthorne, press and public affairs director at Pre-school Learning Alliance, gives the lowdown on the Government’s capital funding scheme

Nursery Management: Business - Costs cocktail

Features

Monday, March 21, 2016

| Nursery World

How is the impact of the 30 hours, National Living Wage and other increased business costs going to be felt across the sector? Hannah Crown reports

Nursery Management: 30 Hours: Funding Rates - Number crunch

Features

Monday, March 20, 2017

| Nursery World

The way that councils are setting rates for 30 hours funding varies widely across the country. Jo Parkes assesses some big differences in approach

NDNA survey: most settings wary of 30 hours

News

Monday, February 22, 2016

| Nursery World

The latest NDNA survey finds funding and the 30 hours policy causing nurseries concern

Nursery group secures £1.6m loan to support business during pandemic

News

Thursday, April 9, 2020

| Nursery World

Children 1st has secured a £1.6 million loan to support the business during the coronavirus crisis and keep nurseries open for key workers.

Government makes U-turn on nurseries' access to furlough cash

News

Friday, April 17, 2020

| Nursery World

The Government has backtracked on the amount of financial support that early years providers can access from ‘free entitlement’ funding and the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (furloughing) in a move described as ‘a kick in the teeth’.

Sharp rise in number of nurseries making a loss – survey

News

Thursday, September 9, 2021

| Nursery World

More than eight in ten private, voluntary or independent nurseries in England are making a loss or only just breaking even, according to a survey by the National Day Nurseries Association.

First Cornish language pre-school to open

News

Friday, November 8, 2013

| Nursery World

A not for profit organisation is seeking funding to open the first full-time Cornish language nursery school in the United Kingdom next year.

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: Childminders - Space invaders

Features

Monday, September 19, 2016

| Nursery World

Children’s centres provide childminders and parents with a crucial place to meet and access services, but many are closing. New mum Gabriella Jozwiak finds out what is replacing them

DfE offers childminder start-up grants for 30 hours

News

Friday, February 24, 2017

| Nursery World

Newly registered childminders and childminder agencies can apply for grants of up to £1,000, if they are planning to offer the Government’s funded 30-hour childcare places.

Early roll-out study shows childcare providers 'willing and able' to offer 30 hours

News

Thursday, August 31, 2017

| Nursery World

An evaluation of the second round of the 30 hours pilot found the majority of providers were willing and able to offer the extended entitlement, says the DfE.

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New apprenticeships funding system 'will widen training and jobs gap'

PVI sector's voice not heard on schools forums

Late payments: Running dry

Think tank puts forward ideas to fix the UK's 'broken' childcare system

DfE announces increases to early years funding that are branded 'tokenistic' by sector

‘Complete chaos’ for parents trying to access the extended funding for two-year-olds

Business energy prices to be cut by half under new Government support

Costs: Part 3: Business Rates - It's complicated

Capital Funding - Making room for 30 hours

Nursery Management: Business - Costs cocktail

Nursery Management: 30 Hours: Funding Rates - Number crunch

NDNA survey: most settings wary of 30 hours

Nursery group secures £1.6m loan to support business during pandemic

Government makes U-turn on nurseries' access to furlough cash

Sharp rise in number of nurseries making a loss – survey

First Cornish language pre-school to open

Big issues: Follow the story

Nursery Management: Childminders - Space invaders

DfE offers childminder start-up grants for 30 hours

Early roll-out study shows childcare providers 'willing and able' to offer 30 hours

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