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Childcare providers among hundreds of firms not eligible for Government help

Wednesday, April 15, 2020

| Nursery World

The Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) has been inundated with emails from the self-employed and small companies, including childcare providers, that are missing out on Government support during the coronavirus crisis.

30 Hours, Part 7: Working in Wigan

Features

Monday, May 15, 2017

| Nursery World

Parents in Wigan have been encouraged to get a job or take on more work because of the 30 hours, finds Charlotte Goddard

Report suggests relaxing ratios and giving childminder agencies greater powers will ease childcare costs

News

Friday, August 12, 2022

| Nursery World

A new report looking at ways to reform childcare recommends staff: child ratios be relaxed further than the proposed 1:5 in 'good' and 'outstanding' nurseries and suggests childminder agencies take on a larger role within the sector.

DfE study finds quality ‘does not cost substantially more’

News

Monday, February 6, 2017

| Nursery World

Higher-quality early years education does not involve ‘substantially higher cost’, according to new research commissioned by the DfE, which also found that maintained provision has higher delivery costs than the PVI sector.

30 hours action - can we agree?

Opinion

Monday, November 6, 2017

| Nursery World

Neil Leitch calls on the early years sector to find common ground and work together in lobbying for change to the 30 hours policy

30 Hours, Part 5: York - Collective action

Features

Monday, March 20, 2017

| Nursery World

York’s pilot was hit when providers refused to take part. What is happening now the rate has been raised, asks Charlotte Goddard, while James Hempsall gives his take on the pilot

30 Hours, Part 3: Staffordshire - Reaching out

Features

Monday, January 23, 2017

| Nursery World

Pilot area Staffordshire is liaising with local employers to find parents eligible for the funded hours, reports Charlotte Goddard

Council cut brings end to charity-run children's centres

News

Friday, August 9, 2013

| Nursery World

Barnardo's and Action for Children have lost their contracts to run seven children's centres in Leicester in a council bid to save 1.7m a year.

Nursery group subsidising free places in Scottish settings

News

Monday, November 17, 2014

| Nursery World

Bertram has revealed it is subsidising places for three and four-year-old at its Glasgow settings because of a cap on its funded places.

Nurseries must 'innovate' to make funding work, childcare minister says

News

Friday, November 28, 2014

| Nursery World

Nurseries should make more use of ‘economies of scale’ to offer parents more affordable childcare, Sam Gyimah has said.

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.

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.

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.

Local authority tells settings not to charge for funded twos

News

Monday, April 15, 2019

| Nursery World

As providers increasingly move to charging parents of disadvantaged two-year-olds for ‘extras’, one local authority body has recommended settings refrain from doing so.

30 hours policy 'entrenches inequality' says social mobility watchdog

News

Tuesday, April 30, 2019

| Nursery World

The Government should extend its 30 hours offer to those working eight hours per week and eventually to all unemployed parents, the Social Mobility Commission said today.

Poor areas hit hardest by rising nursery closures

News

Thursday, September 12, 2019

| Nursery World

More nurseries are closing in the most deprived areas of the country than elsewhere, according to analysis by the National Day Nurseries Association.

Nurseries challenge childcare minister on 30-hours policy

News

Friday, October 13, 2017

| Nursery World

Nursery owners have criticised children and families minister Robert Goodwill, claiming that comments he made to providers after a meeting in Westminster show a ‘lack of knowledge and understanding’ of 30-hours funding.

Budget failings to cost nursery sector nearly half a billion pounds

News

Wednesday, November 14, 2018

| Nursery World

The cost to private and voluntary nurseries of last month’s budget is £437m according to an analysis by the National Day Nurseries Association.

New research finds childcare has poor record on minimum wage

News

Thursday, August 3, 2017

| Nursery World

Childcare bosses are among the most likely not to pay the minimum wage, two recent reports have found.

Big groups limit places and charge for extras

News

Monday, September 18, 2017

| Nursery World

Providers with nurseries throughout the country tell Nursery World how they are making the 30 hours sustainable.

Ratios debate 'will rear its head again'

Opinion

Friday, April 27, 2018

| Nursery World

The Government is gearing up to try and relax ratios again, argues Christie and Co's Courteney Donaldson, managing director of childcare and education

Tax-Free Childcare goes live

News

Monday, April 24, 2017

| Nursery World

From today, working parents of children under four can start using Tax-Free Childcare, as well as sign up ahead of the 30-hour September roll-out.

DfE publishes 30 hours guide for early years providers and councils

News

Monday, April 24, 2017

| Nursery World

The Department for Education has published operational guidance for 30-hour childcare.

Provider goodwill is running out

Opinion

Thursday, November 19, 2015

| Nursery World

Linda Symons, owner of Kidz Kabin, London, says the 30-hour policy is untenable, and parents should know the truth about the cost

'Low-pay childcare sector can't afford National Living Wage'

News

Friday, April 1, 2016

| Nursery World

The national living wage has come into force today - as childcare providers say they cannot afford to pay it without raising fees.

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Childcare providers among hundreds of firms not eligible for Government help

30 Hours, Part 7: Working in Wigan

Report suggests relaxing ratios and giving childminder agencies greater powers will ease childcare costs

DfE study finds quality ‘does not cost substantially more’

30 hours action - can we agree?

30 Hours, Part 5: York - Collective action

30 Hours, Part 3: Staffordshire - Reaching out

Council cut brings end to charity-run children's centres

Nursery group subsidising free places in Scottish settings

Nurseries must 'innovate' to make funding work, childcare minister says

Providers facing real-term funding cut while costs rise

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

Early Years Pupil Premium Part 1: Staff measures

Local authority tells settings not to charge for funded twos

30 hours policy 'entrenches inequality' says social mobility watchdog

Poor areas hit hardest by rising nursery closures

Nurseries challenge childcare minister on 30-hours policy

Budget failings to cost nursery sector nearly half a billion pounds

New research finds childcare has poor record on minimum wage

Big groups limit places and charge for extras

Ratios debate 'will rear its head again'

Tax-Free Childcare goes live

DfE publishes 30 hours guide for early years providers and councils

Provider goodwill is running out

'Low-pay childcare sector can't afford National Living Wage'

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