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Most of the providers who responded to the Government’s call for evidence on funded places did not give figures, leaving the Department for Education unable to understand the costs of providing free hours.

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.

Funding - the hard facts

Opinion

Monday, August 24, 2015

| Nursery World

Pre-school Learning Alliance Chief Executive Neil Leitch says the Government must look at the evidence when revising free hours funding

GCSE rules scrapped for standalone Level 3 EYEs

News

Friday, July 31, 2015

| Nursery World

The requirement for those taking standalone Level 3 Early Years Educator courses to have GCSE English and Maths at Grade C or above before starting the qualification has been removed just before the new funding year begins on 1 August.

Danger of childcare workforce shortage without wage increase

News

Friday, July 24, 2015

| Nursery World

Low pay in the childcare sector could lead to a shortage in staff, warns a new report.

Nurseries invited to take part in National Living Wage survey

News

Friday, July 17, 2015

| Nursery World

The National Day Nurseries Association (NDNA) has launched a survey to assess the impact the National Living Wage will have on providers.

Alliance publishes free guides to help nurseries contribute to the funding review

News

Thursday, July 16, 2015

| Nursery World

New guidance to help early years settings calculate the real cost of providing funded childcare places is now available.

Living wage would add thousands to weekly costs, report finds

News

Thursday, June 25, 2015

| Nursery World

Settings in Birmingham would have to increase budgets by nearly a fifth to pay staff the living wage, a landmark report has found.

Alliance calls for comprehensive analysis of free places costs

News

Wednesday, June 3, 2015

| Nursery World

The Pre-school Learning Alliance is calling for an in-depth review of funded childcare, amid concerns that the Government has ‘severely under-costed’ its 30-hour plan.

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.

Exclusive - Analysis uncovers true cost of party childcare pledges

News

Tuesday, May 5, 2015

| Nursery World

Data experts have costed the three main parties' pledges on extended free childcare.

Council backs down over funded places plans for nursery staff

News

Wednesday, April 1, 2015

| Nursery World

Lancashire County Council has made a dramatic climbdown over its decision to ban nursery workers with related children in their nursery from claiming free hours funding.

Applications open for childcare social investment fund

News

Friday, March 27, 2015

| Nursery World

More details of how early years providers can apply for grants of up to £50,000 in social investment funding have been released.

EYFS Best Practice: An essential guide to ... spending the EYPP

Features

Monday, March 23, 2015

| Nursery World

When the Early Years Pupil Premium comes in this April, it will be up to providers how they channel the funding. Charlotte Goddard looks at what settings should be thinking about

Nursery Management: Property - Ready cash

Features

Monday, March 23, 2015

| Nursery World

Sale-and-leaseback schemes offer a chance for both new and established providers to release capital. Courteney Donaldson, director and head of childcare at Christie & Co, sets out the detail.

Nursery Management: Nutrition - Tea for twos

Features

Monday, March 23, 2015

| Nursery World

Many nurseries taking some of the most disadvantaged two-year-olds in the country are providing free meals to ensure good nutrition, but often out of their own pocket. Gabriella Jozwiak reports.

Providers facing real-term funding cut while costs rise

News

Monday, March 23, 2015

| Nursery World

Early years providers are facing a real-term cut in funding to deliver three and four-year-old places in 2015/16, amid increases to business and running costs.

Early Years Pupil Premium: Can nurseries make the EYPP work?

News

Monday, February 9, 2015

| Nursery World

The early years pupil premium comes into effect this April. But while the extra funding is welcome, the initiative looks likely to present some challenges for settings, as Charlotte Goddard explains.

Teaching schools awarded £5m to boost early years provision

News

Thursday, January 29, 2015

| Nursery World

Sixty teaching schools will share £5m of Government funding in partnerships with local nurseries.

Nurseries face 'chronic' under-funding

News

Wednesday, January 14, 2015

| Nursery World

Nurseries are losing £800 per child per year on funded places for three-and four-year-olds, according to the annual survey from the National Day Nurseries Association.

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Providers' failure to provide detailed costs leaves DfE in the dark

Early Years Pupil Premium Part 1: Staff measures

Nursery Management exclusive: Childminding - Counting the cost

Fundraising - Find it for free

Funding - the hard facts

GCSE rules scrapped for standalone Level 3 EYEs

Danger of childcare workforce shortage without wage increase

Nurseries invited to take part in National Living Wage survey

Alliance publishes free guides to help nurseries contribute to the funding review

Living wage would add thousands to weekly costs, report finds

Alliance calls for comprehensive analysis of free places costs

Families could be worse off under tax-free childcare

Exclusive - Analysis uncovers true cost of party childcare pledges

Council backs down over funded places plans for nursery staff

Applications open for childcare social investment fund

EYFS Best Practice: An essential guide to ... spending the EYPP

Nursery Management: Property - Ready cash

Nursery Management: Nutrition - Tea for twos

Providers facing real-term funding cut while costs rise

Early Years Pupil Premium: Can nurseries make the EYPP work?

Teaching schools awarded £5m to boost early years provision

Nurseries face 'chronic' under-funding

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