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Friday, July 1, 2016

| Nursery World

Sam Gyimah has promised a review of the GCSE requirements at Level 3.

Child poverty rise triggers Brexit warnings

Wednesday, June 29, 2016

| Nursery World

Children’s charities are urging the Government to rule out further welfare cuts amid Brexit uncertainty, after it was revealed child poverty rose by 200,000 last year.

Sector airs views on red tape

Monday, June 27, 2016

| Nursery World

With the forthcoming expansion of the free entitlement, the overwhelming message from the sector is that early years businesses need help to ensure provision can grow to meet the demand.

Twinkles Nursery group's urban expansion

Wednesday, June 22, 2016

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A nursery chain is celebrating adding a sixth site to its portfolio after planners approved the conversion of a former city centre office building.

Sector responds to cutting red tape review

Tuesday, June 14, 2016

| Nursery World

The sector has responded boldly to the Government’s review of the red tape burdening early years provision, amid fears of a ‘tipping point’.

Policy Guide: The Childcare Act 2016

Thursday, June 2, 2016

| Nursery World

At just eight clauses long, the Childcare Act is the law which brings the 30 hours into force.

Serious case reviews to be axed in child protection shakeup

Tuesday, May 31, 2016

| Nursery World

Serious case reviews are to be scrapped, the government has announced.

Underfunding: Chain restricts funded-only 15-hour places

Friday, May 27, 2016

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A nursery chain which has defended a ‘general extras’ charge as necessary to subsidise government-funded places has published a new policy to help get around the problem.

Government forges ahead with academy plans in Queen's Speech

Wednesday, May 18, 2016

| Nursery World

The Government has included an Education for All Bill in the Queen's Speech, with proposals for under-performing schools to be forcibly converted to academies.

Unions call for halt to academisation

Tuesday, May 17, 2016

| Nursery World

Teaching unions are warning against the Government’s plans to press ahead with a new Education Bill in the Queen’s Speech.

Childcare workers: changes to disqualification arrangements

Friday, May 6, 2016

| Nursery World

The Government is seeking views on proposals to make changes to the childcare disqualification arrangements in England.

Government consults on 'unfair' disqualification rules

Friday, May 6, 2016

| Nursery World

The Government is considering scrapping ‘disqualification by association’ rules for some settings, following heavy criticism from the early years sector, and is inviting comment on three consultation options.

Early years free entitlement 'crisis' in spotlight

Friday, April 22, 2016

| Nursery World

Sector leaders have criticised the administration of the early years free entitlement during an inquiry considering the DfE’s £2.7 billion investment.

Public Accounts Committee to discuss free entitlement concerns

Tuesday, April 19, 2016

| Nursery World

Early years providers are being put off offering the free entitlement because of faults with the slow payment regime used by local authorities, a parliamentary committee has been told.

Town hall leaders flag academies' capacity concerns

Monday, April 18, 2016

| Nursery World

Schools may become disconnected from local need once they all become academies, local authority chiefs have warned, as more than half a million children receive their primary offers today (Monday).

Calls for 'highly selective' primary schools to change ways

Friday, April 15, 2016

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Campaigners are calling for fairer admissions procedures after research revealed more than 1,500 primary schools in England are 'highly selective' and could be harming life chances of disadvantaged children.

Consultation on 30-hour free childcare entitlement

Monday, April 4, 2016

| Nursery World

The Government is seeking views on key elements of the operation and delivery of the 30 hours extended free entitlement for the working parents of three- and four-year-olds.

Cutting red tape - sector review: childcare

Monday, April 4, 2016

| Nursery World

A review into early years childcare providers, seeking to understand regulatory burdens to business

DfE to consult on information sharing between childcare providers and schools

Thursday, March 24, 2016

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A new consultation on how information sharing can help drive the 30 hours entitlement will happen later this year, the childcare minister said this week.

Future of state-run nursery schools ‘in doubt’ after Budget

Monday, March 21, 2016

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More than 400 state-run nursery schools could ‘disappear at a stroke’ under the Government’s plan to turn all schools into academies, a leading early years specialist has warned.

Multi-Agency Working: Part 3 - Big data

Monday, March 21, 2016

| Nursery World

Data systems commonly pose big problems for providers, local authorities and health trusts alike. In the third part of our series on information sharing, Hannah Crown looks at computer-related challenges

Nursery Management: Ratios - Keeping it in proportion

Monday, March 21, 2016

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Childcare ratios have been a hot topic since former minister Liz Truss opened this particular Pandora’s Box in 2013. Jo Parkes looks at what we can learn from comparable systems abroad

Nursery Management: References - An impossible requirement?

Monday, March 21, 2016

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Ofsted wants nurseries to seek staff references – but an employer was recently sued for providing a negative one. Beena Nadeem investigates how settings can weigh up the options

DfE does not possess the data used in childcare costs report

Monday, March 21, 2016

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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.

Consultation on high needs funding reform