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Pre-school 'good' again following mobile phone pic downgrade

Wednesday, April 20, 2016

| Nursery World

A previously Outstanding pre-school branded Inadequate after it sent mobile phone photos of children to parents, has been upgraded again following a re-inspection.

30 hours funding: many in the dark, while some face cuts

News

Monday, April 4, 2016

| Nursery World

Early years providers around the country had not been informed of 2016/17 funding rates for three- and four-year-olds only a few days before the new financial year began.

Early Years Pupil Premium: Part 7 - Hi-tech tools

Features

Monday, April 4, 2016

| Nursery World

In the seventh part of our EYPP series, Charlotte Goddard visits some settings to discover how technology can raise outcomes

'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.

Nursery owners create 'Champagne nurseries, lemonade funding' video

News

Thursday, March 31, 2016

| Nursery World

The YouTube video has been launched by a group of nursery owners to campaign against the government’s policies on the free entitlement.

Call for independent review after DfE response to funding queries

News

Wednesday, March 30, 2016

| Nursery World

Ceeda director Dr Jo Verrill unpicks the Government’s response to queries about how a range of costs have been accounted for in its 30-hour funding review - and finds some concerning gaps

Funding - Missing pieces in the 30-hour funding review

Opinion

Monday, March 21, 2016

| Nursery World

The Government’s Review of childcare costs is supposed to set the sector’s mind at rest – but it only muddies the water further, says Neil Leitch, chief executive of the Pre-school Learning Alliance

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

DfE does not possess the data used in childcare costs report

News

Monday, March 21, 2016

| Nursery World

Research commissioned by the Department for Education as part of its review into the cost of expanding free childcare to 30 hours is not held by the DfE, Nursery World can reveal, despite being quoted 50 times in a key report.

Budget: Small nurseries taken out of business rates

News

Thursday, March 17, 2016

| Nursery World

Measure in yesterday's Budget set to affect the early years sector include a cut to business rates, a sugar levy and an extension to childcare vouchers.

More graduates eligible for Early Years Teacher training bursaries

News

Wednesday, March 9, 2016

| Nursery World

The DfE has extended the bursary scheme for graduate entry to Early Years Teacher Status courses to those with 2.2 degrees for 2016/17.

Early Years Pupil Premium: Part 6 - Adding it all up

Features

Monday, March 7, 2016

| Nursery World

The EYPP is a chance for settings to focus on numeracy, for both the children and the staff. Charlotte Goddard reports

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

Majority of nurseries may not offer 30-hour childcare

News

Wednesday, February 17, 2016

| Nursery World

The Government’s plans to double free childcare for parents of three- and four-year-olds could come to a grinding halt as fewer than half of the country’s nurseries say they are likely to offer the places.

Paying nursery staff just £1.45 an hour more could boost poor quality to outstanding

News

Wednesday, February 10, 2016

| Nursery World

The link between staff pay and a nursery's Ofsted grade is exposed in a new report by the Family and Childcare Trust.

Early Years Pupil Premium: Part 5 - Paying lip service

Features

Monday, February 8, 2016

| Nursery World

Many settings are spending EYPP money on communication and language schemes. Charlotte Goddard reports

Increase staff flexibility to make ends meet, says DfE

News

Monday, February 8, 2016

| Nursery World

Following the Government’s review of childcare costs, Dr Jo Verrill, managing director of Ceeda, asks if more use of ‘variable staffing models’ is feasible

New report calls for radical reform to create anti-poverty childcare system

News

Wednesday, January 27, 2016

| Nursery World

A simpler funding system, where parents pay for the cost of their childcare outside the free 15 hours on a sliding scale based on their income, has been proposed by the Family and Childcare Trust.

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

Learn how best to spend the EYPP at the Nursery World Show

Other

Thursday, January 7, 2016

| Nursery World

Nurseries and childminders will have to show Ofsted that they are using the Early Years Pupil Premium to best effect.

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

Minister confirms workforce strategy for next year

News

Friday, December 4, 2015

| Nursery World

Childcare minister Sam Gyimah has confirmed that there will be a workforce strategy established next year.

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.

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

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Pre-school 'good' again following mobile phone pic downgrade

30 hours funding: many in the dark, while some face cuts

Early Years Pupil Premium: Part 7 - Hi-tech tools

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

Nursery owners create 'Champagne nurseries, lemonade funding' video

Call for independent review after DfE response to funding queries

Funding - Missing pieces in the 30-hour funding review

Nursery Management: Business - Costs cocktail

DfE does not possess the data used in childcare costs report

Budget: Small nurseries taken out of business rates

More graduates eligible for Early Years Teacher training bursaries

Early Years Pupil Premium: Part 6 - Adding it all up

Poorer children could miss out on free childcare places, NAO warns

NDNA survey: most settings wary of 30 hours

Majority of nurseries may not offer 30-hour childcare

Paying nursery staff just £1.45 an hour more could boost poor quality to outstanding

Early Years Pupil Premium: Part 5 - Paying lip service

Increase staff flexibility to make ends meet, says DfE

New report calls for radical reform to create anti-poverty childcare system

Early Years Pupil Premium: Part 4 - Team effort

Learn how best to spend the EYPP at the Nursery World Show

Does the 30-hour funding stack up?

Minister confirms workforce strategy for next year

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

Provider goodwill is running out

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