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Children as young as seven can show early signs of 'gang violence'

Tuesday, November 17, 2015

| Nursery World

A new series of reports call for early intervention to be made a priority to prevent children as young as seven at risk of gang involvement and youth violence turning to crime.

Early Years Pupil Premium: part 2 - All aboard

Features

Monday, November 2, 2015

| Nursery World

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

Government ploughed millions into Kids Company despite concerns

News

Thursday, October 29, 2015

| Nursery World

Collapsed charity Kids Company received at least £42 million from the Government despite repeated concerns about the way it was being run, an official spending watchdog has found.

Irish Government announces €85m package of childcare measures

News

Friday, October 23, 2015

| Nursery World

Delivering Budget 2016, Ireland’s ministers announced €85m in new childcare funding to improve the country’s provision.

Blackpool leads the way with new child development centre

News

Friday, October 23, 2015

| Nursery World

Blackpool's new Centre for Early Child Development combines expert knowledge and practice to improve children's lives in their first three years.

Chancellor extends parental leave to working grandparents

News

Monday, October 5, 2015

| Nursery World

Grandparents who give up work to look after their grandchildren will be able to claim a weekly childcare allowance, under new plans set out by chancellor George Osborne.

Local authorities urged to tackle child poverty in the early years

News

Monday, July 20, 2015

| Nursery World

England's children’s commissioner is calling for a focus on early intervention and investment to cut poverty for pre-school children.

Charity awarded funding to run SEN helplines

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Friday, July 17, 2015

| Nursery World

The charity for disabled children Contact a Family has been granted £600,000 by the Big Lottery Fund to provide information to families about the new SEN system.

Children's centres feel strain of cuts and mergers

News

Monday, July 13, 2015

| Nursery World

Children's centres are under immense pressure as reduced funding and support and the amalgamation of settings has increased their responsibilities and workloads.

Most parents plan to work longer hours with 30-hour childcare

News

Thursday, June 11, 2015

| Nursery World

A new survey suggests that a large majority of parents intend to take up the full 30-hour childcare offer.

Working parents need flexible, fully-funded 30-hour offer

News

Monday, June 8, 2015

| Nursery World

The plan to double free childcare for working parents must be properly funded or risks making life more difficult for them, Citizens Advice says.

Families could be worse off under tax-free childcare

News

Monday, June 1, 2015

| Nursery World

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.

Yvette Cooper calls for 'childcare revolution'

News

Tuesday, May 26, 2015

| Nursery World

Labour leader candidate Yvette Cooper wants to offer universal childcare for all pre-school children from the age of two.

Dramatic fall in children's centre funds, figures show

News

Friday, May 22, 2015

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Children’s centre funding has dropped by more than 35 per cent since 2010, an analysis by Barnardo’s has revealed.

Childminders speak out on related children funding ban

News

Monday, April 20, 2015

| Nursery World

The ongoing issue of childminders being unable to claim early education funding has come under the spotlight again, after Lancashire County Council was forced to back down on plans to stop the free entitlement for children related to nursery staff at their setting.

Projects for disadvantage get share of £1m fund

News

Monday, April 6, 2015

| Nursery World

Six projects designed to raise the attainment of disadvantaged children from the age of two have been granted a share of £1m in funding.

Parents call for an app for childcare

News

Friday, February 6, 2015

| Nursery World

Parents find it hard to find the right information about childcare in their area, according to research published today.

Parents save Tower Hamlets nurseries from closure

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Friday, December 5, 2014

| Nursery World

Campaigning parents have won a victory against Tower Hamlets Council to keep four nurseries providing specialist services for children with disabilities and learning difficulties open.