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Ministers launch consultation on childcare ratio changes

Monday, July 4, 2022

| Nursery World

The Government is pressing ahead with a consultation on changes to childcare ratios in England, despite widespread opposition from early years providers and parents to the plans.

Family support services need to do more to help minority ethnic families - report

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Thursday, June 30, 2022

| Nursery World

Minority ethnic families face additional challenges, including racism and discrimination, when accessing and receiving help from family support services, finds new research.

Summer holiday childcare costs forcing parents to take unpaid leave

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Tuesday, July 19, 2022

| Nursery World

Almost half of parents will have to take unpaid leave during the summer due to a lack of availability of childcare and ‘soaring’ costs as fees rise by 5 per cent in a year, reveals new research.

More Affordable Childcare: Plans for regulation shake-up for childcare set out

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Tuesday, July 16, 2013

| Nursery World

Proposals to make childcare more affordable and increase the provision of out-of-school childcare in schools have been set out today.

Children's charities slam child poverty strategy

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Thursday, February 27, 2014

| Nursery World

Charities have criticised the Government’s new child poverty strategy for lacking ambition, containing no new ideas, and being weak on areas such as affordable housing and the living wage.

Development of 5,000 two-year-olds tracked as part of Government-funded study

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Friday, October 18, 2013

| Nursery World

Research interviews began last week with families taking part in one of the largest ever Government-funded studies into early years education.

Childminders speak out on related children funding ban

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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.

Risk of school starting age at two, report warns

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Wednesday, April 16, 2014

| Nursery World

Some primary schools’ practice of giving priority places to children who have attended their nurseries, means that children are effectively starting school at two, the children’s commissioner has warned.

'Half a billion' funding black hole in 30-hours childcare

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Monday, January 25, 2016

| Nursery World

As the Childcare Bill reaches its final stages in the House of Commons today, new analysis carried out for the Labour party claims there will be a shortfall of £480m on the Government’s 30-hour plan.

HMRC details how Tax-Free Childcare scheme will work

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Monday, March 20, 2017

| Nursery World

More details of how the Tax-Free Childcare scheme will work in practice have been revealed to Nursery World by HMRC.

Health campaign says young children should have three hours activity a day

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Friday, July 29, 2016

| Nursery World

‘Every movement counts’ is the motto of a new Department of Health campaign to encourage children aged under five to be physically active for at least three hours a day.

Parents award Government grade D for family-friendly policies

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Tuesday, October 20, 2015

| Nursery World

According to parents, the Government is not doing enough to help families, a new survey has found.

Government to introduce paid neonatal leave

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Monday, October 14, 2019

| Nursery World

The Government is planning to introduce paid neonatal leave for working parents of premature babies.

Britain one of the most age-segregated countries, report finds

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Tuesday, January 7, 2020

| Nursery World

Think-tank United for All Ages has called for Britain to unite as a ‘country for all ages’ by 2030.

DfE recommends parents use apps to help pre-school children learn at home

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Friday, February 21, 2020

| Nursery World

A number of educational apps for two- to five-year-olds have received a stamp of approval from the Department for Education, to encourage parents to boost their children’s learning at home in speaking, writing and reading.

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