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Alliance wins data victory on DfE childcare costs report

Friday, February 10, 2017

| Nursery World

Research carried out for a DfE review into the costs of childcare has finally been published a year after a Freedom of Information request from the Pre-school Learning Alliance.

DfE study finds quality ‘does not cost substantially more’

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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.

Underestimate of eligible parents could cause 30-hour 'capacity crisis'

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Friday, January 20, 2017

| Nursery World

New research claims the Government has underestimated the take-up of the 30-hours by more than 100,000 places, saying that as many as 500,000 parents could be eligible, rather than the 390,000 cited by the Government.

Big issues: Follow the story

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Friday, January 13, 2017

| Nursery World

Do you want to keep up to speed on the Government’s 30-hour childcare policy and what it means for your setting?

Council rows back on top-slicing early years funding

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Friday, January 6, 2017

| Nursery World

Nursery owners in Surrey are challenging the local authority on how much early years funding should be held back for council costs.

Settings close as financial pressure takes its toll

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Monday, December 12, 2016

| Nursery World

Nurseries across the country are being hit by cuts to funding and increased costs, leading many to close ahead of the introduction of the 30 free hours.

Early years funding: DfE unveils new minimum rate

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Thursday, December 1, 2016

| Nursery World

Councils will receive a new minimum rate of £4.30 an hour in the new early years funding formula, the early years minister has confirmed.

30 Hours, Part 1: Hertfordshire - Free to work

Features

Monday, November 14, 2016

| Nursery World

In the first of a series looking at how the Government’s 30 hours offer of free childcare is being piloted, Charlotte Goddard explores a scheme that has places reserved for unemployed parents. Plus, James Hempsall comments

Government reduces restrictions on 30-hour provision

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Sunday, November 13, 2016

| Nursery World

Fewer restrictions are to be placed on the delivery of the 30 free hours of childcare to better meet the needs of children, parents and providers.

Nursery World Business Summit 2016 - 30-hour pilots

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Tuesday, October 11, 2016

| Nursery World

Hear from the early implementer councils about the progress of the 30-hour pilots at the Business Summit on 8 November.

Funding formula online calculator launched

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Friday, September 9, 2016

| Nursery World

A confusion-busting online calculator is helping settings work out what rates they may be getting when the new early years national funding formula is rolled out.

Pilot settings put conditions on 30 free hours offer

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Monday, September 5, 2016

| Nursery World

As the eight chosen areas begin to pilot the 30-hour free entitlement from this month, some settings are introducing new policies such as charges and limiting flexibility.

Apprenticeship levy warning to early years sector

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Thursday, August 25, 2016

| Nursery World

Settings are urged to air their views in the Government’s apprenticeship levy consultation after a leading training provider warned that ‘catastrophic’ funding cuts are in store.

NDNA predicts impact of funding shake-up

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Monday, August 22, 2016

| Nursery World

The potential winners and losers in the Government's national funding formula shake-up are detailed in new data analysis by the National Day Nurseries Association (NDNA), provided exclusively to Nursery World.

Much still to clarify on funding plan

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Monday, August 22, 2016

| Nursery World

First reactions to the consultation for the proposed Early Years National Funding Formula highlight the fact that a number of unanswered questions remain.

Early Years National Funding Formula: DfE plans major shake-up of early years funding

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Thursday, August 11, 2016

| Nursery World

Plans to change the way that childcare for three- and four-year-olds is funded to make the system fairer for all early years providers, wherever they are in the country, have been put out for consultation today.

Sector response: early years national funding formula

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Thursday, August 11, 2016

| Nursery World

Early years organsiations that have long campaigned for early years funding reform have broadly welcomed the plans.

How will early years be affected by Brexit?

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Monday, July 11, 2016

| Nursery World

Brexit will undoubtedly have an impact in some form on early years, according to commentators.

York nurseries win rise to 30-hour childcare pilot funding

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Friday, May 27, 2016

| Nursery World

Nurseries and childminders in York have won their battle for more Government funding for the 30 hours’ childcare pilot.

Nursery owners design ‘Champagne nurseries, lemonade funding’ cards

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Friday, May 13, 2016

| Nursery World

Thousands of individually-designed cards opposing the Government’s policies on the free entitlement will be mailed out by campaigning nurseries on National Children’s Day.