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The childcare market isn't working

Opinion

Friday, March 4, 2016

| Nursery World

Stephen Burke says that there is a looming crisis for the childcare market as new initiatives roll out

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.

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

Early Years Pupil Premium: Part 4 - Team effort

Features

Monday, January 11, 2016

| Nursery World

Whether it’s gin and tonic or apple crumble and custard, some things work better together than apart. By Charlotte Goddard

Does the 30-hour funding stack up?

News

Monday, December 14, 2015

| Nursery World

Following the announcements made in the Chancellor’s Autumn Spending Review, Dr Jo Verrill, managing director of research agency Ceeda, examines how providers will be affected financially

Spending Review: Chancellor reveals more details of 30-hour childcare

News

Wednesday, November 25, 2015

| Nursery World

Parents will need to work 16 hours a week to be eligible for 30 hours of free childcare from 2017, the Chancellor has confirmed.

Don't miss Nursery Chains Autumn 2015

News

Monday, November 16, 2015

| Nursery World

Our annual Nursery Chains supplement is out now, free with the latest issue of Nursery World.

Early Years Pupil Premium Part 1: Staff measures

Features

Monday, October 5, 2015

| Nursery World

In the first article in a seven-part series on the Early Years Pupil Premium, Charlotte Goddard explores how settings are closing the attainment gap through investment in staff.

Nursery Management exclusive: Childminding - Counting the cost

Features

Monday, September 21, 2015

| Nursery World

The impact of underfunding of the free entitlement for childminders has been revealed - with two thirds making a loss. Charlotte Goddard reports.

Fundraising - Find it for free

Features

Monday, September 7, 2015

| Nursery World

With the funding season about to start, education grants expert Caroline Voogd rounds up some places to look.

Exclusive: Living wage to create funding gap of hundreds of millions

News

Monday, August 24, 2015

| Nursery World

The introduction of the 'national living wage' (NLW) next April will push the nursery sector into a deficit running into hundreds of millions of pounds without serious commitment from the Government to reforming the system of childcare funding.